Ah, Donegal. Perched on the northwestern edge of Ireland, barely secured to the rest of the country by six miles of border, and reaching further north than the North. Land of rain-swept mountains, yellow-flowered gorse and stretching wilderness. And, as I hope to demonstrate, a decidedly odd place indeed.

1. Tory Island – HMS Wasp and the Cursing Stones

2. Ballyshannon – The Haunted Rugs

3. Grianan Aileach – The Sunny Place in the Stones

4. Inishowen – The Poitin Republic of Urris

5. St Columcille – The Warrior Saint and the Battle of the Book

6. Lough Foyle – The Lake That Lies Between

7. Red Hugh O’Donnell – The Dark Daughter and the Red King

8. Annals of the Four Masters – Four Men, Four Years, and Four Millennia of History

9. Doe Castle – Mary’s Servant And The Castle Of The Territories

10. Patrick MacGill – The Navvy Poet And The War Of Words