Greencastle
Greencastle is a commercial fishing port located in the north-east of the Inishowen Peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. The port is on the western shores of Lough Foyle.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 817 residents
- Description: town in County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Greencastle, County Donegal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Magilligan Martello tower and HM Prison Magilligan.
HM Prison Magilligan
Prison
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
HM Prison Magilligan is a medium security prison run by the Northern Ireland Prison Service situated near Limavady, County Londonderry. It was first opened in January 1972 when 50 Irish Republican internees were transferred from the prison ship HMS Maidstone. HM Prison Magilligan is situated 3½ km southeast of Greencastle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bellarena.
Bellarena
Village
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Bellarena is a small village and townland in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. It is on the A2 coastal road between Limavady and Coleraine, 6 miles north of Limavady. Bellarena is situated 9 km south of Greencastle.
Greencastle
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.20367° or 55° 12′ 13″ northLongitude
-6.98102° or 6° 58′ 52″ westPopulation
817United Nations Location Code
IE GREOpen location code
9C7M6239+FHOpenStreetMap ID
node 52244672OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2963861Wikidata ID
Q2247517
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Greencastle” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Greencastle”
- Belarusian: “Грынкасл”
- Cebuano: “Greencastle”
- Danish: “Greencastle”
- Dutch: “Greencastle”
- French: “Greencastle”
- German: “Greencastle”
- Irish: “An Caisleán Nua”
- Italian: “Greencastle”
- Japanese: “グリーンキャッスル”
- Manx: “An Caisleán Nua, Coontae Ghoon ny Ghoal”
- Manx: “An Caisleán Nua”
- Polish: “Greencastle”
- Russian: “Гринкасл”
- Spanish: “Greencastle”
- Swedish: “Greencastle”
- Ukrainian: “Грінкасл”
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Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Pound Town and Cornashamna.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Greencastle Post Office and Templemoyle.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Greencastle”. Photo: Patrick Mackie, CC BY-SA 2.0.