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Day
Tours
Una Bhan Tourism Co-operative, Boyle, County Roscommon
Tel: 00 353 (0)71 96 63033 unabhan@indigo.ie
Option
1: Day Trip to Donegal from Boyle
Carrowkeel
Megalithic Cemetery
Located
just off N4 at Castlebaldwin. The largest cemetery of megalithic
Tombs in Ireland. Over 60 Tombs have been located by archaeologists
- the oldest pre-dates Newgrange by some 700 years. A restored
cottage houses a small exhibition relating to the site.
free entry
Parkes
Castle, Sligo
Located
on the Manorhamilton Road out of Sligo on the shores of
Lough Gill. A restored plantation Castle of the early 17th
century. Picturesquely situated beside Lough Gill. Attraction
Yeats
Grave, Sligo
Grave
of famous Irish Poet William Butler Yeats in Drumcliff,
Co.Sligo and visitor centre. Free entry
Ben
Bulbin, Co.Sligo
This
magnificent limestone escarpment dominates the area of North
Sligo and was the final scene of one of the greatest tragedies
of Irish mythology & folklore. The story of Diarmaid
(of the love spot, fated to be loved by all womenn) and
the wilful Grainne is one of the earliest of the Tristan
and Iseult story of fated doomed love. Free entry
Donegal
Irish Parian China, Ballyshannon, Co Donegal
Conducted tours every half hour of
high quality gifts and tableware. Free entry
The
Waterwheels, Ballyshannon, Co.Donegal
Restored
mill buildings, waterwheel displays and audio visual of
legacy of the medieval Cistercians.
Donegal
Craft Village, Donegal Town
Traditional
crafts are expertly finished by skilled crafts people. Free
entry
Magee
of Donegal, Donegal Town
The
home of the Donegal Handwoven Tweeds. Free Entry
Killybegs
Fishing Port, Killybegs, Co.Donegal
Irelands
largest fishing Port.
Sliabh
League Cliffs
Dramatic
coasted scenery.
Glencolmcille
Folk Museum
This
museum is built in the form of a village where each house
is an exact replica of the dwellings used by the local people
in each of the three successive centuries (18th, 19th &
20th ) and is equipped with the furniture, artifacts and
utensils of its particular period.
Glengesh
Pass, Co. Donegal
Scenic
Mountain Pass
Driving
Time:-
Boyle to Sligo - 40 mins
Sligo to Donegal -1 hour
Donegal to Glencolmcille - 1 hour
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