Kilcar
Local name: Cill Charthaigh
Located in County Donegal, Ulster Coordinates: 54°38′02″ N 8°35′36″ W
- Population
- 248
- 248
- Elevation
- 33 m
- above sea level
- Local time
- UTC+00:00
- Europe/Dublin · UTC+00:00
About Kilcar
Kilcar is a village. Location: County Donegal, Ulster. Population: 248. Elevation: 33 m.
Cill Charthaigh (anglicised as Kilcar) is a Gaeltacht village on the R263 regional road in the south-west of County Donegal in Ireland. It is also a townland of 233 acres and a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh. Kilcar's main street has a Catholic church (known locally as 'the chapel') at one end and two textile factories at the other end. In between there are several shops and three pubs. The village has a tweed handweaving facility, with a shop selling tweed products.
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In comparison
- No. 53 of 66 places in County Donegal by population
- Nearest larger town: Carrick, 4 km NW
- 40 sights and natural places within 10 km Ballaghdoo River, Glenaddragh River
Nearby attractions & nature
Everything nearby-
Croaghmuckros Mountain, County Donegal1.6 km SE
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Ballaghdoo River River, County Donegal0.3 km SW
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Muckros Head Natural site, County Donegal2.8 km S
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Glenaddragh River River, County Donegal1.1 km SW
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Tawny Bay Natural site, County Donegal2.1 km SW
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Glen River River, County Donegal2.6 km W
Sources & licences
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