Marble Hill BeachSheltered sand between two headlands on Sheephaven Bay, near Port na Blagh.
Island
Toraigh (Tory Island)
Magheroarty, County Donegal
People live on it, about fourteen kilometres offshore, and the eastern end is cliff. The ferry goes from Magheroarty.
Lying 12km off north Donegal, Toraigh (Tory Island) is the most remote of Ireland’s inhabited islands, with enduring local traditions, unique historical sites and rare bird life.
- Where
- Magheroarty, County Donegal
- Address
- Tory Island
- Map
- Directions · OpenStreetMap
- Before you go
- Opening times, prices and access change. Check with the place itself.
Nearby
The closest places on our lists, in any county.
Marble Hill BeachSheltered sand between two headlands on Sheephaven Bay, near Port na Blagh.
Sliabh Liag (Slieve League)Sea cliffs on the southwest coast. A road takes you up to the car park and a walking path runs along the ridge.
Ards Forest ParkWoodland on a peninsula in Sheephaven Bay, with marked trails, dunes and several small beaches inside it.
Muckish MountainThe flat top above Creeslough is the shape you will remember, and an 8.3 kilometre bog and track loop runs around the foot of it.
Carrickfinn BeachPale sand beside Donegal Airport, with wildflower grassland behind the dunes.
Doe CastleThe tower house stands on a low spit in Sheephaven Bay, water on three sides of it and a rock cut ditch on the fourth.More in Donegal
Glenveagh National Park and CastleNational park · ChurchillA glacial valley with a lake in it, red deer and a Victorian castle. The castle is a shuttle bus or a four kilometre walk.
Mount ErrigalMountain · DunleweyThe quartzite cone above Dunlewey is 751 metres, and a marked path goes up from a car park on the R251.
Malin HeadViewpoint · MalinIreland's most northerly point, with a signal tower, a car park and a cliff path down to Hell's Hole.
Fanad Head LighthouseLighthouse · PortsalonThe lighthouse at the mouth of Lough Swilly is still working, and the old keepers' houses take visitors.
Grianan of AileachFort · BurtThe drystone ring fort sits 250 metres up in Inishowen and looks down on both Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle.
Donegal CastleCastle · Donegal TownThe OPW restored this 15th century O'Donnell tower house and its Jacobean wing, in the middle of the town.
Fort DunreeFort · BuncranaThe coastal artillery fort on the headland over Lough Swilly is a military museum now, with the gun emplacements still in place.
ArranmoreIsland · BurtonportPeople live on it, off the west coast, and the northern side is high cliff. The ferry runs from Burtonport.