Donegal Summer 07

Donegal, the home county of Murphys of Ballybofey is a busy place in the summer. Its a holiday destination for families from all over Ireland, the UK and beyond. Many people own second homes or caravans in areas like Port Noo, Marble Hill, Downings, Ballyshannon and many others. From resorts like those you can enjoy the beaches, the Atlantic ocean and sun bathe or walk for miles - whatever takes your fancy.
Golf features highly in Donegal's range of things to do. Most of the courses are "links" courses - just beside the coast, usually woven around the extensive sand dunes that, along with cliffs, are a feature of the Donegal coastline.
The fishing, either river or sea, is superb. Rivers offer the chance to land a salmon, and sea fishing trips will be guaranteed to see you arriving home with enough mackerel for not just your barbeque, but the neighbours as well! If you're more ambitious, you can catch much bigger fish - sharks are relatively common, and recently a record breaking bluefin tuna was landed off the coast of Donegal.
Then theres always the shopping. Donegal is famous for its arts and crafts, and towns like Letterkenny, Donegal and Ballybofey offer an interesting alternative to the shopping mall experience that is becoming all to common these days.
Then again if you're too busy on the beach or the golf course why not just get your Irish Gift online at MurphyofIreland!

For a full list of whats on in Donegal this summer, have a look here http://www.dochara.com/play/events/byregion.php