Carrickabraghy Castle

Carrickabraghy Castle on a rocky outcrop at the north-western extremity of the Isle of Doagh, at the head of Pollan Bay, in the north of Inishowen, a peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland.

Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Type: Castle
Description: town in Ulster, Ireland
Also known as: “O’Doherty Castle”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Glashedy and Ballyliffin Golf Club.

Glashedy

Islet

Photo: Lynchboy, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Glashedy Island is an uninhabited island approximately…

Ballyliffin Golf Club

Building

Ballyliffin Golf Club is a golf club located in Ballyliffin, County Donegal, Ireland. Ballyliffin Golf Club is situated 2½ km south of Carrickabraghy Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Ballyliffin and Clonmany.

Ballyliffin

Village

Photo: leppre, CC BY 2.0.

Carndonagh is a market town on the Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal. Ballyliffin is situated 4 km south of Carrickabraghy Castle.

Clonmany

Village

Photo: Kenneth Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Clonmany is a village and civil parish in north-west Inishowen, in County Donegal, Ireland. Clonmany is situated 6 km southwest of Carrickabraghy Castle.

Malin Head

Locality

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Malin Head is the most northerly point of mainland… Malin Head is situated 7 km north of Carrickabraghy Castle.

Carrickabraghy Castle

Categories: historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.31633° or 55° 18′ 59″ north

Longitude

-7.37275° or 7° 22′ 22″ west

Open location code

9C7J8J8G+GV

OpenStreetMap ID

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=castle

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Carrickabraghy Castle” goes by many names.

Basque: “Carrickabraghy gaztelua”
French: “Caisleán Charraig Bhrachaí”
German: “Carrickabraghy Castle”
Irish: “Carraig Bhrachaí”
Scottish Gaelic: “Caisleán Charraig Bhrachaí”
Spanish: “Caisleán Charraig Bhrachaí”
Turkish: “Carrickabraghy Castle”
Ukrainian: “Замок Керрікебрейгі”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Ballyliffin Golf Club and Five Finger Strand.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Five Fingers and Doagh Strand.

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Worth a closer look: Gweedore and Letterkenny.

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