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Buncrana is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, 23 kilometres northwest of Derry and 43 kilometres north of Letterkenny.


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1 - Crana River

   6 km away

Buncrana is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, 23 kilometres northwest of Derry and 43 kilometres north of Letterkenny.

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2 - Lough Swilly

Lough Swilly in Ireland is a glacial fjord or sea inlet lying between the western side of the Inishowen Peninsula and the Fanad Peninsula, in County Donegal. Along with Carlingford Lough and Killary Harbour it is one of three glacial fjords in Ireland.

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3 - Coasteering in Derry

   18 km away

Welcome to the Wild Atlantic Way, the long stretch of coast running along the west coast of Northern Ireland and Ireland. This is the place to be for coasteering. Far and Wild offers trips leaving from Derry. The coastline here is truly off the beate...

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4 - Fort Dunree

   9 km away

Fort Dunree is a coastal defence fortification located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland.

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5 - Inch Island

   8 km away

Inch Island is in Inishowen, County Donegal, Ireland. The island is in Lough Swilly, a sea lough on the northern coast of Ireland.

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6 - Stand up Paddle in Derry

   18 km away

Take a paddle through the heart of the historic city of Derry-Londonderry in this unique and stress free take on sightseeing. Seeing the city via SUP (Stand Up Paddle) gives you the chance to view your surroundings from a completely different angle. ...

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7 - Grianan of Aileach

   13 km away

The Grianan of Aileach, sometimes anglicised as Greenan Ely or Greenan Fort, is a hillfort atop the 244 metres high Greenan Mountain at Inishowen in County Donegal, Ireland.

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8 - Ramelton

   17 km away

Ramelton, also Rathmelton, is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. As of 2016, its population was 1,266.

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9 - Fanad

   19 km away

Fanad is a peninsula that lies between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. The origins of the name Fanad are lost in time thought there is some speculation that the name derives from an old Gaelic word Fana for "sloping ground".

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10 - Fanad Head Lighthouse

   19 km away
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11 - Murder Hole Beach

   25 km away

Boyeeghter Strand or Boyeeghter Bay, commonly known as Murder Hole Beach, is a beach situated on the Melmore head peninsula beside Downings in County Donegal, Ireland. It has cliffs, hills, dunes, and small caves. When the tide is in there are two beaches, which merge into one when the tide is out. There is a small tidal island roughly 15 meters from the shore, called Rough Island.

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12 - Letterkenny

   27 km away

Letterkenny, nicknamed "the Cathedral Town", is the largest and most populous town in County Donegal, Ireland. It lies on the River Swilly in East Donegal and has a population of 19,274.

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13 - Malin Head

   28 km away

Malin Head is located on the Inishowen Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland and is the most northerly point of mainland Ireland. The northernmost tip is the headland called Dúnalderagh and is located at latitude 55.38ºN.

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14 - Malin Head Signal Station

   28 km away
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15 - Glenveagh National Park

   32 km away

Glenveagh is the second largest national park in Ireland. National parks in Ireland conform to IUCN standards.

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