Machaire Rabhartaigh
Machaire Rabhartaigh
Magheroarty | |
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Village | |
 Machaire Rabhartaigh strand, October 2011 | |
  Machaire Rabhartaigh  Machaire Rabhartaigh | |
| 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 |
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[2] and its main access road is the R257.[3]
It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish language Summer school, Coláiste Mhachaire Rabhartaigh, since 1981 which runs courses for teenagers from Northern Ireland every summer.[4][5]
The village has a port used by fishing vessels. It also the main ferry port for Tory Island.[2][6]
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[citation needed] and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-medium primary school.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Machaire Rabhartaigh/Magheraroarty". Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ a b Maguire, Stephen (23 September 2017). "New Tory ferry and breakwater for Magheroarty Pier on cards". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Roads Act 1993 (Classification of Regional Roads) Order 2012 (S.I. No. 54 of 2012). Signed on 23 February 2012 by Leo Varadkar. Statutory Instrument of the Government of Ireland. Retrieved from Irish Statute Book on 21 May 2025.
- ^ "Gaeltachta: Co. Donegal". Gael Linn. Archived from the original on 30 October 2007. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ "Gaeltacht Colleges: Donegal 1". Gael Linn. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
- ^ Magnier, Eileen (13 July 1993). "Winter Ferry Service For Tory Island". RTÉ News. Retrieved 21 May 2025 – via RTÉ Archives.
- ^ "SCOIL NAOMH DUBHTHACH". Government of Ireland. Department of Education and Youth. 23 August 2024 [7 July 2021]. Retrieved 21 May 2025.
