The Silver Strand
The Silver Strand is a beach in County Donegal, Ulster. The Silver Strand is situated nearby to the scenic viewpoint Silver Strand Viewpoint, as well as near Malin Beg Reservoir.Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Malin Beg Signal Tower and Cloghanmore.
Malin Beg Signal Tower
Photo: MarieDub, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Malin Beg Signal Tower is situated 1 km west of The Silver Strand.
Cloghanmore
Archaeological site
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Cloghanmore (translated as "the great stone heap" is a megalithic chamber tomb of the court tomb type located about 8 km east from Carrick in Malin More, Glencolmcille, in County Donegal, Ireland. Cloghanmore is situated 3½ km northeast of The Silver Strand.
Rathlin O’Birne Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: MikaLaureque, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rathlin O’Birne Lighthouse is situated 3½ km west of The Silver Strand.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Glencolmcille and Teelin.
Glencolmcille
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Glencolmcille is a straggle of villages on the northwest coast of County Donegal, with a population of 217 in 2016. The main settlement is also called Cashel, indicating its cluster of prehistoric and early Christian ritual sites.
Teelin
Village
Photo: Nigel Callaghan, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Teileann is a Gaeltacht village in the south-west of County Donegal in the west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The village is near Slieve League, at the northwest end of Donegal Bay. Teelin is situated 9 km east of The Silver Strand.
Carrick
Village
Photo: Adie Jackson, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Carrick is a village located within the civil parish of Glencolmcille in County Donegal, Ireland. As of the 2022 census, the population of the village was 308. Carrick is situated 9 km east of The Silver Strand.
The Silver Strand
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.66388° or 54° 39′ 50″ northLongitude
-8.77536° or 8° 46′ 31″ westOpen location code
9C6HM67F+HVOpenStreetMap ID
way 52959606OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
“The Silver Strand” goes by many names.
- Irish: “An Trá Bhán”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include An Trá Bhán and Silver Strand Viewpoint.
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