Machaire Rabhartaigh

Machaire Rabhartaigh
—  Village  —
A view of Machaire Rabhartaigh strand, October 2011
Machaire Rabhartaigh Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°03′03″N 8°14′08″W / 55.050941°N 8.235626°W / 55.050941; -8.235626Coordinates: 55°03′03″N 8°14′08″W / 55.050941°N 8.235626°W / 55.050941; -8.235626
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Government
- Dáil Éireann	Donegal South West
Area code(s)	074, +000 353 74
Irish Grid Reference	B847228

Machaire Rabhartaigh (formerly anglicized as Magheraroarty), meaning "plain of the high tide",^[1] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the parish of Cloughaneely and its main access road is the R257.

It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish Language Summer School since 1981 which runs three^[2] courses for teenagers aged 12–18 every summer and has an intake of about 200^[3] students per course.

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

It attracts many 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 excellent surf throughout the year. Anemities include Coll's Bar, a café and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Mhachaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-speaking primary school.

References

1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
2. ^ http://www.gael-linn.ie/glinn/gaeltachta_donegal1.aspx
3. ^ http://www.gael-linn.ie/glinn/gaeltachta_donegal1.aspx