Machaire Rabhartaigh

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Machaire Rabhartaigh (known in English as Magheroarty), meaning "plain of the spring tide/plain of Roarty",[1] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is in the parish of Cloughaneely[2] and its main access road is the R257.[3]

It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish language Summer school, Coláiste Mhachaire Rabhartaigh, since 1981 which runs courses for teenagers from Northern Ireland every summer.[4][5]

The village has a port used by fishing vessels. It also the main ferry port for Tory Island.[2][6]

It attracts tourists during the summer and watersports enthusiasts visit the area to windsurf/surf/kitesurf and to go kayaking in the bay. A natural reef exists to the left of the pier which provides conditions suitable for surfing throughout the year.Template:Fact Amenities include a pub, caféScript error: No such module "Unsubst". and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-medium primary school.[7]

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