The Donegal Camino 2024 has a mission to raise €100,000 for Cancer Care West Services, in Donegal.
There are just 21 days remaining to the opening of Donegal Camino 2024, on Camino Sunday, September 1, 2024, in Malin Head, Inishowen, Ireland’s and Donegal’s most northerly point. Walkers and hikers are in for another thrilling Donegal Camino experience now in its 4th year. The seven-day walking festival which takes in seven contrasting walks across the magical highways and bi-ways of Donegal has a walk suitable for all fitness levels.
Welcoming walkers from all across the island of Ireland and the world, the Donegal Camino is positioning a world-class walking product as a number one choice for Donegal, now Lonely Planet’s fourth-best region in the world to visit.
Registration continues to remain open until late August with places filling up across the range of seven exciting walking routes from Malin Head to Europe’s highest sea cliffs, Sliabh Liag in the Southwest of Donegal. The Donegal Camino is now Cancer Care West Donegal’s flagship fundraising initiative and the organizing committee led by chairperson Noel Cunningham, have set themselves a fundraising target of €100,000 for 2024.
Since 2021 the Donegal Camino has raised €160,000 for the cancer charity. This year the Donegal Camino welcomes back staunch funding partners, Gallaghers Bakehouse, 3D Personnel, Harvey’s Point, Sendmode, and Donegal Tourism. The committee are beyond grateful for their support and that of Kelly Group, Britton Insurance, Healthwise Pharmacies, DRUVA Silver Lining Cloud Consulting, nVolve Group, Mc Cafferty’s Traditional Irish Bars, Donegal.
Founding Committee members of the Donegal Camino, Peggy Stringer and Deirdre McGlone former owner of Harvey’s Point have created novel and innovative fundraising initiatives to support the €100,000 target.
The Donegal Camino.
In Dublin at Monkstown Skincare Clinic, owned by Inishowen businesswoman and founder of the Donegal Camino, Peggy Stringer, a 25% discount on all treatments on Sun, Aug 18 will be extended to clients while staff will give of their time complimentary on the day with all funds raised going directly to the Donegal Camino 2024 Cancer Care West Donegal fund.
If you would like to win a holiday in France, Deirdre McGlone and Marc Gysling former owners of Harvey’s Point are running a fundraising raffle for a five-night luxury stay for two people in their romantic hideaway of Le Malbec overlooking the vineyard at Le Moulin Sur Célé in the Lot Valley in South West France. All proceeds from the raffle go to Donegal Camino 2024’s fundraising drive for Cancer Care West, Letterkenny, Co Donegal.
Annual Donegal Camino walker, Barbara Mc Ginley from Ballyshannon recently ran a musical coffee morning at her home which raised over €1,500. Organizers of the Donegal Camino welcome all donations, small or large and encourage everyone to put the “fun” in “fundraising” for Donegal Camino 2024 as each step walked from Sunday the 1st to Saturday, Sept 7 goes towards achieving the target of a €100,000 donation for Cancer Care West Services in Donegal.
Mount Errigal, The Donegal Camino.
The 2024 Donegal Camino itinerary
The 2024 Donegal Camino itinerary features many familiar walks and as always there are plenty of new walks and hikes to explore the wealth of scenic routes across the county.
Day one will kick off with a stunning musical fanfare by the Inishowen Collective in Malin Head on Camino on Sunday, Sept 1.
Day two, Monday, Sept 2 takes in the breathtaking scenery and serenity of Ards Forest Park when Mikey Joe Harte will serenade walkers with some lovely tunes.
Tuesday, Sept 3 and day three features the unique experience of a sunrise climb of Errigal, Donegal’s highest peak when Donegal composer and fiddle player Matt Mc Granaghan will join hikers. This is weather permitting and the start time of 4.30am has the potential to change.
The midweek point, Wednesday, Sept 4, takes Donegal Camino walkers into the heart of the Donegal Gaeltacht for a lovely island walk across Oileáin na Cruite or Cruit Island.
The Donegal Camino.
A magical day is expected with plenty of Donegal Musical surprises scheduled and a traditional Donegal Camino Gallaghers Bakehouse Picnic. Crohy Head and the Gay Byrne Trail or Cosán Gay Byrne a stunning walk with magical Wild Atlantic Way and Donegal Coastal views is scheduled for day five, Thursday, Sept 5.
The weekend will bring Donegal Camino into the south of county Donegal and the heart of the Donegal Town 550 celebrations with a magical walk of the Bluestack Way on Friday, Sept 6, culminating in a fun celebration on the newly refurbished Diamond of Donegal Town.
The traditional finale of the Donegal Camino on Saturday, Sept 7, will once again be on Europe’s highest sea cliffs, Sliabh Liag. New to the Donegal Camino itinerary for 2024 is an alternative to the Sliabh Liag climb, an enjoyable Sliabh Liag Boat Trip with ticket donations going to Donegal Camino’s fundraising for Cancer Care West Donegal.
Register for one day or as many days as you would like to walk on Donegal Camino 2024, or donate to what is now Cancer Care West Donegal’s flagship fundraising initiative, please log onto DonegalCamino.ie today or follow @donegalcamino on social media channels, Facebook and Instagram.
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