Donegal Holiday Accommodation, Naomh Conal Cottage

Naomh Conal Cottage accommodation nestles into a Donegal hillside and overlooks beaches, headlands, rolling moorland and mountain. It is reached via a wee country boreen fringed by golden whins and woodbine. In this tranquil spot, one may hear the cuckoo in the spring and, if one is lucky, catch a glimpse of the golden eagle circling lazily in the heavens. The chatter of the turf-cutters out on the bog carries for kilometres in the soft summer air.

Holiday visitors, however, sometimes find it hard to believe that, for all its peacefulness, this coastal part of County Donegal is one of Europe's most densely settled rural areas. The lively villages of Anagaire and Loch an Iúir lie within 3 kilometres and the bustling sea-side town of An Clochán Liath (Dungloe, Co. Donegal) is just 6 kilometres distant. In these, and in many other places nearby the visitor can find all the shops, supermarkets, pubs, restaurants and other facilities that he or she could want. Above all, this is the Donegal Gaeltacht, the Irish speaking area, full of living, vibrant 'ceol agus craic', where one can hear a tongue more than a thousand years older than English or French still spoken.