Mulroy Bay

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Mulroy Bay (Irish: Cuan Mhaoil Ruaidh) is a relatively small bay / sea loch on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland.

Mulroy Bay is the most convoluted of the marine inlets in north-west Ireland. It is approximately 12m long in a north-south direction. The entrance to the bay is a narrow embayment leading to a winding entrance channel 10m in length. This channel varies in width and depth, with three significant narrows only 100-150m across, where the current reaches maxima of 3-5 knots. It opens into the Atlantic Ocean, an open shallow sea lough 8m from north to south and 2.5m from east to west, generally less than 20m in depth and with many small rocky islands and islets.

Settlements founded on the bay include Milford, Kerrykeel and Cranford.