Burtonport
Ailt an Chorráin or Ailt a' Chorráin is a Gaeltacht fishing village about 7 km northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. The main employers in the village were the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the Bord Iascaigh Mhara ice plant; but these have both since closed and their former premises were demolished in 2021 as part of a seafront environment upgrade scheme.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 304 residents
- Description: human settlement
- Also known as: “Ailt an Chorráin”, “Ailt An Chorráin”, “Barton Port”, “Burtan Port”, and “Burton”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Rutland Island.
Rutland Island
Island
Photo: malcolm hurley mills, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rutland Island, also sometimes known as Inishmacadurn, is an island in County Donegal, Ireland, and an electoral and census reporting district covering it, surrounding islands and part of the mainland.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Leabgarrow and Dungloe.
Leabgarrow
Village
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
An Leadhb Gharbh is a Gaeltacht village on Arranmore Island, which is to the west of County Donegal about three miles from Burtonport. The island's post office, secondary school and ferry port are located in Leabgarrow. Leabgarrow is situated 5 km west of Burtonport.
Dungloe
Dungloe is a village on the west coast of County Donegal. It's in a Gaeltacht area so its official name is the Irish An Clochan Liath - "the grey stepping stones".
Annagary
Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Anagaire is a village in The Rosses district in County Donegal, Ireland. As of 2022, the population was 309. Annagary is situated 8 km northeast of Burtonport.
Burtonport
- Categories: human settlement, Gaeltacht, and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.9812° or 54° 58′ 52″ northLongitude
-8.42254° or 8° 25′ 21″ westPopulation
304Elevation
21 metres (69 feet)United Nations Location Code
IE BUROpen location code
9C6HXHJG+FXOpenStreetMap ID
node 52219361OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Burtonport” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Ailt an Chorráin”
- Basque: “Burtonport”
- Bulgarian: “Буртонпорт”
- Catalan: “Ailt an Chorráin”
- Cebuano: “Burtonport”
- Dutch: “Burtonport”
- Finnish: “Burtonport”
- French: “Burtonport”
- German: “Ailt an Chorráin”
- German: “Burtonport”
- Irish: “Ailt an Chorráin”
- Italian: “Burtonport”
- Japanese: “バートンポート”
- Russian: “Бертонпорт”
- Russian: “Бёртонпорт”
- Spanish: “Ailt an Chorráin”
- Swedish: “Burtonport”
- Turkish: “Burtonport”
- Ukrainian: “Альт ан Хоран”
- Ukrainian: “Бьортонпорт”
- “Ailt an Chorráin”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Edernishfree and Meenanalbany.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Leckenagh Lough and Lough Ballyboy.
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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 “Burtonport”. Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 4.0.