Go Visit Donegal Blog

Saltwater Festival announces line-up for Bundoran

Saltwater Festival Announces 2025 Music Line-Up: Gerd Janson, KiNK, Elkka, Mungo’s HiFi, Black Traffic, Holly Lester, Tom Ravenscroft, Datsko and More Set to Headline on Ireland’s Atlantic Coast Bundoran, Ireland – 5th & 6th of September Saltwater Festival has today announced its 2025 music line- up, delivering a bold and curated blend of electronic, live, and experimental sounds along Ireland’s northwest coastline.

Waterworld to open to the public this Friday with enhanced visitor experience.

Following over €2m of investment, Bundoran’s number one tourist attraction, Waterworld, will finally reopen its doors this Friday 11^th July at 10am.
 

“Meet the Maker” Week launched to Celebrate Inishowen’s Arts & Crafts

As part of the development of the tourist sector in Inishowen, Go Visit Inishowen this year is launching for the first time a “Meet The Maker” week to celebrate and raise awareness of our unique local Arts & Crafts across Inishowen.  The event will run from Monday 14^th – Friday 18^th July and will include Open Days, a small exhibition at the Tourist Centre as well as ongoing profiling of our Arts & Crafts across the region.

Brian Friel Centenary for Region this August

An unprecedented five-year theatrical celebration building to the centenary of one of Ireland’s great literary figures, Brian Friel (1929-2015), will begin this summer.  FrielDays - A Homecoming will begin with a 35^th anniversary production of his most celebrated play, Dancing at Lughnasa, staged just fifty metres from the house in which it is set, and close with a combined 50^th anniversary celebration of the work of Ireland’s greatest poet – and Friel’s close friend - Seamus Heaney.
 

14 Blue Flags awarded to Donegal for 2025!

Donegal County Council once again welcomes the announcement that the county has the second highest tally of Blue Flag beaches in the country with Donegal and Kerry local authorities awarded the most Blue Flags for 2025 with 14 for each county.