Donegal Abbey, Donegal Town

Name: Donegal Abbey
Address: Donegal Town, Ireland

#4 among attractions in Donegal Town

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Donegal Abbey is a ruined Franciscan Priory in Donegal in Ireland. It was constructed by the O'Donnell dynasty in the fifteenth century. It is sometimes referred to as Donegal Friary. ()

Architectural style: GothicCoordinates: 54°39'1"N, 8°6'55"W

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Donegal Town Ireland

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Donegal Abbey – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Donegal Castle, Lough Eske, Magee of Donegal, Donegal Railway Heritage Centre.

~1930 ftNE
Forts and castles, Museum, History museum
Donegal Castle, Donegal Town
10 min walk • Donegal Castle is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. For most of the last two centuries, the majority of the buildings lay in ruins but the castle was almost fully restored in the early 1990s.
4.5 miNE
Nature, Natural attraction, Lake
Lough Eske
115 min walk • Lough Eske or Lough Eask is a small lake in County Donegal in the west of Ulster in Ireland. The lake lies to the northeast of Donegal Town, to which it is connected by the River Eske.
~1750 ftNE
Shopping, Department store
Magee of Donegal, Donegal Town
9 min walk • Magee of Donegal are a textile manufacturer, clothing manufacturer and retailer, and manufacturer and retailer of home goods based in Donegal Town, County Donegal, Ireland. The company are known for their woolen Donegal tweed, but also manufacture items from linen, cashmere, silk and other materials.
0.5 miNE
Specialty museum, Museum
Donegal Railway Heritage Centre, Donegal Town
14 min walk • The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre commemorates the operations of the County Donegal Railways Committee which operated two narrow-gauge railways in County Donegal from 1863 until 1959.
3.4 miW
Village
Mountcharles
87 min walk • Mountcharles is a townland and a village in the south of County Donegal, Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal Town on the Killybegs road. It is situated in the civil parish of Inver and the historic barony of Banagh. The village's name is usually pronounced locally as 'Mount-char-liss'.
2.6 miSE
Village
Laghy
68 min walk • Laghy or Laghey is a small village in County Donegal, Ireland, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a civil and Church of Ireland parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe.