Magheroarty

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Magheroarty
Machaire Uí Rabhartaigh
Location
Location of Magheroarty
centerMap highlighting Magheroarty
Irish grid reference
B847228
Statistics
Province: Ulster
County: County Donegal
Dáil Éireann: Donegal South West
Dialling code: 074, +000 353 74
Population ()

Magheroarty (official name: Machaire Rabhartaigh) is a small Irish-speaking village situated on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland.

It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish Language Summer School since 1982 which operates three courses for teenagers aged 12–18 every summer and has an intake of around 200 students per course.

A view of Magheroarty.
A view of Magheroarty.

The village has a small port suited for fishing vessels. It is the main ferry port for Tory Island.

During the summer many of the residents live on Inishbofin. Magheroarty has one pub called Coll's Bar. It attracts many tourists during the summer season, and watersports enthusiasts visit the area to windsurf/surf/kitesurf and to go kayaking in the bay.

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