Wee Tour of Dunfanaghy

Dunfanaghy is a seacoast village located in the northernmost county of the Republic of Ireland called Donegal. It is definitely one of the prettiest areas in Ireland. I came up here one day to see the quilt shop called Pauline's Quilt Shop, which was on the main street, and I fell in love with the village. I then brought Joe up here to see it, and then we landed up moving here. What can I say? It is a bit of heaven up here. We never take this place for granted...It is just gorgeous!

We are right by the ocean and surrounded by the hills, Horn Head, and Muckish Mountain, which is the largest mountain in the distance.

Here is the main street of our village. We are right by the sea, and there is a wee lane from the main street that takes you to Killahoey Beach.
Our main street has surprisingly a lot of wonderful places to see, and that is because we do get quite a bit of tourists coming here. We have two hotels at the beginning of our village. One is called Arnold's Hotel, and that is the largest hotel, and the second one which is much smaller, is called Carrig Rua Hotel. Behind Arnold's Hotel is a horse stable, where you can rent horses to ride on the beach.

Right across from the Arnold Hotel is a wee park where you can see Horn Head and to the right is where Killahoey Beach is.

Joe and I have a few places that we eat at which are our favorite places. We love coffee shops!!!We would rather go to a coffee shop than to a fancy restaurant. Both of us love coffee, but we just love the atmosphere of a coffee shop. Our two favorite ones are Muck and Muffins, which overlooks the ocean, and then the one you saw yesterday which is called the Starfish Cafe. We love the snickers cake at Muck and Muffins and the Starfish Cafe has the best Irish breakfast ever.

We have two Chinese restaurants. One is a take-away, and the other is a fancy restaurant where you can sit in and really enjoy good Chinese food. By they way, in the pic where it shows the Chinese Restaurant sign is our favorite pub called McColgans Bar. We went there this afternoon to enjoy some time there. Two visitors were playing pool, and there are two tvs in the pub. We always sit in the snug area near a lovely fireplace, and of course I had a Baileys. By the way, our village has a couple of pubs. LOL

We have a bank in town, a post office, but also what I really love are our craft stores. One is called McAuliffes Craft Store. It is very large and has tons of things.


Joe asked if he could take pics of the inside of the craft shop, so of course they said "yes", and so you get a peek inside the shop too. We have a wee craft shop in Muck and Muffins and also another craft store in the Workhouse, which also houses another craft store and an exhibit about the Famine period in Ireland. Isn't it lovely?

We have a health food store in town called the Green Man. The other favorite pub here in our village is Molly's Bar.


Right by the beach is a golf course. So if you come to visit, while you quilters go to our four quilt shops in the area, you can leave your husband playing golf at the golf course....Now, that's an idea. LOL There are three other beaches nearby called Marble Hill, Tramore Beach, and Portnablagh .

It is hard to mention everything and to show you all of our village. We have national parks near us, one of which is Ard Forest and the other is Glenveight National Park which has a beautiful castle there and sculptured gardens and lots of wonderful trails and scenery to die for.

Lots to see here, so hope you enjoyed the bit of a tour I organized for you all!

Tomorrow is St. Paddy's Day...Joe will be taking pics of the festivities, so I will post them tomorrow.