IMAGES: ALECSANDRA RALUCA DRAGOI; ALAMY


CULTURE


Market on the grounds of Donegal Castle BELOW: Michelle McKee hand felting, Donegal Craft Village; Glencolmcille Folk Village cottage


4. GLENCOLMCILLE FOLK VILLAGE Deep in Donegal’s south-west Gaeltacht, its Irish-language enclave, this community project was established 50 years ago to safeguard local culture against rural poverty and emigration. Today, a sprinkling of quaint, whitewashed and thatch-roofed cottages make up the village featuring original artifacts that retell three centuries of local heritage. Explore the schoolhouse, pub-grocer and fisherman’s hut before stopping at the craſt shop to try traditional artisanships like rope-twisting and fishing net- mending. glenfolkvillage.com


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