Carrick () is a village located within the
civil parish
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of
Glencolmcille
Glencolmcille or Glencolumbkille () is a small district on the Atlantic coast of southwest County Donegal in Ireland. Named after Saint Colm Cille (Columba), it is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. Glencolmcille is in the ...
in
County Donegal
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, Ireland. As of the
2022 census, the population of the village was 308.
[ Carrick is located between neighbouring towns Glencolmcille, Meenanary, Teelin and ]Kilcar
''Cill Charthaigh'' (anglicised as Kilcar) is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 road (Ireland), R263 Regional road (Ireland), regional road in the south west of County Donegal in Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres an ...
. Nearby is Slieve League
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Belfast naturalist
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, the highest sea cliff in Europe.
Amenities
The village has a post office as well as a number of pubs, shops and coffee shops. The Roman Catholic church in the village is dedicated to Saint Colm Cille, and was built in the 1850s. The local national school has an enrollment of approximately 80 pupils,Gaelic football
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.
References
Towns and villages in County Donegal
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