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Machaire Rabhartaigh
Village in Ulster, Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | |
Coordinates: 55°08′28″N 8°10′18″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]