Benone Beach

Irish Surf Champ Dan Lavery is opening Long Lines Surf School at Benone Beach in April 2012. There are group lessons several times a day, lessons for beginning, intermediate and advanced skill levels, one to one surf coaching, and special needs surf lessons. Long Lines has the equipment to do video coaching and water photography [...]

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Downhill Beach Video

by admin on January 16, 2012

in Celebrations, Day Trips, Uncategorized

Something pretty to remind us all that spring is coming! We’re going to start a new page on the blog with guests beach images, if you have any favourites we’d love to see them! In the meantime enjoy this short… the music is from a locally recorded album made by traditional musicians all from the [...]

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Winter Greetings from Downhill!

by admin on December 18, 2011

in Day Trips, Events, Uncategorized

We will re-open in mid January after some maintenance work over the holidays. So if you fancy a mini break give us a ring, we will be happy to hear from you! (028) 7084 9077. And just for fun, and cause it still makes me smile, here’s a little video shot last year, don’t worry, [...]

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Our Ferry: Magilligan – Greencastle

by admin on June 22, 2010

in Day Trips

Please note: from Sunday 2 October 2011 the Ferry is closed for the winter season! The Lough Foyle ferry runs between Magilligan Point (the far end of our beach) and Greencastle, Inishowen, County Donegal. A 15 minute drive from Downhill Hostel brings you to Magilligan Point where you can catch the ferry as a foot [...]

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