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Malin Head - Best Place in Europe to Wreck Dive!

Malin Head - Best Place in Europe to Wreck Dive
Malin Head - Best Place in Europe to Wreck Dive

Ireland may not have glittering coral reefs or a brightly colourful underwater-world, but what it lacks in natural spectacle it more than makes up for in drama. After all, it’s one of the best places in Europe to wreck dive. There are more Ocean Liners and German U-boats and Sherman Tanks sunk off Malin Head than anywhere else in the World and the majority of them were casualties of WW1 & WW2.

The Northern approaches off the... Read more.

Project

North-West Spanish Civil War Project

The North-West Spanish Civil War Project

The main aim of the North-West Spanish Civil War Project is to keep alive the memory of the International Brigades and the volunteers from Counties Derry, Donegal and Tyrone who served in defence of the Spanish Republic between the years1936-39... Read more.

International Writing Program

“Pearls of beauty such as Errigal and Muckish Mountains, the Poisoned Glen, Bloody Foreland, Glenveigh National Park and Tory and Gola Islands provide prefect mood-setters for meaningful conversation, contemplation and fine writing…If you want to... Read more.

Place

Lloyds Signal Tower in Malin Head

Lloyds Signal Tower Malin Head

This is Ireland’s most northerly building on the mainland. It was named ‘Banba’ after the mythological patron goddess of Ireland. It was built by the British in 1805 as a Napoleonic lookout tower to help defend against a possible French invasion... Read more.

Grianan of Aileach Burt

Grianan of Aileach Burt

Grianan of Aileach is one of the best know monuments in Inishowen.  Situated on a hill top, 800 feet above sea level, the stone fort was probably built on an earthen rath.  One of the oldest monuments in Ireland and second only to Newgrange in... Read more.