Glencolmcille is a coastal village and district , on the southwest Gaeltacht tip of County Donegal, Ireland.
Glencolmcille located in the northwest of the country, near the Derryveagh Mountains, the Slieve League cliffs on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
The “Valley of St. Columban” is a popular place of pilgrimage. Its name commemorates St Columban , who was said to have been born in 561 AD as the son of a king of Leinster and lived here for a time before going to Iona in Scotland. He is one of Ireland’s three national saints.
The village is today known for its Irish language learning institute created in 1984 to promote the Irish language and culture. Glencolmcille in terms of facilities has three pubs ,grocer, post office ,woollen mill ,shops, village café, accommodation center, pubs and local services.
Access : Coordinates: 54.709, -8.726 /
Highlights :
- The “Valley of St. Columban ” is a popular place of pilgrimage. Its name commemorates St Columban , who was said to have been born in 561 AD as the son of a king of Leinster and lived here for a time before going to Iona in Scotland . He is one of Ireland’s three national saints.
- The Turas is a pilgrimage that takes place on June 9th on a 13 km long circular route with 15 stations.
- The exteriors of the 1992 film The Railway Station Man, starring Julie Christie, Donald Sutherland and John Lynch, were filmed at Gleann Cholm Cille.
- Top sights in Glencolmcille : Τhe Clogenmore Megalithic Tomb / Glencolumbkille Cashel / Church of St Kevin / St. Columba’s Church / The Court Tombs are National Monuments / The Folk Village Museum, which documents early rural life, was founded in 1950 by James McDyer./ In the surrounding area, one can admire superb natural beauties, such as the cliffs of Slieve League , the Silver Strand at Malin Beg , or Glen Head and the Rathlin O’Birne lighthouse. / Walk the hills of Donegal / Cycle the Wild Atlantic Way / Farranmacbride / Rathlin O’Birne , is a small island seen 2 km off Malin Beg.
Go next : Glen Bay Beach. / Silver Strand Beach / Assaranca Waterfall / Muckross Head / The abandoned famine village of ‘An Port’ / The impressive cliffs of the west Irish coast, called Slieve League. / Teelin is a small fishing village / Killybegs / Malin Beg , a Gaeltacht village on the southwest coast of County Donegal. / Malin Head , the most northerly point of mainland Ireland.
