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Sligo - Dintorni
Typical thatched house

Sligo
Statue of the poet W.B.Yeats

Slieve Liegue
The highest cliff of Europe

Ardara - Maghera
Splendid landscape

Arranmore
Group of sheep on the desert roads of the island

Malin Head
A beautiful cold beach

Derry
Murals and border wall of "Free Derry"

Giant's Causeway
Large view of the "Giants Path"

Giant's Causeway
Hexagonal columns

Dunluce Castle
Wonderful castle at the edge of the cliff

Portrush
White cliffs near Portrush

Armagh
The catholic cathedral.

SLIGO
(Sligeach)
Hostels: Eden Hill Hostel, Perse Rd. quite nice even if not really near the centre. White House Hostel more centred than the other one and quite clean. Sligo Town is a quite nice town but there isn't anything particularly interesting except the Sligo Abbey (ruins of XVII cent.) and a museum with some interesting documents on William Butler Yeats (In front of the Ulster Bank a statue with some verses of his poems carved on it). 
In the outskirts, the splendid Carrowmore megalithic cemetery of stone age (one of the largest in Europe) where you can find tombs and dolmen scattered everywhere in the countryside (the extraordinary magic of this place is even more magnified in dark and windy days). In Knockarea, on top of a hill (good walk, 1h approximately) Tomb of the legendary Queen Maeve (40,000 tons!!). Near Drumcliff, at the feet of Benbulben, there is the cemetery where Yeats is buried. Beautiful sand dunes and beaches in Strandhill.
You can have a pint at Hargadon Bros.

DONEGAL
(Dún na nGall)
It's a good starting point to explore the county. Interesting Donegal Castle, rather lively the city on evening.
You can hear some good music at Schooner Inn.

SLIEVE LEAGUE
Amazing place this cliff 300m high. Depending on the moment of the day when you get there you will be able to see the cliff coloured with different tones. Beautiful walks. (The one that climb up to the One Man' s pass, at the edge of the cliff, it's quite difficult).

ARDARA
(Ard an ratha)
There is a quite comfortable hostel in the city centre. When I was there (at the beginning of September) I was the only guest ! 
Spectacular the Glengesh Pass road that from Glencolumbkille to Ardara. Beautiful beaches and caves (be careful with tides) in Maghera (walk along the river). 
You can eat very well at the Pub Nancy's

ARRANMORE
(Arainn Mhór)
Small, wild and practically uninhabited island, beautiful beaches and wonderful cliffs. Numerous walks can be made without meeting anybody. Phone to some of the B&Bs to find if there are some vacancies (there is a hostel but it's often closed). Ferries leave from Burtonport and take approximately 20 min. On the island the almost only spoken language is Gaelic.

DUNFANAGHY
(Dún Fionnachdaidh)
4 km outside the centre there is a beautiful Hostel, the Corcreggan Mill Cottage, quite remote but very well organized and comfortable.
Splendid landscapes and beautiful walks in the outskirts between sand dunes and promontories from which you can see wonderful panoramas (I hope you won't have a weather as bad as I have had!).

LETTERKENNY
(Leitir Ceanainn)
Hostel: Tourist Hostel, High rd. A standard place. 
Animated city, there isn't much to see. Good starting point for excursions in the outskirts.

MALIN HEAD
(Cionn Mhálanna)
Hostel: Sandrock Holiday Hostel, Port Ronan Pier; splendid, with windows that face the peaceful bay, very romantic and remote, much clean and held by lovely persons. 
Malin head is a wonderful place: it is the most northern point of Ireland, full charm and rather windy. Walk to Banba's Crown listening the crashing on rocks of Atlantic ocean's waves.

DERRY (IRLANDA DEL NORD)

Hostel: Backpackers in the Catholic Bogside, a quite chaotic and not so clean but very interesting and "likeable" place. 
Beautiful historical city; splendid the long walk along the city-walls (watched by the garrisons of R.U.C.); Beautiful the austere St. Columb's Cathedral and the Guildhall with its stain glasses; much interesting the civic museum (one of the best city museums I have ever seen); you must make a tour of Fountain (protestant) and Bogside (watch the sidewalks) to see murals on the Bloody Sunday. Beautiful pubs very animated in the centre close to the Diamond.
In the outskirts: all the coast from Downhill to Ballycastle has one of the most wonderful and various landscape in Ireland; the Giant's Causeway is a really impressing place: exagonal basalt columns lies along the coast produced by a volcanic eruption. Lovely walks along the coast or on the edge of cliffs (even if part of the path is collapsed). Dunluce Castle is a beautiful castle at the edge of cliffs, in the nearby beautiful beaches and white cliffs. In Bushmills you can find the homonymous whiskey distillery.

ARMAGH (IRLANDA DEL NORD)
Catholic and Protestant capital of Ireland. Beautiful are the two cathedrals each one situated on a hill in front of the other one, and also interesting palaces in Georgian style; not so much to see.

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