Dunlewey Lakeside Centre
Type: Craft and Adventure Centre
Open:
10:30 to 18:00 Daily - April to October
Dún Lúiche is a small rural community in the Donegal Gaeltacht, lies in unique scenery at the foot of Mount Errigal, the highest mountain in the County. Ionad Cois Locha is situated on the shores of Dunlewey Lough in the shadow of the haunting and mysterious Poison Glen.
Attractions include:
* Restaurant & Tea Room
* Craft Shop
* Adventure play area
* Historic homestead guided visit
* Tweed weaving demonstration
* Audio-Visual show on Dunlewey
* Lakeside walks
* Boat cruise on Dunlewey Lake
* Farmyard Animals to feed
* Pony & Trap
* Ceol Traidisiunta - Traditional Music
Play Area
The indoor and outdoor play areas include:
* Pedaloes on the pond
* Bouncy Castle
* Rodeo Bull
* Adventure playground
* Climbing wall
* Go-kart tracks
Children of all ages are catered for and are guaranteed an exciting days entertainment.
Weaver's Cottage
In the middle of the century many people came to this homestead to visit Manus Ferry, renowned weaver, and to purchase his tweed. These included Henry McIllhiney, Glenveigh Castle, Derek Hill, Glebe House, Sir Sidney Nolan, the famous Australian artist and many others too numerous to mention.
With his craft and using the wool provided by his brother's sheep that grazed the surrounding mountains, the family overcame the hardships that faced most families in the valley. The famed weaver and shepherd lived with their sister who ran the shop and kept house.
Manus's home has been preserved to give the visitor the full flavour of life in Donegal in the middle of the last century.
Boat Cruise
Story telling trips in our 50 seater boat, The Grainne Rose, run from the jetty. View the double-peaked summit of Errigal and the glimmering granite of the Poison Glen from new angles. You Will pass near the site of a prehistoric Crannog, the first 'Dunlewey' which now lies beneath the water and you might spot the Green Lady, ghost of the Guinness Estate, across the Lough and much more.
