Malin Beg
Malin Beg is a Gaeltacht village on the southwest coast of County Donegal in Ireland. It is noted for its beach, the Silver Strand.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in County Donegal, Ireland
- Also known as: “Malinbeg”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Malin Beg Signal Tower and Cloghanmore.
Cloghanmore
Archaeological site
Photo: MarieDub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cloghanmore (translated as "the great stone heap" is a megalithic chamber tomb of the court tomb type located about 8 km east from Carrick in Malin More, Glencolmcille, in County Donegal, Ireland. Cloghanmore is situated 3 km northeast of Malin Beg.
Rathlin O’Birne Lighthouse
Lighthouse
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Rathlin O’Birne Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of Malin Beg.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencolmcille and Teelin.
Glencolmcille
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Glencolmcille is a straggle of villages on the northwest coast of County Donegal, with a population of 217 in 2016. The main settlement is also called Cashel, indicating its cluster of prehistoric and early Christian ritual sites.
Teelin
Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teileann is a Gaeltacht village in the south-west of County Donegal in the west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The village is near Slieve League, at the northwest end of Donegal Bay. Teelin is situated 10 km east of Malin Beg.
Carrick
Village
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrick is a village located within the civil parish of Glencolmcille in County Donegal, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was 308. Carrick is situated 10 km east of Malin Beg.
Malin Beg
- Category: locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.66842° or 54° 40′ 6″ northLongitude
-8.78177° or 8° 46′ 54″ westElevation
34 metres (112 feet)Open location code
9C6HM699+97OpenStreetMap ID
node 1460077973OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Irish—“Malin Beg” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Málainn Bhig”
- French: “Malin Beg”
- Irish: “Málainn Bhig”
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