Downings
Downings or Downies is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the Rosguill peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. The village is on the shores of Sheephaven Bay on the north coast of Ireland.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village
- Description: village in Ulster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Downies” and “Na Dúnaibh”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Island Roy.
Island Roy
Islet
Photo: David Baird, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Oileán Ruaidh, anglicised as Island Roy, also called Oileán an Bhráighe, is a small island in Mulroy Bay, County Donegal, Ireland. Island Roy is situated 3 km east of Downings.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Marble Hill and Dunfanaghy.
Marble Hill
Locality
Photo: Ross, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Marble Hill is a townland on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is very near Dunfanaghy, being located on the shores of Sheephaven Bay, and is known for the popular Marble Hill Beach. Marble Hill is situated 5 km southwest of Downings.
Dunfanaghy
Town
Photo: Joseph Mischyshyn, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Falcarragh is in County Donegal, the largest of a straggle of villages along the coast road, with a population of 764 in 2016. This is a Gaeltacht area where 70% speak Irish and 34% have it as their main language. Dunfanaghy is situated 9 km west of Downings.
Creeslough
Village
Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Creeslough is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, 12 kilometres south of Dunfanaghy on the N56 road. It overlooks an arm of Sheephaven Bay, with the population of the surrounding area engaged mainly in agriculture, mostly livestock rearing. Creeslough is situated 9 km southwest of Downings.
Downings
- Categories: human settlement, Gaeltacht, and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.1949° or 55° 11′ 42″ northLongitude
-7.83511° or 7° 50′ 6″ westElevation
10 metres (33 feet)Open location code
9C7J55V7+XXOpenStreetMap ID
node 52257358OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Ukrainian—“Downings” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Na Dúnaibh”
- Catalan: “Na Dúnaibh”
- Dutch: “Downings”
- Irish: “Na Dunaibh”
- Irish: “Na Dúnaibh”
- Russian: “Даунингс”
- Turkish: “Downings”
- Ukrainian: “Даунінгс”
- “Na Dúnaibh”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Downings Post Office and Downings GAA.
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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 “Downings”. Photo: MaxPride, CC BY-SA 3.0.