Lough Unshagh
Lough Unshagh is a lake in County Donegal, Ulster. Lough Unshagh is situated nearby to the locality Meenavean, as well as near Gannew Bridge.Places of Interest
Highlights include Slieve League and Cloghanmore.
Slieve League
Peak
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Slieve League is a mountain on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal, Ireland. At 601 metres, it has the second-highest sea cliffs in Ireland, after Croaghaun, and some of the highest sea cliffs in Europe. Slieve League is situated 3½ km south of Lough Unshagh.
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 west of Lough Unshagh.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencolmcille and Carrick.
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.
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 5 km southeast of Lough Unshagh.
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 6 km southeast of Lough Unshagh.
Lough Unshagh
- Type: Lake
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
54.68361° or 54° 41′ 1″ northLongitude
-8.7° or 8° 42′ westElevation
141 metres (463 feet)Open location code
9C6HM8M2+C2GeoNames ID
3308812
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