Brilliant news for Co Donegal! National Geographic has named it as the No 1 place on their 'Cool list'!
Beating entire nations such as Canada and India, and even beating off the likes of Santiago, Helsinki and Portland Oregon to take top spot. Incredible!
![Co Donegal, Inishowen Trawbreaga Bay, Five Finger Beach,](https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2016/12/Ireland-Five-Finger-Beach-County-Donegal-1024x683.jpg)
The reasons why? Here's what they say:
With a weather-nibbled coast spotted with sea stacks, Blue Flag beaches and offshore islands, Donegal is a land that feels undiscovered. Last summer, scenes for Star Wars: Episode VIII were filmed on the Inishowen Peninsula. But this area of Ireland is also expecting 2017 to be a big year; there’s an array of reasons to visit, from surfing beaches in Magheroarty and Ballyhiernan Bay to Horn Head — a driving, walking or cycling loop that squeezes the 1,600-mile Wild Atlantic Way into a 4.5-mile nutshell.
Read the full article from National Geographic >HERE