Machaire Rabhartaigh

Machaire Rabhartaigh (formerly anglicized as Magheroarty), meaning "plane of the spring tide/plane of roarty",[1] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the parish of Cloughaneely and its main access road is the R257. It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish Language Summer School since 1981 which runs three[2] courses for teenagers aged 12–18 every summer and has an intake of about 200[3] students per course.

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

The village has a port suited for fishing vessels. It is the main ferry port for Tory Island.

It attracts many 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 excellent surf throughout the year. Amenities include Coll's Bar & Pub grub,[4] an Café, Salt & Sand (Watersport recreation)[5] and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-speaking primary school.