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The 27-kilometre off-road route, funded jointly by the Irish Government’s Rural Regeneration Fund and the Peace IV programme, will follow the disused railway line from Letterkenny to the border, then continue along the River Foyle into Derry city centre.

“You’ll be walking where smugglers once walked, and later, where soldiers stood guard,” said local historian Éamonn Ó Dochartaigh. “But now it’s just a path. That’s the quiet miracle of it.” irischronicle

€18 million project aims to boost rural economies and promote sustainable travel along the Wild Atlantic Way. The 27-kilometre off-road route, funded jointly by the

Local businesses along the route have already begun preparing for an influx of cyclists and walkers. In the village of Newtowncunningham, café owner Siobhán McGinty told The Irish Chronicle : “For years, people just passed through. Now, they’ll stop. This is the first real investment here in a generation.” That’s the quiet miracle of it