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Burt Castle,
Donegal,
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Burt Castle is probably the best known
castle in the north-west because of it
prominent position on a hilltop clearly
visible from the Derry-Letterkenny road.
There is no path or road to the site of
the castle and it is on private land. It
is possible to get close to it by taking
one of the roads leading off of the main
Derry-Letterkenny road.
It was built in the sixteenth century
during the reign of Henry the VIII. |
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Carrowmore,
Donegal,
Ireland , |
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Carrowmore is
the largest megalithic cemetery in
Ireland, with over 60
tombs. The oldest of these predate
Newgrange by some 700 years. A restored
cottage houses an interesting exhibition
relating to the site. |
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Clonca Church,
Culdaff
Donegal,
Ireland |
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Clonca
Church
is on the site
of a monastery founded by St. Buodan was
built probably in the 17th century but
the lintel over the door, with worn
carved figures on it, was taken from an
earlier church.
In the north-east angle of the
church is a grave-slab erected by Magnus
MacOrristin.
In the adjoining field to the west is a
very pleasing High Cross. On its east
face in the Miracle of the Loaves and
Fishes, and on the west face two men
with folded arms and on each side there
are a number of geometric patterns. |
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Donegal Castle,
Donegal,
Ireland |
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Donegal Castle built in 1505 by the
O'Donnell family who were the ruling
Gaelic family in Donegal for over a
thousand years until they left Ireland
with the Flight of the Earls in 1607. |
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Glebe House & Gallery
Donegal,
Ireland |
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Glebe House & Gallery
is a regency house decorated with
Victorian William Morris wallpaper,
textiles and works by leading 20th
century artists.
Regency House, 1828, set in
woodland gardens, decorated with William
Morris textiles, Islamic and Japanese
art etc. The collection includes 300
works by leading 20th century artists;
Picasso, Kokoshka as well as Irish and
Italian artists. |
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Glenveagh Castle & Gardens, Churchill,
Donegal,
Ireland |
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Glenveagh Castle is a 19th century castellated mansion and was
built between 1867 and 1873. Henry McIlhenny, the last
owner of the castle, served the Philadelphia Museum of Art as
Curator of Decorative Arts and his expertise in this field is
evident throughout the castle. Glenveagh National Park is located
24km north-west of Letterkenny and can be reached via the villages
of Kilmacrennan or Churchill. |
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Glencolmcille
Donegal,
Ireland |
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Glencolmcille is situated on the Slieve
League Peninsula at the south-west point
of Donegal, nearby
lies the mountains of
Slieve League (Sliabh Liag) and Leahan
and on the north by Slieve Tooey. To the
west lies the restless Atlantic Ocean.
Glencolmcille is justifiably
famous for its wealth of archaeological
sites and artefacts.
The history of
Glencolmcille spans some 5,000 years,
back to the Stone Age when the first
farmers toiled the lands here. Traces of
these early settlers are the Court
Cairns, examples of which can be found
at Malinmore, Cloghanmore and
Farranmacbride. The next group of people
to leave traces of habitation were those
of the Celtic period, dating from 300
b.c. onwards. Traces of their Dúns,
Raths or Liosanna ... circular earth or
stone works, can be seen above the
Silver Strand at Malinbeg and on the
cliffs of Doonalt. This rich heritage of
mounuments dates from 3,000 b.c. Court
Cairns: these are the characteristic
tombs of Ireland's earliest settlers.
They were erected in Glencolmcille and
in the valley of Malinmore to the west.
They are built of massive stones in the
manner current all over Atlantic Europe
at the time.
These Court Cairns were burial places,
built with huge stones, forming a court
area with burial chambers or galleries.
A later group of settlers in the Stone
Age left the remains of their style of
tomb building, the Portal Dolmens, which
consist of several standing stones
surmounted by a capstone. At Malinmore
there is a group of six Portal Dolmens
(reputed to be one of the finest example
of their type in Ireland).
Most of the Standing Stones, many
of them cross inscribed, form what is
know as Turas Cholmcille. |
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Grianan Ailigh Centre,
Burt, Inishowen,
Donegal,
Ireland |
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Grianan Ailigh,
Inishowen, Co Donegal is a group of historic
monuments in Ireland
built on the hill of Grianán
which is 244 metres high. It is believed
that the ancient burial site could well
have been dated to the Neolithic Period.
(1700 BC) The cashel dates from an early
historic period (600 A.D). |
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