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.
Machaire Rabhartaigh | |
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Village | |
 Machaire Rabhartaigh strand, October 2011 | |
  Machaire Rabhartaigh Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°08′28″N 8°10′18″W / 55.14123°N 8.17155°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| Area code(s) | 074, +000 353 74 |
| Irish Grid Reference | B847228 |
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.[citation needed]
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.[citation needed] Amenities include a pub, café and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-speaking primary school.[citation needed]
References edit
- ^ "Machaire Rabhartaigh/Magheraroarty". Logainm.ie.
- ^ "Gael Linn - Gaeltachta: Co. Donegal". Archived from the original on 30 October 2007.