2025 Inishowen Walking Festival Launched The 2025 Inishowen Walking Festival will take place this year from Friday 12th - Saturday 20th September across the beautiful Inishowen, organised by Go Visit Inishowen and Inishowen Development Partnership. This exciting event invites walkers of all levels to explore the stunning landscapes of the Inishowen Peninsula through a series of guided walks. Niall McCaughan, Manager at Go Visit Inishowen stated: “We are really excited to launch this year’s Inishowen Walking Festival which takes place over the

We’ve been blown away by the support, creativity, and pure grá for Inishowen from every corner of the community. From mini-events and local offers to the amazing posts and photos shared!We’re a small team with big love for this place — and seeing so many people come together to celebrate Inishowen made all the hard work worth it. — and guess what? We’re already planning for next year! Save the date: 13th June 2026 Let’s make it even bigger, better,

Go Visit Inishowen are delighted to announce that their new look Visitor Guide is now available. In a first for the Inishowen tourism organisation, the guide takes the form of an easy to use fold out map, as demanded by the trade, with listing of the majority tourist offer in the region. The guide was appropriately launched with Pat and Majella Doherty at Doagh Famine Village, which although recently devastated by a fire, will thankfully be operational again next Wednesday

We are really sorry to learn of the fire at one of Inishowen's flagship tourism projects, Doagh Famine Village. We were only up with Pat a few weeks ago as he and the team were preparing for the new tourism season. This is a popular, unique and much-loved attraction celebrating our heritage and cultural life in this part of Ireland. The work in building the heritage collection and the complex over the decades has been colossal and a labour of

We’re incredibly proud to share that Go Visit Inishowen has officially reached 10,000 followers on Facebook — and it means the world to us. This milestone marks not just a number, but the start of something exciting for Inishowen tourism and for us as a brand-new team working behind the scenes to promote this amazing part of the world. Inishowen has always had something special — from the ancient stones of An Grianán of Aileach, to the historic military site of

Oíche Shamhna shona daoibh Halloween, known as "Samhain" (pronouced sow-in, rhymes with how) in ancient Celtic traditions, has deep roots in Ireland. It marked the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter. Celts believed that on the night of October 31st, the boundary between the living and the dead was blurred, allowing spirits to roam the earth. During Samhain, bonfires were lit to ward off malevolent spirits, and people would wear costumes made from animal heads and skins. They

Redcastle on the banks of the Foyle is a small village on the Eastern shores of Inishowen. With views overlooking Lough Foyle and Northern Ireland to the East and the hills of Inishowen to the West. Redcastle lies North of Muff and the city of Derry with the town of Moville and the village of Greencastle further to the North.    Ancient maps show two prominent castles along the banks of Lough Foyle, one at Redcastle, which was then called Caire MacEwlyn,