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Leitir Ceanainn
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Letterkenny
Min an Labain
MEEN on law-BAWN
Churchill
Loch Ghleann
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Lough (Lake)
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An Earagail
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Mt. Errigal
Gaoth Dobhair
GWEE door
Gweedore
Crothshli
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Crolly
Bun Beag
bun bee
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Bunbeg
Dori Beaga
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Derrybeg
Cnoc Fola
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Bloody Foreland
Gort an Choirce
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Gortahork
Dun Fionnachaidh
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Dunfanaghy
Corran Binne
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Horn Head
• Continue on R-251 as it merges into N-56 headed west; at Gweedore, stay west on
R-258. After six kilometers (4 miles), you'll reach R-257, where you'll turn right and pass
through the hamlet of Bunbeg (Bun Beag).
The eight kilometers (5 miles) of road heading north—as Bunbeg blends into Derrybeg
(Dori Beaga) and a bit beyond—are some of the most densely populated sections of this
loop tour. Modern holiday cottages pepper the landscape in what the Irish have come to
call “Bungalow Bliss” (or “Bungalow Blight” to nature lovers). Next you'll come to the...
Bloody Foreland (Cnoc Fola)
Named for the shade of red that backlit heather turns at sunset, this scenic headland is
laced with rock walls and forgotten cottage ruins. Pull off at one of the lofty roadside
viewpoints and savor a picnic lunch and rugged coastal views.
• Continue on R-257, meeting N-56 near Gortahork. Stay on N-56 to the Dunfanaghy
Workhouse, about a kilometer south of Dunfanaghy town.
Dunfanaghy Workhouse
Opened in 1845, this structure was part of an extensive workhouse compound (separating
families by gender and age)—a dreaded last resort for the utterly destitute of coastal
Donegal. There were once many identical compounds built across Ireland, a rigid Victori-
