Culdaff () is a village on the

Inishowen Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfort ...

peninsula of

County Donegal County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconne ...

Ireland Ireland ( ; ga, Éire ; Ulster Scots dialect, Ulster-Scots: ) is an island in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic Ocean, in Northwestern Europe, north-western Europe. It is separated from Great Britain to its east by the North Channel (Grea ...

. Known for its beach, it attracts tourists from all over Ireland. , the population was 237. The present village dates back to the 8th century and was originally the site of the monastery of St Buadán ( Baithéne mac Brénaind), after which the

Church of Ireland The Church of Ireland ( ga, Eaglais na hÉireann, ; sco, label= Ulster-Scots, Kirk o Airlann, ) is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. It is organised on an all-Ireland basis and is the second ...

is named.

William Lawson Micks William Lawson Micks (1851 in Yorkshire – 1928) was an Irish civil servant. According to the 1911 census, he resided at 3 Palmerston Villas, Dublin and was the father of four children. He worked with the Congested Districts Board for Ireland (C ...

and Samuel Arnold Lawson, acted as Trustees for one hundred acres of bogland at Meenawarra near Culdaff on behalf of the purchaser, Jane Leferre.Bonner, Brian (1982) ''Redford Glebe: the story of an Ulster townland'', Donegal; p. 24

Culdaff Beach

Culdaff beach is only about 50 yards away from the village. It includes two beaches, 'the small beach' and 'the big beach'. The beach can be very busy during the summer, and is known for the expansive sand on the main beach, and a large area of rocks around the second and further along the coastline.

Fishing

The Bunagee Pier is the mooring for two boats that take anglers out to fish, the ''Barracuda'' and the ''Gemini''. Fish caught offshore include White Pollock, Black Pollock, Plaice, Rock Salmon, Sea Trout, and Salmon. Shell Fish include Brown Crab, Lobster, Green Crab, and Velvet Crab.

Sport

The main sport in Culdaff is football and the team is part of the Jackie Crossan Premier Division of the

Inishowen Football League The Inishowen Football League (IOFL) is an amateur league for football clubs in the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland. There are three divisions, with a promotion-and- relegation system in operation. This three-division setup, i ...

. Their home ground, Caratra Park, is next to the beach.

Places of interest

Ancient monuments in the area (located near the Bocan chapel) include the

Carrowmore High Crosses Carrowmore ( ga, An Cheathrú Mhór, 'the great quarter') is a large group of megalithic monuments on the Coolera Peninsula to the west of Sligo, Ireland. They were built in the 4th millennium BC, during the Neolithic (New Stone Age). There ar ...

, the Cloncha Cross, the

Bocan Stone Circle Bocan Stone Circle is a stone circle situated near the village of Culdaff in the north of Inishowen, a peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Description The stone circle is located on Bocan ...

and the

Temple of Deen A temple (from the Latin ) is a building reserved for spiritual rituals and activities such as prayer and sacrifice. Religions which erect temples include Christianity (whose temples are typically called churches), Hinduism (whose temples ...

(a ruined

court tomb The court cairn or court tomb is a megalithic type of chambered cairn or gallery grave. During the period, 3900–3500 BCE, more than 390 court cairns were built in Ireland and over 100 in southwest Scotland. The Neolithic (New Stone A ...

). Other sights include St. Bodans Rock (located below the Bridge), and the site of old St Bodans well (located behind the Church of Ireland),

Notable people

Charles Macklin Charles Macklin (26 September 1699 – 11 July 1797), (Gaelic: Cathal MacLochlainn, English: Charles McLaughlin), was an Irish actor and dramatist who performed extensively at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane. Macklin revolutionised theatre in ...

(1699–1797), actor and dramatist * Frederick Young (1786–1874), soldier

References

External links

* https://web.archive.org/web/20080704184139/http://www.visitinishowen.com/tour/culdafftour.html {{County Donegal Towns and villages in County Donegal