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Donegal Bay (Bá Dhún na nGall in Irish
Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
) is an inlet
Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a Sound , bay , lagoon or marsh....
 (or bay
Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
) in the northwest of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Three counties
Counties of Ireland

In a process that began following the Norman invasion, and was completed in 1606, the island of Ireland was divided into thirty-two county ....
 – Donegal
County Donegal

County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....
 to the north and west, Leitrim
County Leitrim

County Leitrim is one of the Irish county of Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht. Its name derives from the Irish , meaning "grey ridge."...
 and Sligo
County Sligo

County Sligo is a county in the provinces of Ireland of Connacht in the west of Republic of Ireland....
 to the south – have shorelines on the bay, which is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. The town of Donegal
Donegal

Donegal is a town in County Donegal, in the Province of Ulster, in Republic of Ireland. Donegal is not the county town of County Donegal, despite being its namesake....
 and the River Eske
River Eske

The River Eske is a river in the northwest of Ireland, beginning at Lough Eske in southeast County Donegal before flowing mainly westwards to the town of Donegal and into the Atlantic via Donegal Bay....
 lie at the head of the bay.

Donegal Bay is Ireland's largest bay, and also contains Ulster
Ulster

Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....
's highest (and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
's sixth-highest) sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
 cliff
Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. Cliffs are formed as erosion landforms due to the processes of erosion and weathering that produce them....
s at Slieve League
Slieve League

Located on the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, Slieve League , at 601 metres, has Ireland's second highest sea cliffs, after Croaghaun on Achill Island and Europe's sixth-highest....
, which tower 1972 ft (601 m) above sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
.

Donegal Bay's beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
es have some of Europe's finest surfing
Surfing

Surfing refers to a person or boat riding down a wave and thereby gathering speed from the downward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sports in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean surface wave standing on a surfboard....
, caused by a combination by a direct west-facing location and the funnel-shape of Donegal Bay (the westerlies of the Atlantic Ocean get funnelled into a relatively small area
Area

Area is a quantity expressing the two-dimensional size of a defined part of a surface, typically a region bounded by a closed curve. The term surface area refers to the total area of the exposed surface of a 3-dimensional solid, such as the sum of the areas of the exposed sides of a polyhedron....
, which increases the size of the swell).






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Donegal Bay
Donegal Bay (Bá Dhún na nGall in Irish
Irish language

Irish , also known as Irish Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages of the Indo-European language family, originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish people....
) is an inlet
Inlet

An inlet is a narrow body of water between islands or leading inland from a larger body of water, often leading to an enclosed body of water, such as a Sound , bay , lagoon or marsh....
 (or bay
Bay

A bay is an area of water bordered by land on three sides. Bays generally have calm waters than the surrounding sea, due to the surrounding land blocking some ocean surface wave and often reducing winds....
) in the northwest of Ireland
Ireland

Ireland is the List of islands by area in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world. It lies to the north-west of continental Europe and is surrounded by hundreds of islands and islet....
. Three counties
Counties of Ireland

In a process that began following the Norman invasion, and was completed in 1606, the island of Ireland was divided into thirty-two county ....
 – Donegal
County Donegal

County Donegal is a county located in the west of the Province of Ulster, in the northwest of Ireland. It is one of three counties in the Province of Ulster that do not form part of Northern Ireland....
 to the north and west, Leitrim
County Leitrim

County Leitrim is one of the Irish county of Republic of Ireland and is part of the province of Connacht. Its name derives from the Irish , meaning "grey ridge."...
 and Sligo
County Sligo

County Sligo is a county in the provinces of Ireland of Connacht in the west of Republic of Ireland....
 to the south – have shorelines on the bay, which is bounded on the west by the Atlantic Ocean
Atlantic Ocean

The Atlantic Ocean is the second-largest of the world's oceanic divisions; with a total area of about 106.4 million square kilometres . It covers approximately one-fifth of the Earth's surface....
. The town of Donegal
Donegal

Donegal is a town in County Donegal, in the Province of Ulster, in Republic of Ireland. Donegal is not the county town of County Donegal, despite being its namesake....
 and the River Eske
River Eske

The River Eske is a river in the northwest of Ireland, beginning at Lough Eske in southeast County Donegal before flowing mainly westwards to the town of Donegal and into the Atlantic via Donegal Bay....
 lie at the head of the bay.

