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Just before you turn into CARNDONAGH town, coming from the Ballyliffin direction, there's a church on the corner against whose wall is the elegantly shaped and decorated seventh-century Donagh Cross ( domhnach , commonly "Sunday", but also "church founded by St Patrick"), with two diminutive pillar stones to its right and left. The pillar stones show figures with rather large heads, while the cross depicts evil little characters jumping out of its Celtic interlacing - all of which harks back to the Druidic religion. A few other decorated stones stand by the entrance. The buildings of Carndonagh town are stacked up the hillside, near the crown of which stands the omniscient Catholic church. Most of the activity here occurs in the environs of the Diamond and this is the place to stock up on supplies. Near the corner of Chapel Street is the Inishowen Tourist Office (Mon-Fri 9.30am-5.30pm; July & Aug also Sat & Sun same times; tel 077/74933) whose friendly staff can supply you with information on the whole peninsula. The town museum , in the basement of the Wesleyan church, near the base of the hill as you come from the Ballyliffin direction (July & Aug Mon-Sat 1-5pm; free), has many intriguing folk items. You can rent bikes from Bikes and Toys (tel 077/74084), three miles northwest of town on the Ballyliffin road - handily, they'll deliver to anywhere on the peninsula. For accommodation , try Radharc na Coille , Tiernaleague, left off Church Street then on for a mile (tel 077/74471; GBP26-33/?33.01-41.90), or Ashdale Farmhouse (April-Oct; tel 077/74017; GBP33-40/?41.90-50.79), half a mile north on the Malin road. For food , there's the restaurant at Trawbreaga House on the Diamond, while on Malin Road, The Quiet Lady has extremely good-value lunches and The Corncrake 's evening specials are popular enough to warrant booking ahead (tel 077/74534). The Sportsman's Inn , on the Diamond, does stews and salads and has traditional music in summer. Bradley's , on Bridge Street, is an old-time sing-song bar. Tul-na-ri , out on the Culdaff road, attracts the crowds to its weekend discos . Carndonagh has a street festival in the third week of July but it's not one of the more lively ones in the area.
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