Carricknaha
Carricknaha is a beach in County Donegal, Ulster. Carricknaha is situated nearby to Lackan Forest, as well as near the peak Lackan Hill.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Inch Fort and St Mura’s Church of Ireland.
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. Inch Fort is situated 1 km west of Carricknaha.
St Mura’s Church of Ireland
Church
Photo: Jnoon9145, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mura’s Church of Ireland is situated 2½ km east of Carricknaha.
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. Rathmullen Wood is situated 4 km west of Carricknaha.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Fahan and Rathmullan.
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.
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. Rathmullan is situated 2½ km northwest of Carricknaha.
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.
Carricknaha
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.08439° or 55° 5′ 4″ northLongitude
-7.50307° or 7° 30′ 11″ westOpen location code
9C7J3FMW+QQOpenStreetMap ID
way 438153280OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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