Plan a Visit
Opening Hours
Opening dates for 2018
31st March until the 8th of April (Gallery only).
26th of May until the 4th of November.
On these dates the house and gallery are from 11am to 6.30pm. In June, September and October the house is closed on Fridays.
The last tour is admitted one hour before closing.
Uaireanta Oscailte
Dátaí oscailte le haghaidh 2018
An 31 Márta go dtí an 8 Aibreán (Gailearaí amháin).
An 26 Bealtaine go dtí an 30 Meán
Location
Glebe is located eighteen kilometres from Letterkenny on the R251.
Transport
There is car and coach parking available free on site.
The Glebe House and Gallery
The Glebe House and Gallery
Drag the yellow figure to the red pin to explore the site at streetview level.
Facilities
A Café is open during the summer months, serving hot drinks and light lunches.
The gallery has access for disabled visitors on the ground floor only.
Tours
The house is accessed by guided tour only. These are available throughout the day, and have a maximum of fifteen people per tour.
Visit
The average length of a visit to Glebe is an hour and a half. Guided tours of the house take approximately forty-five minutes.
Photos / Video
Photography and video are not permitted.
Admission
Admission to the gallery is free.
Ticket prices for the house (includes guided tour) are: €4 (adult), €3 (senior/ group rate), €2 (child/ student), €10 (family).
Access to the house is by guided tour only.
Holders of the Heritage Card gain free admission. The first Wednesday of every month is free for everyone. School groups are also entitled to free entry.
Also in the Area
Glenveagh National Park
Distance: 8.8km.
One of six national parks in Ireland, and 16,000 hectares of mountainous and forested wilderness. The Visitor Centre is at the north end of Lough Veagh.
Donegal County Museum
Distance: 16km.
Housed in the Warden’s House of the old Letterkenny Workhouse (built 1843), the museum’s collection of more than 7,000 objects illustrates the history of Donegal from earliest times to the present.
Newmills Corn and Flax Mills
Distance: 27km.
A fascinating early nineteenth-century complex containing 400-year old buildings, and one of Ireland’s largest working waterwheels.
Colmcille Heritage Centre
Distance: 16km.
The story of Colmcille and early Irish Christianity is told in a series of exhibits, panels, and audiovisual presentations.
Churchill Village
Also known as Church Hill and Minalaban (the Irish is Mín an Lábáin), Churchill is an attractive small village only eight miles from Donegal’s biggest town, Letterkenny.
Hot food, coffee, and a pint later in the evening can be acquired from one of the three pubs. If you are staying later in the evening, traditional music can be heard on Wednesday nights. The village is surrounded by three beautiful and scenic lakes. The highlight of the year is the annual Church Hill Fair, comprising a huge variety of events.
You can also read about the history of the house before your visit.
Find out about the origins of Glebe House as a rectory, before its transformation to St Columb’s Hotel and later, the home of Derek Hill.