Greencastle-Londonderry Foyle Port, Northern Ireland
United Kingdom

99 Cruises availables At departure or passage at this port

Aurora Expeditions (3 Cruises)

Azamara Club Cruises (10 Cruises)

Explora Journeys (17 Cruises)

Holland America Line (6 Cruises)

Oceania Cruises (11 Cruises)

Ponant (4 Cruises)

Regent Seven Seas Cruises (20 Cruises)

Seabourn Cruise Line (12 Cruises)

Silversea Cruises (5 Cruises)

Viking Ocean Cruises (11 Cruises)


Frequently Asked Questions

She anchors in Lough Foyle and passengers come ashore by tender at the quay in Greencastle, a fishing village in Donegal, in the Republic of Ireland. The inlet marks the border here, so this call takes in two countries in one day.
The Inishowen Maritime Museum, which also houses a planetarium, is a few minutes from the harbour. A fifteen-minute walk then leads to the ruins of the castle built around 1305 by the Normans to guard the entrance to the lough. The village itself is small: a pub, a fishing fleet, and that is about it.
Most passengers head for Derry, half an hour away by road, for its walls and the Bogside. Those who stay on the Donegal side combine the maritime museum, the castle ruins and a drive through the landscapes of the Inishowen peninsula.
The only city in Ireland whose seventeenth-century walls survive complete: a continuous walkway a kilometre and a half long, finished in 1619, punctuated by bastions and cannon. Below, the Bogside murals tell the story of the Northern Ireland conflict, and the Peace Bridge, opened in 2011, spans the Foyle.
About half an hour by road from Greencastle. Allow a full half day for the return trip, the walk around the walls and the Bogside. Keep a comfortable margin for the last tender: passengers come ashore by boat here.
A museum a few steps from the quay tracing the lives of Lough Foyle seafarers, lifeboat crews and emigrants bound for America. Ship models, navigation instruments and wreck stories sit alongside a planetarium that is surprisingly modern for so small a village.
Glenveagh National Park, with its moorland, lakes and romantic castle set among the Donegal mountains; the Doagh Famine Village, an open-air museum recalling the Great Famine; and the coast road to Malin Head, the northernmost point of the island of Ireland, where the Atlantic rolls in unobstructed.
Yes, particularly on the Donegal side: the maritime museum's planetarium and the castle ruins appeal to children. The Bogside murals in Derry depict violent episodes of the Northern Ireland conflict and are better suited to teenagers and adults.
Two currencies, and that is the day's trap. Greencastle and Donegal are in the Republic of Ireland and use the euro; Derry is in the United Kingdom and uses pounds sterling. Cards solve the problem everywhere, but avoid changing large amounts of cash.
May to September, for the long days and Donegal's brilliant green. The sky changes fast: views shift from steel grey to luminous green within minutes. Bring waterproofs, and bear in mind that the tender landing depends on conditions in the lough.