Machaire Rabhartaigh Explained

Machaire Rabhartaigh
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ulster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:County Donegal
Leader Title1:Dáil Éireann
Leader Name1:Donegal
Unit Pref:Metric
Population Density Km2:auto
Coordinates:55.1412°N -8.1716°W
Area Code:074, +000 353 74
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Machaire Rabhartaigh (known in English as Magheroarty), meaning "plain of the spring tide/plain of Roarty",[1] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is in the parish of Cloughaneely and its main access road is the R257.

It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish language Summer school since 1981 which runs courses for teenagers aged 12 - 18 every summer, and has an intake of about 200 students per course.[2]

The village has a port used by fishing vessels. It also the main ferry port for Tory Island.

It attracts tourists during the summer and watersports enthusiasts visit the area to windsurf/surf/kitesurf and to go kayaking in the bay. A natural reef exists to the left of the pier which provides conditions suitable for surfing throughout the year. Amenities include a pub, café and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-speaking primary school.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Machaire Rabhartaigh/Magheraroarty. Logainm.ie.
  2. Web site: Gael Linn - Gaeltachta: Co. Donegal. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20071030030609/http://www.gael-linn.ie/glinn/gaeltachta_Donegal1.aspx. 2007-10-30.