Barrons Cafe

Explorer Tom Bredagh was built around 1860 and sports one big window on the east side. I reckon someone decided a normal eye wasn't enough for selling things, so they just cut a giant hole in the wall to peek inside.

Explorer Tom Bridge in Ballynally has a single arch that looks like it’s been holding its breath since 1829. I wonder if the Bredagh River got annoyed at the first bridge and just grabbed it with a giant wave? It feels like the water was trying to steal the road right under everyone’s feet!

Explorer Tom Maguire’s is also on Main Street, basically next door to Susie’s for some reason. It’s a double-header of local gossip, so take notes before you forget who said what about whom!

Explorer Tom Rosato’s is on Malin Road, which sounds like a road for people who are lost. Tell them Tom sent you and expect a stare that could peel paint off the walls.

Explorer Tom Imagine a Children's playground in County Donegal where the climbing frames are woven from sturdy rope and the stars peek out at dusk.

Explorer Tom Cooley Medieval Graveslab is slightly sunken in the graveyard near the Skull House. It was revealed after a clean-up scheme, but access remains unknown.

Explorer Tom Skull House is a tiny, gabled tomb that looks like it’s guarding a secret. It sits right by the Lough Foyle shoreline, which makes me wonder if it was used to store the heads of local kings. Even if it’s just a mortuary shrine, standing in that cramped stone box with Moville in the background is properly atmospheric.

Explorer Tom Cooley Cross stands proudly in Moville, a silent guardian watching over the winds of County Donegal.

Explorer Tom Inishowen Maritime Museum and Planetarium puts the sea and sky under one old Coast Guard roof in Greencastle. I would happily spend a day moving from fishing boats to the stars. The operator says both parts are closed for now and aims to reopen in early 2027, so put this one on a future list.

Explorer Tom Crockaulin offers a lonely triangulation pillar that stares down at Greencastle from a dizzying height. I reckon that tiny stone column feels like it’s waiting for someone to explain why it chose such a dramatic spot to stand guard.

Explorer Tom We have a whole view of Crockavishane in County Donegal, and I promise the scenery is as lovely as this cheeky explorer’s imagination suggests.

Explorer Tom Greencastle was built in 1305 to hold down the North West. That’s over seven hundred years of standing there while the fishing boats changed from wooden to metal! I bet it’s still listening for the clank of old swords.