Glencolumbkille
Local name: Gleann Cholm Cille
Located in County Donegal, Ulster Coordinates: 54°42′26″ N 8°43′50″ W
- Population
- 212
- 212
- Elevation
- 19 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Glencolumbkille
Glencolumbkille is a village. Location: County Donegal, Ulster. Population: 212. Elevation: 19 m.
Gleann Cholm Cille, known in English as Glencolmcille or Glencolumbkille, is a small district on the Atlantic coast of south-west County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Named after Saint Colm Cille (Columba), it is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. Glencolmcille is in the Gaeltacht, and while it remains an Irish-speaking community, English has been steadily replacing Irish as the main language, with only 34% of residents speaking Irish on a daily basis in 2002.
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In comparison
- No. 59 of 66 places in County Donegal by population
- Nearest larger town: Carrick, 8 km SE
- 43 sights and natural places within 10 km Glen Bay, Skelpoonagh Bay
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Glen Bay Natural site, County Donegal1.4 km W
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Skelpoonagh Bay Natural site, County Donegal1.9 km NW
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Screggacula Mountain, County Donegal2.7 km S
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Glen Head Natural site, County Donegal2.2 km NW
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Braade Hill Mountain, County Donegal3.5 km E
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Sturrall Natural site, County Donegal3.4 km N
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