Leahan
Leahan is a peak in County Donegal, Ulster and has an elevation of 427 metres. Leahan is situated nearby to the village Malin Beg, as well as near the locality Illandoon.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Peak with an elevation of 427 metres
- Description: mountain in County Donegal, Ireland
- Also known as: “Liathan”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Slieve League and Cloghanmore.
Slieve League
Peak
Photo: Tony Webster, CC BY 2.0.
Slieve League or Slieve Liag 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. Belfast naturalist Robert Lloyd Praeger…
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.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencolmcille and Carrick.
Glencolmcille
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 8 km east of Leahan.
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 8 km southeast of Leahan.
Leahan
- Categories: mountain and landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.66837° or 54° 40′ 6″ northLongitude
-8.74782° or 8° 44′ 52″ westElevation
427 metres (1,401 feet)Open location code
9C6HM792+8VOpenStreetMap ID
node 332373202OpenStreetMap feature
natural=peak
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Satellite Map
Discover Leahan from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Swedish—“Leahan” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Леахан”
- Cebuano: “Leahan”
- Dutch: “Leahan”
- Irish: “Liathán”
- Swedish: “Leahan”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Malin Beg and Illandoon.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Malin Beg Reservoir and The Silver Strand.
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