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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 ...
Ireland portal; 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.
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 Bridge of Tears is a stone bridge located near the towns of Dunfanaghy and Falcarragh, County Donegal, Ireland. [1] [2] History.
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 ...
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.
Rosguill (Irish language and official name: Ros Goill) [1] is a peninsula situated in the north-north-west of County Donegal on the north coast of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Lying between the peninsulae of Fanad to the east and Horn Head to the west, Rosguill is a dichotomy of heathland and ocean.