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Glenveagh Castle

Name: Glenveagh Castle
Rating: 2

Recommended by 149 hikers

This Highlight is in a protected area

Please check local regulations for: Páirc Naisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha - Glenveagh National Park

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Location: Donegal, Ireland

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1. Glenveagh Castle along Lough Veagh — Glenveagh National Park/Páirc Naisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha

7.23km

01:54

60m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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2. Glenveagh Castle via the Bridle Path & Derryveagh Mountains — Glenveagh National Park/Páirc Naisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha

16.4km

04:32

280m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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3. Glenveagh Castle – Glenveagh Castle Gardens loop from Termon

13.9km

03:52

260m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Matto

June 17, 2022

Here you can walk, fish, admire Glenveagh Castle and the beautiful gardens.
Then sit comfortably in the café and round off the tour with tea and cake.

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Bumble-Bee

August 27, 2022

Glenveagh Castle is a 19th century castellated mansion and was built between 1867 and 1873. Its construction in a remote mountain setting was inspired by the Victorian idyll of a romantic highland retreat.

It was designed by John Townsend Trench, a cousin of its builder and first owner, John George Adair, with whom he had been raised in Co. Laois. The designer appears to have imitated the style of earlier Irish Tower-houses adding an air of antiquity to the castle. The building stone chose was granite, plentiful in Donegal but difficult to work and allowing for little detail.

(glenveaghnationalpark.ie/explore-experience/article-castle-history/)

Zoe von Rambling Rocks

August 4, 2021

Glenveagh Castle is a stately country house built between 1870 and 1873 by Captain John George Adair. What is striking about this building is, on the one hand, the four-storey donjon - a defense or residential tower - with its rectangular floor plan and the striking battlements.

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Christine 🚶‍♀️ 📷 🌏

September 28, 2022

Glenveagh Castle is a striking sight in Glenveagh National Park with its crenellated tower and beautifully landscaped gardens. Surrounded by around 16,000 hectares of nature, the great mountains of Mount Errigal, Mount Muckish and Slieve Snacht as well as mystical forests, the medieval building seems to have merged with the landscape.

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Ralf Georgi

August 21, 2023

The house is built in the Scottish Baronial style and consists of a four storey rectangular keep surrounded by a garden.

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Melanie 🥾👟🚲

May 24, 2022

Beautiful little castle with a well-kept garden area

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Wolf Beyenburg

April 7, 2024

A beautiful work of art in a spectacular landscape. The interior is worth seeing, as is the walled garden. The swimming pool directly above the lake is also great: a scenario like something out of a James Bond film.

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Location: Donegal, Ireland

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Glenveagh Castle

1. Glenveagh Castle along Lough Veagh — Glenveagh National Park/Páirc Naisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha

2. Glenveagh Castle via the Bridle Path & Derryveagh Mountains — Glenveagh National Park/Páirc Naisiúnta Ghleann Bheatha

3. Glenveagh Castle – Glenveagh Castle Gardens loop from Termon

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