Inishowen Peninsula

The Inishowen peninsula is located at the northernmost point of the island of Ireland and is almost a county in itself, measuring circa 26 miles by 25 miles.  While it was regarded for many years as isolated and peripheral in relation to the rest of the country, this is not the case anymore.

Such has been the growth of access points to our area that it is indeed much quicker to get to Inishowen from Dublin than to the south or west of the country.  From its most northerly at Malin Head to the centre of Ireland will take a driver less than four hours with an excellent road connection via Sligo or the N2 – A5 via Monaghan and Derry City.

You can also reach the Inishowen peninsula from our capital city via Dundalk, Newry, Antrim and our new Lough Foyle passenger and car ferry in just over four hours, again on excellent roads.

The Belfast City and International airports are only an hour and a half away with the City of Derry airport just down the road, seven miles from our area.  The port of Larne is only two hours away.  It is possible to have breakfast in Glasgow, Manchester or London and be with us in time for lunch.

The attraction of Inishowen is that it is almost an island with Lough Swilly to the west and it is fair to say that the saying “Up here we’re different” certainly applies as our peninsula is a microcosm of the whole country.

From the ancient sun-fort, Grìanan Aileach, built reputedly by the Tuatha De Dannan over 3,000 years ago, and the seat of our High-Kings up until the 13th century, to the beautiful, wild and wind-swept Banba’s Crown, at our most northerly point, there are in between a multitude of opportunities for the visitor to enjoy a round of golf at one of six top-class courses which includes the Nick Faldo designed Ballyliffin and Glasheady links courses, or enjoy our long shoreline which includes three European Blue Flag beaches.

The angler will be in seventh heaven with the availability and close proximity to each other of our many rivers, lakes, shore and rock fishing locations.

There is also a fully licensed angling boat available for charter by individuals or groups.  To complement all this we have a yacht marina with over 400 berths available and fifteen piers to come alongside or fish from.

With our large numbers of Special Areas of Conservation our area has become one of the foremost in the entire county for bird watching, indeed Inishowen is one of the few remaining places to hear the elusive Corncrake.