Falcarragh

An Fál Carrach (Irish)
Falcarragh
Town
The crossroads on Main Street
The crossroads on Main Street
An Fál Carrach (Irish) is located in Ireland
An Fál Carrach (Irish)
An Fál Carrach (Irish)
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°08′11″N 8°06′18″W / 55.136402°N 8.104906°W / 55.136402; -8.104906
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
BaronyKilmacrenan
DistrictCloughaneely
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDonegal
 • EU ParliamentMidlands–North-West
Population764
Area code074 (+353 74)
Irish Grid ReferenceB952329
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.

  1. ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements An Fál Carrach". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 5 June 2018.
  2. ^ Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004. As to the meaning of the name, see Deirdre and Laurence Flanagan, Irish Place Names, Gill & Macmillan, 2002.