County Donegal Photos

May 2019                                                                                                           itinerary link

 

Only 150,000 people live in this area of Ireland, and you can feel the low population density as you drive through it.

People of this are is proud to say their Slieve League is bigger and better than Cliffs of Moher down south. A lady we ran into on the road told us a secret to visiting this site: there is a metal divider that will prevent cars from entering this park area, but you can manually lift it and drive right in. We did just that, and there was a parking zone inside this gate.

 

 

 

Without a huge crowd, it was peaceful and meditative.

 

We had lunch in Ardara, which is supposed to be a gourmet spot, but the Google Maps app had brought us to a dead end street  & we could not figure out where the center of town was. We just ate at the first restaurant that we saw was open.

And we drove on….

After a while, Horn Head, Marlin Head, and other Heads all blended into one image of a giant rocky cliff by the wailing ocean.

We unceremoniously entered into Northern Ireland, which is part of United Kingdom. There was no sign of any kind to mark the border. We spent the night in a house north of Limavady.

Had dinner at this seaside restaurant. Very popular & not too expensive.