Matman’s Bay
Matman’s Bay is a bay in County Donegal, Ulster.Places of Interest
Highlights include Inch Fort and Rathmullen Wood.
Inch Fort
Castle
Photo: Daragh McDonough, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Inch Fort, Lough Swilly, Inishowen, County Donegal was built between 1812 and 1813, during the Napoleonic Wars. It had positions for nine guns, six in an open battery and a further three in a blockhouse.
Rathmullen Wood
Nature reserve
Rathmullen Wood is a national nature reserve of approximately 82 acres located in County Donegal, Ireland. It is managed by the Irish National Parks & Wildlife Service.
Inch Castle
Castle
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Inch Castle is a ruined castle located on the southern tip of Inch Island in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The castle was constructed around 1430 by the Gaelic Irish lord Neachtain O'Donnell for his father-in-law, Cahir O'Doherty.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Buncrana and Rathmullan.
Buncrana
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, on the shores of Lough Swilly. The main reason to come is to explore Inishowen Peninsula, the northern tip of the Irish mainland.
Rathmullan
Village
Photo: Donald MacDonald, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Rathmullan is a seaside village and townland on the Fanad Peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated on the western shore of Lough Swilly, 11 kilometres north-east of Ramelton and 12 km east of Milford.
Fahan
Village
Photo: Alistair Cunningham, CC BY 3.0.
Fahan is a district of Inishowen in the north of County Donegal, Ireland, located 5 km south of Buncrana. In Irish, Fahan is named after its patron saint, Saint Mura, first abbot of Fahan, an early Christian monastery.
Matman’s Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.0783° or 55° 4′ 42″ northLongitude
-7.5249° or 7° 31′ 30″ westOpen location code
9C7J3FHG+82OpenStreetMap ID
node 7640122554OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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