Foxes Hole

Foxes Hole is a locality in County Donegal, Ulster. Foxes Hole is situated nearby to the locality Thrushback, as well as near McCaddan’s Island.

Places of Interest

Highlights include St Agatha’s Church, Clar Bridge and Donegal Castle.

St Agatha’s Church, Clar Bridge

Church

Photo: Kay Atherton, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Donegal Castle

Museum

Photo: Benson Wills, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Donegal Castle is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The castle was the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, Lords of Tír Conaill and one of the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland from the 5th to the 16th centuries. Donegal Castle is situated 4 km southwest of Foxes Hole.

Donegal Railway Heritage Centre

Museum

Photo: louise price, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre commemorates the operations of the County Donegal Railways Committee which operated two narrow-gauge railways in County Donegal from 1863 until 1959. Donegal Railway Heritage Centre is situated 3½ km southwest of Foxes Hole.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donegal Town and Laghy.

Donegal Town

Photo: alphageek, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal in northwest Ireland. With a population of 2700 in 2022, it's neither the county town — that's tiny Lifford — nor the county's largest - that's Letterkenny.

Laghy

Village

Photo: Dennis Reynolds, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Laghy or Laghey is a village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a civil and Church of Ireland parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. Laghy is situated 7 km south of Foxes Hole.

Foxes Hole

Type: Locality
Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

54.67902° or 54° 40′ 45″ north

Longitude

-8.067° or 8° 4′ 1″ west

Open location code

9C6HMWHM+J5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 3811144773

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

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