Muff, County Donegal

Muff
Magh
Village
Muff
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°04′03″N 7°16′09″W / 55.067586°N 7.26903°W / 55.067586; -7.26903Coordinates: 55°04′03″N 7°16′09″W / 55.067586°N 7.26903°W / 55.067586; -7.26903
Country Ireland
Province Ulster
County County Donegal
Government
 • Dáil Éireann Donegal
 • EU Parliament Midlands–North-West
Population (2016)[1]
 • Urban 1,226
Time zone UTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST) UTC-1 (IST (WEST))

Muff (from Irish: Magh)[2] is a village in County Donegal, Ireland. It is near the mouth of the River Foyle (where it flows into Lough Foyle) and sits at the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The village of Culmore and the city of Derry are to the south. Muff has experienced significant growth in population during the last decade as people from Northern Ireland migrate across the border.

Each summer, usually during the first week in August, the village celebrates Muff Festival;[3] which includes céilithe, competitions, street partying, parades, amusements, night-time entertainment, and live performances.

Sport and Recreation

The local Soccer team is called Quigley's Point Swifts.

Local Gaelic club, Naomh Padraig, has recently developed a new pitch and a new club house.

The two clubs have just recently pioneered a new game of football as a charity fund-raiser after an accident to a member of the local community, which involved playing one half of the game with Gaelic football rules and one half with soccer rules.

People

Playwright Brian Friel was a resident of the village for some time.

See also

Further reading

  • Sean Beattie (2004). Donegal. Sutton: Printing Press. ISBN 0-7509-3825-0. (Ireland in Old Photographs series)

References

  1. ↑ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Muff". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  2. ↑ Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. ↑ Muff Festival
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