Here's a handy list of lesser-known Irish gems in Co Donegal , known mostly to the locals and in-the-know visitors but still off the radar to wider tourism. Go this year, thank me later. A stunning ring fort located at the top of the Greenan Mountain, the site has been in use since the neolithic age but its current fort was probably first built in the sixth or seventh century.
One of the royal sites of Gaelic Ireland boasts commanding views of Derry, Donegal, and Tyrone. Historian Brian Lacy suggests that the earthen banks surrounding the fort probably represent the defenses of a hill-fort of the late Bronze Age or Iron Age. On the south side of the hill is the formerly covered spring well which is dedicated to St.
Patrick. The Grianan is thought by many to have served the same purpose as the more famous Tara, as a place of both festival and ritual inauguration. To visit it is to connect with millennia of Irish history.
If you have ever been to Big Sur in California you may get a sense of déjà vu when you visit the even grander Slieve League in Co Donegal. Almost three times higher than the more famous Cliffs of Moher, they're the highest sea cliffs in Europe with a spectacular drop of nearly 2000 feet until they reach the wild Atlantic ocean. The wild heather strewn path that will take you along this ridge is called the “One Man's Path,” and it's one of the most remarkable walks to be found in Ireland or Europe.
Don't worry it's not dangerous, but you will need a hea.