Journey back in time at Glenveagh with new immersive experience


GLENVEAGH CASTLE will be launching its new touch screen kiosks as part of Heritage Week 2023, which runs from Saturday 12 to Sunday 20 of August. Glenveagh was a mecca for the rich and famous from the late 1800’s to the 1980’s. A wide variety of fascinating guests, including actors, writers, poets and statesmen came […]

Donegal Project to share in €290,000 funding for peatlands initiatives across the country


MORE than €290,000 in funding has been announced for 24 local community groups and organisations, including one in Donegal, to support a variety of local projects across Ireland under the Peatlands Community Engagement Scheme 2023. Led by the National Parks and Wildlife Service of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, the Peatlands Community […]

Artist awarded for ‘outstanding work’


BY DIONNE MEEHAN DONEGAL artist and curator Daniel Nelis has been awarded the RSA Guthrie Award for his painting titled ‘Dark Turned Fields’. Daniel, who is from Gartan, has been practising as a visual artist for over ten years. Advertisement The RSA Guthrie Award is awarded for outstanding work by an artist under 35 years […]

McGinley Motors to host sponsored walk as part of Relay for Life 


THE McGinley Motors team will host a sponsored walk in Glenveagh National Park this Sunday, 14th May at 11am. The walk has been organised as part of Relay for Life. Walkers will leave from the car park and walk to the castle, where they’ll stop for light refreshments, before walking back to the car park. […]

Event to mark World Migratory Bird Day at Glenveagh


To mark World Migratory Bird Day on Saturday, May 13, ChangeMakers Donegal, has organised a Walk & Talk event with Aengus Kennedy of NatureNorthWest at Glenveagh National Park. People can expect to learn more about birds such as the Willow Warbler, from Africa, which spend the summer in Ireland and take such epic journeys over […]

New Glenveagh car park a timely boost ahead of tourist season


A new area of parking which has created 60 extra spaces for vehicles has opened at Glenveagh National Park. The new development is a fantastic addition to the centre and will help address parking problems that in recent years had become a major issue at the facility. Indeed in some of the busiest times at […]

Louisa from Malta adds an international flavour at Letterkenny Gaels


THERE’S been a continental feel to the committee room at Letterkenny Gaels in recent weeks following the election of the club’s new secretary. Maltese mother-of-two Louisa Tonna admits that her knowledge of Gaelic Games needs a bit of work. However, she says she is loving her new role after taking on what’s probably the busiest position […]

Second generation of golden eagles soaring over Donegal


TWENTY years on from the reintroduction of the golden eagle into Ireland in Glenveagh National Park, the project has been successful with five pairs in the county this year and at least one chick fledged. Lorcan O’Toole, who has worked on the Golden Eagle Trust since it began, said he is confident the golden eagle […]

GALLERY: Royal Visit


HRH Prince of Wales and his wife the Duchess of Cornwall in Donegal on Wednesday, visiting Donegal Castle, Donegal Town, Letterkenny Inistitute of Technology, Ballyraine NS and Glenveagh Natioanl Park and Castle.