Back Bay
Back Bay is a beach in County Donegal, Ulster. Back Bay is situated nearby to the castle Inch Fort, as well as near the beach Carricknaha.Places of Interest Nearby
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. Inch Fort is situated 120 metres northeast of Back Bay.
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 3 km west of Back Bay.
St Mura’s Church of Ireland
Church
Photo: Jnoon9145, CC BY-SA 4.0.
St Mura’s Church of Ireland is situated 3½ km east of Back Bay.
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 3 km east of Back Bay.
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.
Back Bay
- Type: Beach
- Category: landform
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
55.083° or 55° 4′ 59″ northLongitude
-7.51663° or 7° 30′ 60″ westOpen location code
9C7J3FMM+58OpenStreetMap ID
way 816835508OpenStreetMap feature
natural=beach
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