Falcarragh
Falcarragh (officially Irish : An Fál Carrach or Na Croisbhealaí ) is a place in County Donegal in the far northwest of the Republic of Ireland .
Falcarragh is located in the north-west of County Donegal between the towns of Gortahork and Dunfanaghy on the national road N56 , which opens up as a circular route the west and north of the county, and is the central place of the coastal district and old Parish Cloughaneely , to which u. a. also belongs to Gortahork. The first written mention of Falcarragh dates from 1822; in parliamentary terms, Falcarragh is now part of Donegal South West .
Since the place is located in a Gaeltacht region, its official name is An Fál Carrach (German: "stone wall"); the alternative, unofficial Na Croisbhealaí means "street intersection". The tallest Celtic cross in Ireland can be found near Falcarragh.
In the 2016 census , 764 people were counted in Falcarragh; Despite this small number of inhabitants, the place gives the impression of a prosperous, prosperous small town not only in the tourist season, as there is a small-scale economic infrastructure for the entire surrounding region (quote: “the main commercial town between Letterkenny and Dungloe ”) has formed. To the rail transport in Ireland Falcarragh has been disconnected since 1947th
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- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Falcarragh on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 16, 2017.
Coordinates: 55 ° 8 ′ N , 8 ° 6 ′ W