Gaeltacht (Co. Donegal)

I had the pleasure of spending a week in the Gaeltacht in Co. Donegal, which is located in the Republic right next to Co. Londonderry, for a week. We stayed with a family in Gort a Choirce. A Gaeltacht is an Irish speaking area in Ireland. All the street signs are in Irish, and everyone speaks Irish fluently. We went to learn Irish, and also to tour around Co. Donegal.
I've decided that Co. Donegal is my favorite county in all of Ireland. Here's why:

The Bridge of Tears: This is where people would say goodbye to there families before traveling on to Derry to immigrate out of Ireland.

"Friends and relatives of the person emigrating would come this far.
Here they parted. This is the Bridge of Tears."

Glenveagh National Park (and a tiny bit of my professor Caitlín)

The gardens around the castle

Glenveagh Castle

The Poisoned Glen

Errigal Mountain

Rainbow over Oileán Thoraigh (Tory Island)

Machaire Rabhartaigh

You can see Muckish Mountain in the background

Plus the Guinness tastes better here (for real!) 

Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate and Tayto Crisps taste better too. Good old Donegal!