Donegal Bay Waterbus
Donegal Bay Waterbus
Location: Tours departing daily from the
pier in Donegal Town. The schedule is
dependent on tides.
Phone: 353 (0) 74 972366
Website: www.donegalbaywaterbus.com
Email: info@donegalbaywaterbus.com
The Donegal Bay Wayerbus is a state-of-the-art vessel which is fully air-conditioned.
It has a viewing deck and it is wheelchair-
friendly. There is a tea/coffee lounge bar.
The Donegal Bay Water Bus is available for all occasions - school outings, private
parties, birthdays, corporate cruises, and weddings.
How To Get Here:
BY AIR: ADDRESS Contact
Donegal International Airport Carrickfin, Kincasslagh, Co. Donegal
Tel: +353(0)74-95-48284
Fax: +353(0)74-95-48483
Email: reservationdonegal@eircom.net
Web:www.donegalairport.ie
BY BUS: (Coaches) ADDRESS / INFORMATION Contact
For those interested in coach travel to, from and within Donegal, there are many operators running luxury coach services to all parts of Ireland and the UK. Listed here are just a few.
McGeehan Coaches Fintown Post Office., Co. Donegal (Donegal - Dublin - Donegal)
Tel: +353 (0) 74 95 46150
Web: www.mgbus.com
Dohertys Coaches Dungloe, Co. Donegal (Donegal - Glasgow - Donegal)
Plus private hire / functions
Web: www.dohertyscoaches.com
Tel: +353 (0) 74 9521105
Fax: + 353(0) 74 9521867
Bus Éireann Bus Éireann provides Local and Expressway services with connections to any part of Ireland.
Tel: +353(0)74-91-31008, +353(0)74-91-21309, +353(0)74-97- 21101
Web: www.buseireann.ie
Feda O'Donnell Coaches Ranafast, Annagry, Co. Donegal (Donegal - Sligo - Mayo - Galway)
What You Will See:
1. Burial Place of Red Hugh O’Donnell the
1st and his wife Nuala
2. The Old Abbey - the Annals of the Four Masters were compiled here between
1632 and 1636 A.D.
3. The Frenchman’s Anchor on the Pier
the 5m 15 ton Napoleonic anchor from
the French ship “Romaine.”
4. Ballyboyle Island - gets its name from the clan of the O’Boyles, the sub-chieftans of the O’Donnell’s of Donegal Castle
5. The Embarkation Point of emigrants to
Canada and North America during the
Famine years of 1845-1847,
6. The Old Booking Office and shop of the White Star line.
7. The Rules of O’Boyle Castle - a
preservation order has been placed
on these interesting ruins
8. The Old Coast Guard Station - look-out
tower of the British forces during
World War 1.
9. The Hassans - departure point of the
large ships known as coffin ships.
The single fare to America was 2
pounds.
10. Views of Donegal’s Golf Course -
par 73 golf course playable all
year round
11.Rooney’s Island - home of the
O’Malodory Clan who ruled prior to the
O’Donnells
12. Belle’s Isle and Ruins of Castle
home of extensive farmers Arthur
Foster and his wife Arabella
13. An Oyster Farm - oyster farm and mussel farm run by local farmers
14. Wildlife - inlcudes cormorants, cranes,
ducks, swans, and oyster catchers
15. Seal Island - approximately 200
Atlantic and Harbor seals live in this
natural colony
16. St. Ernans Island and its Famine Causeway - home of the landlord
John Hamilton, a nephew of the Duke
of Wellington
17. Views of the wind farm on Barnesmore
Mountain
18. Rossylaonghan Estate - owned by
Patrick McManus in 1912. It was the
first house in Donegal to produce its
own electricity and had the first car
in the area
19. Abbott Ireland Factory produces goods for the medical industry
including intraveneous drips
20. Magherabeg Abbey on Tullycullion
Hill was a Franciscan Friary