good showi.ng against whatever penHnsula extending between oppon~nh; they encountel'. In- Loughs Swi:Jy antl l11oylc, tapcrdoor games, such as badminiton, ing towards Malin Head the billiards, and darts are also well most northerly point in Ireland. supPorted. There is a flourishing Coastal views everywhere are bridge club for card lovers. Two fine with some striking cliff excellent hotels, and a number of scenery and a number of splenguest houses and cafes cater f.01· did bathing beaches. The penint.he tourist t~ade. sula combines all the attractions Ballybofey and Stranorlar have of Donegal with a charm and athad electri:c light si.!lce 1922, due mosphere all its own. The chief to the enterprise of the late town is Henry McNulty. A modern water 'Supply, with Lough Mourne as BUNCRANA the source, was completed in Buncrana (Bun Crannaighe1930, and a sewerage scheme. The Mouth of the River Crana) (due to the efforits .of the late is a popular seaside town beau· Dr. Sean 0 Dea:gha, Donegal's first County Medical Officer) in tifully situated on the eastern 1934. Public iand private build- shore of Lough Swilly between i.ng has been undertaken ion a the mouths of the Crana and fairly extensive scale 1within the Owenkillew Rivers. It has a mild past two years. climate and excellent facilities The Finn Valley offers pastoral for recreation and amusement. scenery that it would be hard to There is a selection of sandy rival, and the view from the Rail- beaches on either side .of the way Bridge between Ballybofey town fo!" bathinQ', all perfectly and Straniorlar must gladden the safe. AlonQ" the "front0 is a tenheart of even the most fastidious. acre recreation park and a There are delightful panoramas strand is set aside for children. along the Fi.!1in, where the BathinQ" boxes have been providpleasure seeker and the fisher- ed and there are diving boards man alike, can drink deep of the and a water chute. The town is cup of nature'·s beauty. For those administe~ed by an Urban Counwho prefee more rugged paths, cil working in conjunction with the Barnes Mountains; with their the Co. ManaE!er. The town's lakes and valleys are ever beck- growth has been very fast in reoning, and, in the Glenfin dir- cent years when during the emection, the Salmon Leap at ergency the tendency accel~rated Cloghan is well worth seeing. considerably. In 1861 the popuThe Church of Our Lady of Per- lation was 685 and to-day it is petual Succour in Glenfin, built 2,2D5. The development of the twenty-five years 1ago, is unique town has been accompanied hy n, in its mag.!lificent surroundings, and must leave an impression. on corresponding growth in trade the mind iof the visitor that time and business. There is a monthly could never dim. fair and a market is held twice INISHO\V.EN weekly. Shirt-making and miiling are local industries which Inishowen (Inis Eoghain give much employment. Other I Owen's Island), is a triangular flourishing local industries in349.
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