Moville Town and Coastal Walk Inishowen Co Donegal
Moville (Maigh Bhile or Bun an Phobail in Irish, having the same etymology as Movilla Abbey) is a town and coastal resort on the Inishowen Peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland, close to the northern tip of the island of Ireland.
Shore Path Moville Co Donegal
Moville Co Donegal
Moville is located on the banks of Lough Foyle and is only a 30 min drive from the historic city of Derry. One of Donegal's heritage towns, Moville takes it's name from the Irish Maghbile, which means Plain of the Ancient Tree and refers to the site of an ancient monastery. A few miles to the north lies the fishing port of Greencastle where you can catch a car ferry across the Foyle to Magilligan - and onwards to the many beautiful sites of the Northern Irish coastline. A visit to the Giant's Causeway and The Dunluce Centre is highly recommended. For the golfer Moville is ideally situated for playing the courses of north Inishowen, Ballyliffen, Greencastle and Redcastle.
Inish Adventures - Moville/Buncrana Co. Donegal
Based in the picturesque Inishowen Peninsula in the North East of Donegal, Inish Adventures offers water and land based outdoor activities including kayaking, canoeing, sailing, gorge walking, mountain biking, hill walking and much more.
Our centres are located on:
Shores of Lough Foyle
Shore Front, Moville, Donegal, Ireland.
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Shores of Lough Swilly
Ned's Point, Buncrana, Donegal, Ireland.
Phone: 00353 87 2202577
Inish Adventures clients range from family, individuals, schools, youth groups, sport teams to government/council agencies across Donegal and Northern Ireland.
Inish Adventures staff has also worked very closely alongside both the Canoe Association of Northern Ireland and the governing body of Ireland, Canoeing Ireland.
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Moville
Moville (Irish: Bun an Phobail) 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.
The town has a scenic location on the western shore of Lough Foyle, approximately 30 kilometres (20 mi) from Derry, which lies across the border in Northern Ireland. Features include Moville Green, a large seaside park in the Victorian style with bandstands, walking trails, playgrounds, a coastal footpath and views east across the lough to Northern Ireland.
In the second half of the 19th century, Moville was a point of embarkation for emigrants, to Canada and the United States of America. Steamships of the Anchor Line of Glasgow, and others enroute from Glasgow to New York City called at Moville to pick up additional passengers.
Moville Pile Lighthouse
Moville Lighthouse or as its been call ‘The Eiffel Tower of Moville’ was built in 1882 is located about 550 metres offshore from the town, is 13.5 m (44 ft) high and flashes once every 2.5 seconds with a range of four miles. A red sector covers Moville Bank inshore.
This was the largest in a series of 19th century pile lighthouses that helped guide ships down Lough Foyle to Derry, and is one of just three of its kind remaining in Ireland. The other two are located at Dundalk and Cobh.
Responsibility for its operation and maintenance rests with Derry Port and Harbour Commissioners who completed restoration work in 2008. Keepers lived in town, but spent the night in the watch room.
The Fid
The Fid, sited in a prominent position, on the Old Stone Pier in the town of Moville, the impressive structure was designed by local artist Locky Morris.
Inspired by an actual Fid - a conical pin of hardwood used by fishermen for splicing ropes and nets and by sailmakers for opening holes in the sails without tearing the material. The artist came across the hand held tool during his research as part of the long-line fishing basket display in the Inishowen Maritime Museum in Greencastle.
The striking wooden structure was carved from a single oak trunk and is over 30 feet high and over 3 feet wide at its base, the large upright structure symbolises an ancient name of the place itself, Maigh Bhile ‘the plain of the sacred tree’ and represents Moville’s rich fishing and emigration history.
Martello Tower – Magilligan
The Martello tower was built towards the end of the wars in 1812 and it was one of the most northerly of the 74 constructed all around the coasts of Ireland to fire on any invading fleet. The British original plan was to build a fort at Magilligan point but this turned out to be impractical due to the soft ground.
It is one of 74 constructed to fire on any invading fleet and withstand lengthy sieges. It has three floors, and its walls are 9ft thick.
