walks inishowen

Dunree Hill is largely composed of flaggy quartzite rock and when you reach Dunree Bay or Portbane, you can see rock beds of schistose at the waters edge, weathered by frost and sea. The Bay and surrounding low land is full of blown sand. It seems that two hundred years ago the sand banks all along the north coast of Donegal broke up and the 1820’s were a particularly severe period for drifting. Beneath the sands lie the remains of the village of Killard which was covered by the sands in an anci...

This walk begins at Ballynarry Strand now called Stragill. When you are at the Strand walk to the right along the northern side and at the far end of the bay you can see where the sand ends the rock of Ballynarry Hill. That point marks the end of the northern schist rocks and the beginning of Crana quartzite rocks. The walk also takes in Mount Peter, Coplagh rocks, Currach hole, Linsfort Church and Castle, and Linsfort House (The Covent)....

If you drive from Buncrana towards the Gap of Mamore then when you are on the upper road you take the fourth turn right after Dunree junction, beside an asbestos roofed house and you arrive at Green Hill. The walk begins at the old church and takes in the road from Green hill to Mintiaghs, Owenirk River, Lough Doo and Lough Shivnagh, with a view of Slieve Sneacht in the distance....