Kerrykeel
Encyclopedia
Kerrykeel is a small village in County Donegal
County Donegal
County Donegal is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Border Region and is also located in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal. Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county...

, Ireland
Ireland
Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...

. It lies between Knockalla Mountain, Ranny hill and the scenic Mulroy Bay
Mulroy Bay
Mulroy Bay is a relatively small bay / sea loch on the north coast of County Donegal, Ireland.Mulroy Bay is the most convoluted of the marine inlets in north-west Ireland. It is approximately 12 km long in a north-south direction. The entrance to the bay is a narrow embayment leading to a winding...

.

It consists of supermarkets and small pubs, and Kerrykeel Motors and Donegal Creameries PLC. Kerrykeel is also in close vicinity to the popular tourist area of Portsalon
Portsalon
Portsalon is a coastal townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It's situated on the scenic Lough Swilly and it is world-renowned for its beach, which was deemed to be the second most beautiful beach in the world by The Observer....

, and serves as the gateway to the Fanad
Fanad
Fanad is a peninsula that lies between Lough Swilly and Mulroy Bay on the north coast of County Donegal in Ireland. It encompasses the parishes of Clondavaddog, Killygarvan and parts of Tullyfern and Aughinish. The peninsula includes the towns and villages of Milford, Kerrykeel , Tamney,...

 peninsula.

Notable people

  • Billy Gillespie
    Billy Gillespie
    Billy Gillespie was a football player for Sheffield United over a twenty year period from 1913 to 1932, scoring over 137 League and Cup goals in 492 games for the South Yorkshire side....

    , footballer
  • Davitt Walsh
    Davitt Walsh
    Davitt Walsh , is an Irish footballer who plays as a forward for IFA Championship side Institute.Walsh began his career with Fanad United before joining Derry City...

    , footballer
  • John Kerr
    John Kerr (Irish Singer)
    John Kerr was an Irish ballad singer from Coolback, Fanad, County Donegal, Ireland.His best known recording is Three Leafed Shamrock which reached number 1 in the singles charts of the Republic of Ireland on 1 April 1972....

    , ballad singer


See also

  • List of towns and villages in Ireland
The source of this article is wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.  The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
 
x
OK