Carrigart
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Carrigart (Carraig Airt) is a small village in the Barony of Kilmacrenan to the north of County Donegal, Ireland. The village is on the R245 route between Letterkenny and Creeslough. Situated as it is at the base of the Rosguill peninsula, in one of the more remote parts of the country, the village provides services for a a large hinterland, with a supermarket with banking facilities, a post office, a doctor's surgery and a barracks manned part-time by An Garda Síochána.
The village and its environs remain largely agricultural, relying heavily on passing trade and tourism during the summer months. In common with the rest of this part of Donegal, Carrigart has a large number of second homes, owned especially by Northern Irish holiday makers.
The village originally formed part of the estates of the Earls of Leitrim, nearby Mulroy House being one of their seats. William Clements, 3rd Earl of Leitrim, was asassinated in nearby Cratlagh wood in 1878 by men from the neighbouring peninsula of Fanad.
Famous residents include Katrina Walsh and Maxime Ladley, the famous lawyer and artist.
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