Laghy
An Lathaigh | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°37′00″N 8°05′15″W / 54.616667°N 8.087461°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Government | |
• Dáil constituency | Donegal |
Population | 176 |
Area code | +353 74 |
Irish Grid Reference | G939748 |
Laghy[2] or Laghey (LAH-hee; Irish: An Lathaigh)[2] is a village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a civil and Church of Ireland parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. The village has a quarry, a supermarket, garden centre, filling station, two public houses, a church with a graveyard, an Orange hall, a recycling centre, a Donegal County Council yard and salt depot, and a national school (St Eunan's NS). Rossnowlagh and Murvagh beaches are nearby. Murvagh is also the home to Donegal Golf Club.