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Moville
Sign in to saveMoville (; ) is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland. It is the first coastal town of the Wild Atlantic Way when starting on the northern end.
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- Region
- Ulster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 1,481
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Moville
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Town
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Moville Market Square 2019 08 28.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- Moville Market Square
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- right
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ulster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
- Settlement.subdivision_name3
- County Donegal
- Settlement.unit_pref
- Metric
- Settlement.population_as_of
- 2022
- Settlement.population_total
- 1390
- Settlement.population_density_km2
- auto
- Settlement.elevation_m
- 30
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Donegal
- Elevation
- 30
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Moville.jpg
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- Commons category
- Moville
- Irish Grid Reference
- C648397
- historic county
- County Donegal
- different from
- Moville
- native label
- Bun an Phobail
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Encyclopedic overview
7 sectionsContents
- Location
- History
- Festivals
- Notable people
- Gallery
- See also
- References
Moville (; ) is a coastal town located on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland. It is the first coastal town of the Wild Atlantic Way when starting on the northern end.
==Location== The town is located on the western shore of Lough Foyle, approximately from Derry, which lies across the border in Northern Ireland. Features include a pier and small working harbour; and Moville Green, a large seaside park in the Victorian style which features bandstands, walking trails, playgrounds, a coastal footpath and views east across the waters of the lough to Northern Ireland. Moville is close to several beaches and receives visitors and daytrippers in the summer months.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Moville” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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