An Bun Beag
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An Bun Beag (anglicised as Bunbeg), meaning "the small river mouth", is a small Gaeltacht village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is officially the smallest townland in Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore), but today the name Bunbeg is used to describe a large region of the parish. It is situated between Derrybeg and the townland of Dore and is home to many of Gweedore's amenities and businesses. The Clady River (Irish: An Chláidigh) flows into the Crolly River (also known as the Gweedore River) beside Bunbeg Quay, on the south-western outskirts of Bunbeg.
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Within Vinony's link graph, An Bun Beag is referenced by 169 other articles, and connects out to Gaoth Dobhair, France and Iceland.
It sits within the topics Gaeltacht places in County Donegal, Gaeltacht towns and villages and Geography of Gweedore.
Its subject is documented across 10 Wikipedia language editions.
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Key facts
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- Bunbeg
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- Bunbeg with Errigal in the background and Bád Eddie (Eddie's Boat) on Magheraclogher Strand
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- Village and townland
- Settlement.etymology
- "the small river mouth"
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- Ireland
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- Map showing the location of Bunbeg in Ireland
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Province
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- Ulster
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- County
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- County Donegal
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- Parish
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- Gweedore
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- +1
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- Gaeltacht
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Donegal
- Area
- 7.94
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Shares border with
- Doirí Beaga
- Image
- Bunbeg3333.jpg
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- Commons category
- Bunbeg
- Irish Grid Reference
- B808244
- native label
- An Bun Beag
- historic county
- County Donegal
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Encyclopedic overview
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- Bád Eddie
- Appearances in music
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An Bun Beag (anglicised as Bunbeg), meaning "the small river mouth", is a small Gaeltacht village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is officially the smallest townland in Gaoth Dobhair (Gweedore), but today the name Bunbeg is used to describe a large region of the parish. It is situated between Derrybeg and the townland of Dore and is home to many of Gweedore's amenities and businesses. The Clady River (Irish: An Chláidigh) flows into the Crolly River (also known as the Gweedore River) beside Bunbeg Quay, on the south-western outskirts of Bunbeg.
There is a ferry service from Bunbeg to nearby Tory Island.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “An Bun Beag” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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