Donegal Bay is Ireland's largest bay, and also contains Ulster
Ulster

Ulster is one of the four Provinces of Ireland of Ireland, in addition to Connacht, Munster and Leinster. The name is sometimes informally used as a synonym for Northern Ireland, one of the countries of the United Kingdom, although Northern Ireland covers only two thirds of Ulster....
's highest (and Europe
Europe

Europe is, conventionally, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally divided from Asia to its east by the water divide of the Ural Mountains, the Ural , the Caspian Sea, and by the Caucasus Mountains to the southeast....
's sixth-highest) sea
SEA

See also: Sea and seasThe three-letter acronym SEA may refer to:People/organizations/businesses*Scientists and Engineers for America, a pro-science political advocacy group....
 cliff
Cliff

In geography and geology, a cliff is a significant vertical, or near vertical, rock exposure. Cliffs are formed as erosion landforms due to the processes of erosion and weathering that produce them....
s at Slieve League
Slieve League

Located on the coast of County Donegal, Ireland, Slieve League , at 601 metres, has Ireland's second highest sea cliffs, after Croaghaun on Achill Island and Europe's sixth-highest....
, which tower 1972 ft (601 m) above sea level
Sea level

Mean sea level is the average height of the sea, with reference to a suitable reference surface. Defining the reference level , however, involves complex measurement, and accurately determining MSL can prove difficult....
.

Donegal Bay's beach
Beach

File:MiamiSouthBeachPanoramaEdit.jpgA beach is a geology landform along the shoreline of a body of water. It usually consists of loose particles which are often composed of Rock , such as sand, gravel, shingle beach, pebbles, or cobble....
es have some of Europe's finest surfing
Surfing

Surfing refers to a person or boat riding down a wave and thereby gathering speed from the downward movement. Most commonly, the term is used for a surface water sports in which the person surfing is carried along the face of a breaking ocean surface wave standing on a surfboard....
, caused by a combination by a direct west-facing location and the funnel-shape of Donegal Bay (the westerlies of the Atlantic Ocean get funnelled into a relatively small area
Area

Area is a quantity expressing the two-dimensional size of a defined part of a surface, typically a region bounded by a closed curve. The term surface area refers to the total area of the exposed surface of a 3-dimensional solid, such as the sum of the areas of the exposed sides of a polyhedron....
, which increases the size of the swell). Rossnowlagh
Rossnowlagh

Rossnowlagh is a seaside resort and area located in south County Donegal, in the north-west of Republic of Ireland. It is situated about 8 km north-west of Ballyshannon and 16 km south-east of Donegal Town....
 and Bundoran
Bundoran

Bundoran is a town on the coast of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Republic of Ireland. Attractions include a beach/seafront, golf course and swimming pool with flumes....
 are recognised by the European surfing community as among Ireland's finest surf beaches with good facilities and excellent water quality
Water quality

Water quality is the physical, chemical and biological characteristics of water. It is most frequently used by reference to a set of standards against which compliance can be assessed....
.

Towns on the Bay

  • Ballyshannon
    Ballyshannon

    Ballyshannon is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It is located where the N3 road and N15 road roads in Ireland cross the River Erne....
  • Bundoran
    Bundoran

    Bundoran is a town on the coast of County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Republic of Ireland. Attractions include a beach/seafront, golf course and swimming pool with flumes....
  • Coolmore
  • Donegal
    Donegal

    Donegal is a town in County Donegal, in the Province of Ulster, in Republic of Ireland. Donegal is not the county town of County Donegal, despite being its namesake....
  • Killybegs
    Killybegs

    Killybegs is an important harbour town in County Donegal, part of the Province of Ulster in Ireland. It is located on the coast of the county, north of Donegal bay, near Donegal Town....
  • Mountcharles
    Mountcharles

    Mountcharles is a village in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal town on the Killybegs road....
  • Mullaghmore
  • Rossnowlagh
    Rossnowlagh

    Rossnowlagh is a seaside resort and area located in south County Donegal, in the north-west of Republic of Ireland. It is situated about 8 km north-west of Ballyshannon and 16 km south-east of Donegal Town....
  • Tullaghan
    Tullaghan

    Tullaghan is a village in County Leitrim, Republic of Ireland. Due to extensive property development, fueled by tax breaks, it has now mushroomed in size and is effectively a suburb of Bundoran - a holiday resort in the neighbouring County Donegal....


Rivers that empty into the bay

  • River Drowes (between Bundoran and Tullaghan)
  • River Erne
    River Erne

    The River Erne , in the Cardinal direction of Ireland, rises in Beaghy Lough, two miles south of Stradone, County Cavan in County Cavan and flows 64 miles through Lough Gowna, Lough Oughter and Upper and Lower Lough Erne, County Fermanagh, to the sea at Ballyshannon, County Donegal....
     (at Ballyshannon)
  • River Eske
    River Eske

    The River Eske is a river in the northwest of Ireland, beginning at Lough Eske in southeast County Donegal before flowing mainly westwards to the town of Donegal and into the Atlantic via Donegal Bay....
     (at Donegal Town)


Islands in the bay

  • Isle of St Ernan
  • Belle's Isle
  • Rotten Island
    Rotten Island

    Rotten Island is a small island close to the entrance of Killybegs harbour, Donegal Bay, Republic of Ireland....


Geographical coordinates

  • Latitude: 54° 40' N (54.67)
  • Longitude: 9° 04' W (-9.07)
  • NWS buoy: 62093 M4


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