Understanding two areas in Donegal

bdermody · Newbie

Understanding two areas in Donegal

CowboyCraic · Guru

During the economic boom, there was an abundance of pop-up houses across Ireland, even the wilds of Donegal were affected by this blight.

Of the two, Clonmany, on the peninsula, would be the lesser. I loved my stays in and around Clonmany. There is so much to be seen within a short distance:

Glenevin Falls
Straid Church
Leenan Fort
Carraic Brachaidhe Castle

The coastal drive alone is breathtaking.

Portsalon is considered a resort area. There is a beautiful stretch of beach and the caves to be explored. I enjoyed my stay there at Ardroe cottage. The Fanad peninsula is great for walkers. I have heard good things about Portsalon's Golf Club, as well.

I hope this helps you some. Much of Donegal is wild & rugged, no matter the pop-up houses. It is, I believe, Donegal's greatest draw.

Slan Beo,

Bit

Michele Erdvig · Host

bdermody,

Welcome to my forum. It has been a couple of years since I was in Portsalon and I thought the area was fine. No doubt you will be staying in one of those "second homes". You might enjoy looking at this video. Near the end it shows a 360 view of the area and there is a group of holiday homes in it. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jY_ykw7ZPP4

If your goal is to choose an isolated area you can always send an inquiry to the cottage of your choice to ask exactly what is surrounding the cottage you are interested in.

I personally prefer dealing with an individual or family when it comes to self-catering. Then you are usually not getting into a "holiday home" experience where you are staying in large clusters of houses.

Have you seen this house on St. John's Point? http://www.teachinnamara.com/ This page shows an aerial view: http://www.teachinnamara.com/thearea.htm Perhaps it has the isolation you desire. I have inspected the B&B that these people own and it's nice. Since their cottage is 4-stars I would assume the same care goes into it.

Michele

Monty · Senior Member

Michele:

Do you have any idea what the cost of the self catering or B&B at St. John's Point is? Their Websites have no mention of price that I could note.

Thanks,

Monty

Michele Erdvig · Host

Monty,

In autumn 2009 that cottage was 350 euro per week. Send them an email with your dates. Perhaps they have a volcano discount this year!

Michele