Donegal East Tourism

16/10/2022

A lovely day of walking coming up at the end of October in Donegal East.

02/10/2021

With less than one week to go, have you booked your tickets for The Frances Browne Literary Festival?

The festival has a wide range of events for people of every interest including:

** Creative Writing Workshops in English, Irish and Ulster Scots
** Theatre Premiere of Frances Browne's 'The Legends of Ulster' at The Balor Arts Centre
** Theatre Reading of In My Mind's Eye, a play about Frances Browne at An Grianan Theatre
** FREE Children's Activity Afternoon
** Book launches by Dr Brian Lacey and Dubhán Ó Longáin
** A panel discussion on the meaning of Home and Language
** Awards Ceremony for the Multilingual Poetry Competition, including music and readings from our poets

With lots of changes to meet and talk with our guest authors, poets, dramatists and journalists, be sure to book your tickets early.

There are a number of free events, but Covid restrictions mean booking in advance is essential.

BE SURE TO JOIN THE TEAM ON THURSDAY 7TH FOR THE KICK-OFF EVENT FEATURING AUTHOR ANNA CAREY, AND THE PREMIERE OF THE LEGENDS OF ULSTER AT THE BALOR THEATRE.

We're excited to welcome such a brilliant lineup of guests for our 2021 Frances Browne Literary Festival. Leading creative writing workshops, taking part in panel discussions. launching books and giving keynote speeches! Our guests will be kept on their toes with our busy programme :-)⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Come along to meet:⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Anna Carey - journalist and author⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Angeline King - author and Writer in Residence at Ulster University⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Averil Meehan - Poet, dramatist and author⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Dr. Brian Lacey - Author⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Dr. Charlotte McIvor - NUI Galway Drama Department⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Denise Blake - poet⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Dubhán Ó Longáin, poet⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Mary Harte - Broadcaster, journalist and producer⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Cr Pauline Holland - Author and Lecturer⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Rebecca Mair - Lyric Theatre Belfast⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
Shirley Anne Godfrey (Bonner) - Playwright⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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Come and join us. Tickets are available now on our website⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀
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02/07/2020

21/05/2020

Great excitement with the arrival of hot nuts created by Lifford Cinema. New ways of working !

22/04/2020

Our beautiful Villa Rose Hotel is 20 today!! Well done to the team and all the staff for hosting so many memories over the years. We look forward to when the doors are open again. 🥰

𝙄𝙩’𝙨 𝑶𝒖𝒓 𝘽𝙞𝙧𝙩𝙝𝙙𝙖𝙮… Our 20th Birthday to be precise 🎈

Although this isn’t the way we thought we’d be celebrating 20 years in business, we would like to take this opportunity to acknowledge everyone who has travelled the journey with us helping us to reach this wonderful milestone.

Firstly, we would like to thank our customers for supporting us. Every 𝑶𝒗𝒆𝒓𝒏𝒊𝒈𝒉𝒕 𝑺𝒕𝒂𝒚 and 𝑴𝒆𝒂𝒍 booked, every 𝑭𝒂𝒎𝒊𝒍𝒚 𝑷𝒂𝒓𝒕𝒚 and 𝑾𝒆𝒅𝒅𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝑹𝒆𝒄𝒆𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏 celebrated, every 𝑺𝒑𝒂 𝑫𝒂𝒚 indulged and every 𝑺𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒈𝒆 𝑩𝒂𝒓 has contributed to building our business.

Secondly, we’d like to thank our loyal staff, both past and present who have played a part in making the Villa Rose experience what it is today. If you have ever worked with us or are currently part of Team Villa Rose we thank you.

Finally, we want to acknowledge our fellow businesses in the Finn Valley and our Tourism partners in County Donegal. Over the past 20 years there have been good days and bad days with some fantastic highs and we are hopeful that there are brighter days ahead for us all.

We look forward to the day we can open the doors and welcome both our regulars and new guests alike.

𝑭𝒆𝒆𝒍 𝒇𝒓𝒆𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒋𝒐𝒊𝒏 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒕𝒓𝒊𝒑 𝒅𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒚 𝒍𝒂𝒏𝒆 𝒃𝒚 𝒔𝒉𝒂𝒓𝒊𝒏𝒈 𝒚𝒐𝒖𝒓 𝒐𝒘𝒏 𝑽𝒊𝒍𝒍𝒂 𝑹𝒐𝒔𝒆 𝒎𝒆𝒎𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒆𝒔 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝒑𝒉𝒐𝒕𝒐𝒈𝒓𝒂𝒑𝒉𝒔 𝒊𝒏 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒔 𝒃𝒆𝒍𝒐𝒘.

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01/02/2020

Lovely Valentines Menu from Oakfield Park

27/01/2020

Fresh from her appearance on The Late Late Show on Friday Night with Ryan Tubridy, Aoife Scott will be visiting Donegal East for an intimate performance at Lifford Old Courthouse on Friday 21st February.

Tickets are on sale right now and can be purchased from Lifford Old Courthouse in person at reception or over the phone on (074) 91 41733.

www.liffordoldcourthouse.com/aoifescott

27/01/2020

Love is the air at Lifford Old Courthouse this Valentines!

They're now taking booking for Valentines Day on Friday 14th February.

To book just call them on (074) 91 41733 or send them a Facebook message

26/11/2019

Community Christmas Lights Switch On....
Diamond Raphoe, Saturday 30th November 4-5pm. VIsit from Santa and Christmas carols from Raphoe Mart Choir and friends. Everyone welcome. Christmas Market in Suile Centre in Diamond. 12-00-6pm.

22/11/2019

A lovely chance for a pre-Christmas treat. Pop over to the Lifford Old Courthouse page to enter this competition.

COMPETITION! We've got another fabulous prize to give away over the weekend! To be in with a chance of winning Christmas Afternoon Tea for 2 just LIKE & SHARE this post commenting below with who you'd bring!

Afternoon Tea is available on both Saturday 14th December and also throughout December on request! Just call us for more info on (00353) 74 9141733.

13/11/2019

Treat yourself to a Bestie Break in the beautiful Villa Rose Hotel & Spa. Leave your worries at home and put your feet up in front of the fire with a glass of wine and fabulous home cooked food.

There's lots to see and do! Work up an appetite with a gentle stroll through Drumboe Woods. Satisfy your retail cravings with a visit to McElhinneys - don't miss their showcase winter window!

Catch a Christmas movie Eclipse Cinemas Lifford-Strabane. Or drop in to visit the Donkeys at the Donegal Donkey Sanctuary.

Whatever you love- we've got it this winter 😀🎅

❄️ 𝗪𝗜𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗕𝗘𝗦𝗧𝗜𝗘 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗞 𝗙𝗟𝗔𝗦𝗛 𝗦𝗔𝗟𝗘! 𝗡𝗢𝗪 €𝟵𝟵 ❄️

Perhaps it's time for a Winter Bestie Getaway?
from €99 total this Wednesday, Nov 13th! (Also valid November 18th & 19th)

Book Online ‣ bit.ly/WinterBestieBreak
Call us ‣ +353 74 91 32266