About Glenevin Waterfall
The Glenevin Waterfall is a quaint 40ft waterfall at the end of gentle, family-friendly path situated in the far north of Ireland not far from Malin Head (another site of Star Wars fame).
The walk involved a lookout as well as lots of miniature buildings that seemed to be a hit with photo ops as well as engaging the youth as well as the young-at-heart.
This trail is actually the result of the efforts of the late Doris Russo, who had retired to Inishowen from the state of Illinois, USA in the early 90s.
When she acquired this property, she didn’t know about the waterfall, but with the help of a neighbour named Michael Devlin, they cut through the bush to eventually reveal it.
Upon seeing the falls, Doris was determined that this feature should be accessible to everyone, and thus she started a community project to maintain the park.
Since then, a wide 1km path along the Glenevin Stream (though my GPS log suggested that we had walked about 900m each way or 1.8km round-trip) had become the main feature of the Glenevin Park.
Although the Glenevin Waterfall and its surrounding park is privately owned, our visit in July 2024 was actually free (this included parking as well as the visit itself).
That said, the park relies on donations to maintain this kind of arrangement, and it sounded like it’s a precarious arrangement due to a combination of a lack of volunteers and restrictions on who can participate in this project.
As for the excursion itself, it began from a gate with a donation box that went just past a Craft House and Ice Cream Parlour with adjacent toilets and a tea room.
From there, we pretty much just followed a well-maintained and gently upslope path with lots of picnic tables as well as cute, miniature buildings along the way.
At around 300m into this hike, there was a spur trail ascending up towards the left side, which went to a lookout peering over the town of Clonmany as well as the Rockstown Bay in the distance.
Continuing along the trail, it passed by more picnic tables and colourful miniature buildings before eventually reaching a bench and footbridge before the Glenevin Waterfall.
There was a plaque dedicated in the honour of Doris Russo here as well as signage discussing her importance to establishing the Glenevin Park.
But aside from taking pictures and being content with being around the waterfall, this was the turnaround point.
So overall, we spent around an hour away from the car, which included a detour to an overlook in addition to the Glenevin Waterfall itself.
Authorities
The Glenevin Waterfall is near the village of Clonmany in County Donegal, Ireland. It is currently privately owned but maintained by a combination of community members and the current owners themselves. For information or inquiries about the area as well as current conditions, you can try visiting the Inishowen Tourism Office website.
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