Rathmullan
Rathmullan is a seaside village and townland on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of Lough Swilly, 11 kilometres north-east of Ramelton and 12 km east of Milford.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Type: Village with 493 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Rathmullen”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rathmullen Wood and Inch Fort.
Rathmullen Wood
Nature reserve
Rathmullen Wood is a national nature reserve of approximately 82 acres located in County Donegal, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.
Inch Fort
Castle
Photo: Daragh McDonough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inch Fort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built between 1812 and 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. It had positions for nine guns, six in an open battery and a further three in a blockhouse.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fahan and Buncrana.
Fahan
Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Fahan is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery. Fahan is situated 4 km east of Rathmullan.
Buncrana
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, on the shores of Lough Swilly. The main reason to come is to explore Inishowen Peninsula, the northern tip of the Irish mainland.
Rathmelton
Town
Photo: Colin Park, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Ramelton, also Rathmelton, is a town and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. As of 2022, its population was 1,288. Rathmelton is situated 9 km southwest of Rathmullan.
Rathmullan
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.09389° or 55° 5′ 38″ northLongitude
-7.54028° or 7° 32′ 25″ westPopulation
493Elevation
6 metres (20 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE RATOpen location code
9C7J3FV5+HVOpenStreetMap ID
node 52243307OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Rathmullan” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rathmullan”
- Bulgarian: “Ратхмулан”
- Catalan: “Rathmullan”
- Cebuano: “Rathmullan”
- Dutch: “Rathmullan”
- French: “Ráth Maoláin”
- French: “Rathmullan”
- German: “Rathmullan”
- German: “Rathmullen”
- Irish: “Ráth Maoláin”
- Italian: “Rathmullan”
- Japanese: “ラスミュラン”
- Polish: “Rathmullan”
- Russian: “Ратмаллан”
- Scottish Gaelic: “Ráth Maoláin”
- Spanish: “Rathmullen”
- Swedish: “Rathmullan”
- Welsh: “Rathmullan”
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