Ranafast
Ranafast or Rinnafarset, officially only known by its Irish name Rann na Feirste, is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Rosses district in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.- Type: Village with 431 residents
- Description: village in Ulster, Ireland
- Also known as: “Rann na Feirste”, “Rinnafarset”, and “Риннафарсет”
Places of Interest
Highlights: Donegal Airport and Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair.
Donegal Airport
Aerodrome
Donegal Airport is a regional airport in Ireland, serving County Donegal and the north-west.
Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair
Theater building
Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair, anglicized as Gweedore… Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair is situated 3½ km north of Ranafast.
Leo’s Tavern
Pub
Leo's Tavern is a pub in the Donegal Gaeltacht, known… Leo’s Tavern is situated 3 km southeast of Ranafast.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Annagary and Bunbeg.
Bunbeg
Village
An Bun Beag, meaning "the small river mouth"… Bunbeg is situated 2½ km northeast of Ranafast.
Derrybeg
Village
Doirí Beaga, is a Gaeltacht village and townland… Derrybeg is situated 4½ km north of Ranafast.
Ranafast
- Categories: human settlement, Gaeltacht, townland, and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
55.03929° or 55° 2′ 21″ north
Longitude
-8.31631° or 8° 18′ 59″ west
Population
431
Elevation
34 metres (112 feet)
Open location code
9C7H2MQM+PF
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Turkish—“Ranafast” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Rann na Feirste”
- Catalan: “Rann na Feirste”
- Cebuano: “Rann Na Feirste”
- Dutch: “Ranafast”
- French: “Rann na Feirste”
- German: “Rann na Feirste”
- Irish: “Rann na Feirste”
- Russian: “Ранн-на-Ферште”
- Spanish: “Rann na Feirste”
- Swedish: “Rann Na Feirste”
- Turkish: “Ranafast”
- “Rann na Feirste”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Tóin a‘ Bhaile and Carrickacull.
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights: Lough Nacanny and Illanmurrish.
County Donegal: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Gweedore and Letterkenny.
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