Muff, County Donegal

Muff Magh
—  Town  —
Main Street Muff
Muff Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°04′03″N 7°16′09″W / 55.067586°N 7.26903°W / 55.067586; -7.26903Coordinates: 55°04′03″N 7°16′09″W / 55.067586°N 7.26903°W / 55.067586; -7.26903
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Government
– Dáil Éireann	Donegal North East
– EU Parliament	North–West
Population (2010)[1]
– Urban	2,354
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
– Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference

Muff (historically spelt Mough, from Irish: Magh)^[2] is a village in County Donegal, Ireland. It is near the mouth of the River Foyle (where it flows into Lough Foyle) and sits at the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The village of Culmore and the city of Derry are to the south. Muff has experienced significant growth in population during the last decade as people from Northern Ireland migrate across the border.

Each summer, usually during the first week in August, the village celebrates Muff Festival;^[3] which includes céilithe, competitions, street partying, parades, amusements, night-time entertainment, and live performances.

Sport

The local Soccer team is called Quigley's Point Swifts.

Local Gaelic club, Naomh Padraig, has recently developed a new pitch and a new club house.

The two clubs have just recently pioneered a new game of football as a charity fund-raiser after an accident to a member of the local community, which involved played one half of the game with Gaelic football rules and one half with soccer rules.

People

Playwright Brian Friel was a resident of the village for some time.

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

Further reading

• Sean Beattie (2004). Donegal. Sutton: Printing Press. ISBN 0-7509-3825-0. (Ireland in Old Photographs series)

References

1. ^ http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_Table_7_and_12.pdf
2. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
3. ^ Muff Festival

External links

• 360 of the Ardmore Stone, located beside Village