Donegal and the Wild Atlantic Way

Whether it is our beaches, castles, mountains, rivers or golf courses. Donegal is a beautiful county. Either at dawn or dusk in summer or winter its beauty is clearly to be seen. 

Many people come to Donegal for a round of golf. We have some of the best golf courses in Ireland. We were fortunate to hold the Irish open in July 2018. It was worth over 5 million to the winner. 

This was a great advertisement for Donegal as people came from all over the world to watch the golf. 

This is a picture of Raphoe Castle, on the edge of Raphoe town, also known as the Bishops Palace. It is close to Deele College. As you see it is a ruin from the 17th Century. It was built in 1636 by the bishop of Raphoe, John Leslie. This castle is steeped in history and well worth a visit.

In Lifford flows the Mourne, In Ballindrait is the Deele where you can hear the birds chirping and singing in the breeze, In Castlefinn flows the Finn where you can see the salmon jumping and splashing in the sunshine. In St. Johnston flows the Foyle were men fished to earn their pay and in Rathmullan flows the Swilly where Red Hugh O'Neill and Red Hugh O'Donnell fled their homes during the flight of the Earls. Our rivers have lots of history such as famine and emigration. By Eunan O'Hagan.

A word of thanks to the following for making this book:

Thanks to the following students for providing photographs and putting them into this ebook. Kieva Mc Nulty Eunan O'Hagan Travis Gibson Oisin Hewitt Thanks to Eunan O' Hagan for narrating the book, for his wonderful rendition of 'Noreen Bawn' on the tin whistle and for sharing his poetry. Thanks to Ms. McGettigan for leading this project, for Ms. McCrory for additional photos and to Mr.McFadden for helping to compile this ebook.

This picture shows us Muckish. If you like climbing mountains, here is a challenge for you! It is 666 metres in height. It would take you three hours to climb to the top. It has a stunning view.

3. Introduction 4. History of Donegal 5. Beaches 6. Muckish Mountain 7. The Hills of Sweet Donegal: Poem written and narrated by Eunan O'Hagan 8. The Rivers that Flow: Poem written and narrated by Eunan O'Hagan 9. Doe Castle 10. Raphoe Castle 11. Golf 12. Dawn or Dusk: Collection of Photographs 13. Dawn or Dusk continued 14. Dún na nGall

Donegal is a beautiful county, tucked away in the North west, on the trail of the Wild Atlantic Way. The population is roughly 159,192, small in comparison to many other counties.

Letterkenny is the largest town in the county with a population of 19,274. Buncrana has a population of 6,785, Ballybofey/Stranorlar have a population of 4,852. Lifford is the capital town of Donegal. It is the seat of Donegal County Council. It has a very old court house built in 1746 and it was home to some of Donegal's most wanted villains. The modern Donegal was established in 1607. 

Donegal has many castles. We have a beautiful picture of Doe Castle. It is situated in Creeslough. The castle was built in the 15th Century about 1425. The Mac Sweeney's occupied it for 200 years. It has been renovated recently and it is well worth a visit.

My name is Eunan O'Hagan. We the students in Deele College put together this book to highlight some of Donegal's history and to highlight the beautiful scenary that is part of our county. Our book is called 'Donegal and the Wild Atlantic Way'.

Donegal has beautiful beaches. You will find them in Bundoran, Portsalon, Rossnowlagh, Inishowen, Downings and many others. Here we see a few of them:

-Make A Book 2021- Class of 2E Deele College

I wish I could see the beautiful hills and bays and walk the beaches of Portsalon and look out at the boats and men fishing in the Atlantic Way.

My two favourite places to go are Grianan Fort and to walk the woods of Drumboe where four Irish sons were led to die.

Unfortunately we can’t go to see these wonderful and beautiful landscapes because of this terrible virus that has changed our lives. We hope we can help people to stay active and hopefully one day we can walk the beautiful hills and glens of our special county Dún na nGall By Eunan O'Hagan.

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