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Dunfanaghy (Irish: Dún Fionnachaidh, meaning 'fort of the fair field') [2] is a small town, former fishing port, and commercial centre on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It lies on Donegal's North West coast, specifically the west side of Sheephaven Bay, on the N56 road (the West Donegal Coastal Route), 30 km north-west of Letterkenny.
Sheephaven Bay or Sheep Haven (Irish: Cuan na gCaorach) [1] is a broad, shallow inlet on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. [2] Bounded by the peninsulae of Rosguill , to the east and Horn Head ( Irish : Corrán Binne ) to the west, the bay is relatively protected from the full force of the Atlantic Ocean , and has supported a vibrant ...
Creeslough (/ ˈ k r iː s l ɒ x / KREES-lokh, [2] locally / ˈ k r iː s l ɑː / KREES-lah; [3] Irish: An Craoslach [ənˠ ˈkˠɾˠiːsˠˌl̪ˠax]) [2] is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Dunfanaghy on the N56 road.
This is a sortable table of the approximately 2,787 townlands in County Donegal, Ireland. [1] [2] Duplicate names occur where there is more than one townland with the same name in the county. Names marked in bold typeface are towns and villages, and the word Town appears for those entries in the Acres column.
The Horn Head estate was bought in 1700 by Captain Charles Stewart, a veteran of the Battle of the Boyne, who commissioned William Wray of Ards to build the present house in 1701, when it was the largest house in the Dunfanaghy area. Stewart was appointed High Sheriff of Donegal for 1707–08. It remained the seat of the Stewarts of Horn Head ...
It sits on the shores of Sheephaven Bay on the northern coastline of County Donegal, Ireland. It's to be found on the N56 road, between Creeslough and Dunfanaghy. Ards Forest Park was formerly part of the Ards Estate, a country estate purchased by Alexander Stewart in the 1780s. The Ards Estate, centered on Ards House (demolished in the early ...
The County Arms is the official coat of arms of both County Donegal and Donegal County Council. The modern County Donegal was made a shire [ 10 ] by order of the English Crown in 1585. The English authorities at Dublin Castle formed the new county by amalgamating the old Kingdom of Tír Chonaill with the old Lordship of Inishowen .
Breac House is a boutique hotel in County Donegal, Ireland. The hotel is on Horn Head peninsula near Dunfanaghy and overlooks Killahoey Strand, Sheephaven Bay, and Muckish Mountain. [1] [2] [3] It opened in 2017. [4] The hotel has only four guest rooms; three were part of the original design and a fourth was added during the COVID-19 shutdowns.