Machaire Rabhartaigh

Machaire Rabhartaigh (known in English as Magheroarty), meaning "plain of the spring tide/plain of Roarty",^[1] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is in the parish of Cloughaneely^[2] and its main access road is the R257.^[3]

Machaire Rabhartaigh Magheroarty
Village
Machaire Rabhartaigh strand, October 2011
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Coordinates: 55°08′28″N 8°10′18″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Government
• Dáil Éireann	Donegal
Area code	074, +000 353 74
Irish Grid Reference	B847228

It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish language Summer school, Coláiste Mhachaire Rabhartaigh, since 1981 which runs courses for teenagers from Northern Ireland every summer.^[4][5]

The village has a port used by fishing vessels. It also the main ferry port for Tory Island.^[2][6]

It attracts tourists during the summer and watersports enthusiasts visit the area to windsurf/surf/kitesurf and to go kayaking in the bay. A natural reef exists to the left of the pier which provides conditions suitable for surfing throughout the year.^{[citation needed]} Amenities include a pub, café^{[citation needed]} and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-medium primary school.^[7]