This week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is RED Meet RED HUGH O DONNELL! Red Hugh was born into Gaelic nobility c 1572 in northwest Ireland – the region we now call Donegal. When his betrothal to the daughter of the Earl of Tyrone was announced, the English feared the union of two such powerful families […]
Read MoreThis week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is VERTIGINOUS This is Slieve League in County Donegal, tucked away up in Ireland’s northwest corner. Rising about 600m out of the Atlantic Ocean, the massive cliffs are among the highest in Europe. That is an old signal tower in the distance, dating back to the Napoleonic wars when […]
Read MoreThis week’s theme from Debbie for One Word Sunday is EMPTY This is PORT in West Donegal. Surrounded by ocean and heather clad hills, Port is known as the ‘Ghost Village’ or the ‘Deserted Village’. Believed to be the first maritime port in Donegal, it would once have been a thriving fishing hamlet. At some stage, the whole […]
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Read MoreSlieve League, County Donegal, Ireland
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