An Fál Carrach (Irish)
Falcarragh | |
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Town | |
An Fál Carrach (Irish) Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 55°08′11″N 8°06′18″W / 55.136402°N 8.104906°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Barony | Kilmacrenan |
District | Cloughaneely |
Government | |
• Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
• EU Parliament | Midlands–North-West |
Population | 764 |
Area code | 074 (+353 74) |
Irish Grid Reference | B952329 |
An Fál Carrach is the only official name. The anglicised spelling Falcarragh, by which the settlement is usually known, has no official status. |
An Fál Carrach[2] (anglicised as Falcarragh), sometimes called Na Crois Bhealaí ('The Crossroads'), is a small Gaeltacht town and townland in the north-west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The settlement is in the district and old parish of Cloughaneely.