Abbey

Abbey is a ruins in County Donegal, Ulster. Abbey is situated near Rathmullan Presbyterian Church, as well as near Rathmullan Fort.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: 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. Inch Fort is situated 1½ km southeast of Abbey.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Rathmullan and Fahan.

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. Fahan is situated 4 km east of Abbey.

Buncrana

Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Buncrana is a town on Inishowen Peninsula in County Donegal, on the shores of Lough Swilly. It's mostly a commuter town for Derry and Letterkenny, with a population of 7000 in 2022.

Abbey

Type: Ruins
Category: historic site
Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

55.09431° or 55° 5′ 40″ north

Longitude

-7.53635° or 7° 32′ 11″ west

Open location code

9C7J3FV7+PF

OpenStreetMap ID

way 654982672

OpenStreetMap feature

historic=ruins

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Highlights: Rathmullan Presbyterian Church and Rathmullan Fort.

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