Visit Donegal

15/04/2025

14/04/2025

The road to the Northern Lights at Leenan in Clonmany, Inishowen, County Donegal. A wee print is winging it's way to a lovely customer in County Roscommon as we speak. :) My new website is coming soon where you will be able to order your own limited edition fine art prints / canvases and frames of my work and my gallery in Buncrana will be stocked up soon! Thank you for supporting my wee creative business my friends! :) :) :)

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14/04/2025

killahoey Beach Dunfanaghy County Donegal.

14/04/2025

"Enchanting Rock Pools of Fanad Lighthouse"

Fanad Head Peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland

Fanad Lighthouse is a personal favourite location of mine to visit. Overlooking the vast Inishowen peninsula in the distance and surrounded with ancient jagged volcanic rocks, sometimes I wonder if its founding builders chose this exact spot due to precise calculations or was it truly because they were enchanted and captivated by their surroundings. This has to be the most picturesque lighthouse in Ireland and beyond 🩵

These ancient, eroded rocks which shimmer red & pink in colour have aided in the most interestingly unique rock pools to form amongst them. When the sun shines, they reflect a shimmering spectrum of colours. During this visit I was like a giant frog leaping from pool to pool with excitement trying to find the greatest angle to photograph…… I only wish I could play leapfrog here more often 🐸

Fanad Head Lighthouse was conceived as essential to seafarers following a shipwreck which happened over 200 years ago. In December 1811 the frigate ‘Saldanha’ sought shelter from a storm. Sailing towards Fanad as she frantically fought the raging wind and waves. Sadly, the ship was wrecked off the northern coast with all 250+ men on board.

Shortly afterwards Fanad Head Lighthouse was built to help guide ships and sailors safely on their journeys. Still in operation to this day, standing on a rocky outcrop on north Donegal's Wild Atlantic Way, blinking its guiding light out to sea to aid ships past its inviting yet deceiving rocky waters 🌊

12/04/2025

07/04/2025

The beauiful town of Greencastle in Inishowen, County Donegal. Home to the fabulous Inishowen Maritime Museum, the ruins of Northburgh castle and the Lough Foyle Ferry. In Irish the town is named An Caisleán Nua which means the new castle. Wonderful local fish and international cuisine is available nearby also! Worth a wee visit when in this part of the world :)

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