Editing County Donegal (section)

==Places of interest==
[[File:Glenveagh National Park (2579034038).jpg|thumb|[[Glenveagh]] National Park, the second largest in Ireland]]
The area's attractions include [[Glenveagh]] National Park (formerly part of the Glenveagh Estate). The park is a 170&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (about 42,000&nbsp;acre) nature reserve with scenery of mountains, raised boglands, lakes and woodlands. At its heart is [[Glenveagh Castle]], a late [[Victorian architecture|Victorian]] 'folly' that was originally built as a summer residence. The [[The Shuggling Stone|Shuggling Stone]], a granite boulder near Glen village, is a picturesque site.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Rock - Dunfanaghy - Co. Donegal |url=https://dunfanaghy.info/the-rock |access-date=2025-05-12 |website=dunfanaghy.info}}</ref> County Donegal was voted number one on ''The National Geographic Traveller'' (UK) 'cool list' for 2017.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/smart-travel/features/cool-list-17-2017/ |title=The Cool List: 17 for 2017 |date=n.d. |access-date=24 December 2016 |archive-date=11 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161211160841/http://www.natgeotraveller.co.uk/smart-travel/features/cool-list-17-2017/ |url-status=live}}</ref>
[[File:Fintown Railway on trackbed of CDR County Donegal Railway, Lough Finn (5951398952).jpg|thumb|Fintown Railway on the track of [[County Donegal Railways Joint Committee]] next to [[Lough Finn]] near [[Fintown railway station]].]]
The Donegal [[Gaeltacht]] (Irish-speaking district) also attracts young people to County Donegal each year during the school summer holidays. The three-week-long summer Gaeltacht courses give young Irish people from other parts of the country a chance to learn the Irish language and traditional Irish cultural traditions that are still prevalent in parts of Donegal. The Donegal Gaeltacht has traditionally been a very popular destination each summer for young people from [[Northern Ireland]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.dailyedge.ie/gaeltacht-memories-970204-Jun2013/ |title=8 things we all did in the Gaeltacht |last=Hyde |first=Fiona |work=The Daily Edge |access-date=26 November 2018 |archive-date=26 November 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181126092715/https://www.dailyedge.ie/gaeltacht-memories-970204-Jun2013/ |url-status=live}}</ref> Scuba diving is also very popular with a club being located in Donegal Town.