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226  IRELAND REGION B Y REGION

Exploring Northwest Ireland Inishtrahull

The supreme appeal of Donegal lies in the natural beauty Ballyhillin
of its coast, with windswept peninsulas, precipitous cliffs Malin Head
and a host of golden beaches. There is a scattering of small
seaside resorts which make good bases, and Donegal town TORY ISLAND Ballyliffin Malin Culdaff
is well placed for exploring the southern part of the county. Gap of Mamore Cardonagh
The cultural heartland of the Northwest lies in and around Tory Soun d HORN ROSGUILL PENINSULA Slieve Snaght Greencastle
Sligo, the only size able town in the region, from where you HEAD Portsalon 615m Moville
can reach several prehistoric remains and other historic BLOODY Dunfanaghy FANAD INISH O WEN
PENIN SULA
sights. Further south, lovely scenery surrounds Lough Gill FORELAND Brinlack Gortahork PENINSULA Lough Swilly Buncrana
and the more remote Lough Arrow. In Leitrim, a county of Gola Island Creeslough Rathmullan
lakes and rivers, the main centre of activity is the lively Owey Island Bunbeg Rathmelton
Errigal
boating resort of Carrick-on-Shannon. Rosses 752m Bridgend
Bay THE Kilmacrenan GRIANÁN AILIGH
Burtonport ROSSES
MOUNTAINS
Arranmore DE RRYVEAG H Londonderry
Island Dungloe Cark LETTERKENNY Belfast
366m Swilly
Crohy Head Foyle
Gweebarra Fintown
Bay
Narin Maas DONE GAL Lifford Strabane
Glenties Stranorlar Castlefinn
Loughros Pt Lavagh More Ballybofey Finn
M o u n t a i n s
ARDARA 672m Omagh
Glengesh Pass B l u e S t a c k
GLENCOLMCILLE
Malin More DONEGAL Derg
Malin Beg Carrick Inver
SLIEVE LEAGUE Laghy
KILLYBEGS Donegal LOUGH
Bay
ROSSNOWLAGH DERG
Pettigoe
Assaroe Abbey
BALLYSHANNON Belleek Lower
Bundoran Lough Erne
Mullaghmore Erne
Lough
Inishmurray Melvin Enniskillen
Beautiful Lough Eske in the county Grange YEATS Garrison
of Donegal COUNTRY THE ORGANIC
LISSADELL HOUSE CENTRE
Rosses Point Drumcliff Manorhamilton
Sligo Bay
Dromore
Killala West SLIGO PARKE'S CASTLE Enniskillen
Bay Lough
Gill Dromahair Dowra
Ballysadare
Inniscrone
Slieve Gamph or SLIGO Drumkeeran Lough
Collooney
Ballina Allen Iron Mountains
Key The Ox Mountains Ballymote
Major road LOUGH ARROW Drumshanbo
Secondary road Tubbercurry Keadew Leitrim Ballinamore
Minor road Gorteen Ballinafad Lough Shannon
Key LE ITRIM Carrigallen
Scenic route Charlestown Lough Boyle
Main railway Gara
CARRICK-ON-
Minor railway Ballaghaderreen SHANNON Mohill
International border Roscommon Dromod
County border Roosky
Summit
0 kilometres 20
Longford
0 miles 20
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