Active Donegal

Active Donegal

Donegal caters for every active interest whether its family fun, team sports or solo adventuring. Over land, accross mountains and on the sea, the options are vast. 

Spread your wings & soar. Donegal has so much to offer.

Sam Maguire Cup returns to Donegal in 2012!
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Foyle Rowing Club - Image courtesy of Brid McGinley
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Hillwalking - Image courtesy of Robert Meir
Beach Time - Image courtesy of Jeremy Howard
Image courtesy of Iain Miller Unique Ascent
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Easkey Britton

Image of Easkey Britton (first on left) and her cousins in Rossnowlagh

Easkey Britton was born into Ireland’s first family of surf on the wild west coast of Donegal.  Aged 26, this Rossnowlagh woman is a true disciple of the blessed ocean life and lives up to her namesake wave, the famous west coast break which can be translated to 'fish' in Irish. She started... Read more.

Organisation

Donegal Boston GAA

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Donegal GFC Boston - The club has come a long way since a group of ex-pats came together in 1988 to form what has become one of the leading lights on the Boston GAA scene. Last year was one of the club's most successful years to date as they captured the Boston junior football championship and... Read more.

Place

Donegal – “Ireland’s Golf County” – building links with Massachusetts

John Farren with Jon Mahoney BIBA & others after a round of golf at Ballyliffen Golf Club

Donegal Diaspora Project hosted an Economic Seminar in May 2014 and Ballyliffin Golf Club established contact with with Ann Burke Vice President Economic Development Council of Western MA, Jon Mahoney Boston Irish Business Association and Tim Murray Worcester Chamber of Commerce.

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Article

Surfing in Donegal

Surfing coach instructing student on the beach

Donegal is fast making a name for itself in international surfing, there are several surf schools, a testament to the sports rising popularity within the county. During the summer weeks many of these schools can see around  100-150 participants per week, sometimes more and upwards of 500 per... Read more.

Project

Greenway project in Donegal continues to grow wheels

Greenway project in Donegal continues to grow wheels

Greenway project continues to grow wheels

We’ve been keeping a keen eye on the progress of the North West Greenway Network. Some of you might remember that we first covered this exciting, INTERREG VA-funded project, in issue 4 (December 2017) and subsequently again in... Read more.