Buncrana

Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in , on the shores of Lough Swilly. It's mostly a commuter town for Derry and Letterkenny, with a population of 7000 in 2022.
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  • Type: Town with 6,970 residents
  • Description: settlement in County Donegal, Ireland
  • Also known as: “ブンクラナ”

Places of Interest

Highlights: Ned’s Point Fort and Buncrana Castle.

Fort
Photo: Paddyhickey, Public domain.
Ned's Point Fort is one of several Napoleonic batteries built along the shores of in , to defend the north west of . It was part of a scheme to fortify Lough Swilly and Lough Foyle against French Invasion during the Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars.

Castle
Photo: AFBorchert, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Library
Photo: Dr Neil Clifton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Fahan.

Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
is a district of in the north of , Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of , an early Christian monastery. is situated 5 km south of Buncrana.

Buncrana

Latitude
55.1354° or 55° 8′ 7″ north
Longitude
-7.4531° or 7° 27′ 11″ west
Population
6,970
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
UN/LOCODE
IE BUC
Open location code
9C7J4GPW+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52241170
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2654332
Wiki­data ID
Q751475
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Urdu—“Buncrana” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Buncrana”
  • Bulgarian: “Бънкрана”
  • Catalan: “Buncrana”
  • Cebuano: “Buncrana”
  • Chinese: “班克拉納”
  • Chinese: “班克拉那”
  • Danish: “Buncrana”
  • Dutch: “Buncrana”
  • French: “Buncrana”
  • Galician: “Buncrana”
  • Georgian: “ბანკრანა”
  • German: “Buncrana”
  • Indonesian: “Buncrana”
  • Irish: “Bun Cranncha”
  • Italian: “Buncrana”
  • Japanese: “バンクラナ”
  • Lithuanian: “Bunkrana”
  • Manx: “Bun Cranncha”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Buncrana”
  • Polish: “Buncrana”
  • Russian: “Банкрана”
  • Serbian: “Банкрана”
  • Spanish: “Buncrana”
  • Swedish: “Buncrana”
  • Turkish: “Buncrana”
  • Ukrainian: “Банкрана”
  • Urdu: “بونکرینا”

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Localities in the Area

Places to explore: Limakilly and Gransha Lower.

County Donegal: Must-Visit Destinations

Worth a closer look: Gweedore and Letterkenny.

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