A round dressed sandstone tower (from the Ballyharrigan quarries in Bovevagh), originally housing a 24 pound cannon mounted on the top. It was fastened to a central pivot and moved on a circular rail so that it could point in all directions. The tower has 9ft thick walls with three floors, and was built on top of a spring to ensure fresh water in case of a siege. Below the gun platform were the living quarters and the ground floor was used to store powder and ammunition. A similar tower but with double-gunned exists in Greencastle, on the other side of Lough Foyle.
Cornashamma Bay
Cornashamma Bay, known locally as Sweet Nellie, is a secluded beach and is located on the north coast of Ireland a mile to the southwest of Inishowen Lighthouse on the eastern side of the Inishowen Peninsula. It provided another anchoring opportunity along the eastern Inishowen shoreline. Cornashamma Bay has no facilities and the nearest supplies can be found in the fishing village of Greencastle, the small town of Moville or alternatively the small village of Stroove a few miles north of the village of Greencastle off the R238
Warren Light
Is located at the entrance to Lough Foyle, 2.4 km southwest of the Inishowen or Shove Lighthouse and beside the 12th Tee of Greencastle Golf Club which is just north of Greencastle town. Built in 1861 the Warren Point Lighthouse or Warren Light has a Focal Plane of (a height from the water level to the light) of 9m (30 ft). The brick cylindrical tower is 8m (27ft) in height is painted white with a green trim and the white light flashes every 1.5 seconds. This light is managed by the Derry Port and Harbour Commissioners and site managed by Greencastle Golf Club.
Moville Pier to Carndonagh
Run from Moville Donegal, to Carndonagh,...
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Road To Moville
On the road to Moville.
Moville, County Donegal
Moville is located on the banks of Lough Foyle and is only a 30 min drive from the historic city of Derry. One of Donegal's heritage towns, Moville takes it's name from the Irish Maghbile, which means Plain of the Ancient Tree and refers to the site of an ancient monastery. A few miles to the north lies the fishing port of Greencastle where you can catch a car ferry across the Foyle to Magilligan - and onwards to the many beautiful sites of the Northern Irish coastline. A visit to the Giant's Causeway and The Dunluce Centre is highly recommended. For the golfer Moville is ideally situated for playing the courses of north Inishowen, Ballyliffen, Greencastle and
Memories of Moville PC
Donegal ballad
Sunday September 18th 2016 - Through Moville
In through Movie, Co. Donegal
Moville to Portstewart 1st swim since 1929
Mother-of-two Heather Clatworthy, 34, emerged from the Atlantic as only the second ever person to traverse the waves between the idyllic Stroove beach on Co Donegal's Inishowen peninsula and the seaside resort of Portstewart in Co Londonderry, Northern Ireland. 27 July 2016.
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Moville Community College - LCA Project
Moville Community College - LCA Project. Wrap up of year ending 2014
St Columbs Church Moville Co. Donegal
St Columbs Church Moville Co. Donegal
THE ALTAR IN MOVILLE
A typical story of Emigration from Ireland in the late 1800s
Frank & the dogs do Greencastle to Moville
Brother in law, myself and the dogs (Buttons & Mosley) take the ferry from Magilligan Point, Limavady, Co Derry, to Greencastle Co. Donegal. Then we take a walk along the coast from Greencastle to Moville. Vintage car show was in town!
Moville, Co Donegal - local community group fights Irish Water's sewage treatment plan
Irish Water are proposing to build a Wastewater Treatment Plant for Moville & Greencastle in the exact same location which has been rejected for over 30 years by local campaigners and politicians. This video presents a history of the project, detailing the bad practices and policies which have been made during this time by Donegal County Council and Irish Water and examines the best way forward to protect our local environment.
Please like and share this video and let Irish Water know that their current proposal is untenable and they must locate the outfall North of Greencastle into the open sea.
For more information please visit:
or Save the Foyle facebook page
Donegal Beaches Part 1: Moville & Greencastle
Part 1 in a series of photographic slideshows on the beaches of Co. Donegal in Ireland. The series starts at the Lough Foyle side of Donegal in Moville, and moves counter clockwise round the coast to end in Bundoran.
This episode features Moville and Greencastle on the Lough Foyle side of the Inishowen Peninsula.