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Malin, County Donegal

Coordinates: 55°15′N 7°16′W / 55.25°N 7.27°W / 55.25; -7.27
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Malin
Málainn
Village
Malin Bridge
Malin Bridge
Malin is located in Ireland
Malin
Malin
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°15′N 7°16′W / 55.25°N 7.27°W / 55.25; -7.27
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
Government
 • Dáil constituencyDonegal
 • EU ParliamentNorth–West
Population
 • Total92
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceC467453
Malin in 1996

Malin (Irish: Málainn)[2] is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, situated 6 km (4 mi) north of Carndonagh. A further 13 km (8 mi) north further is Malin Head, the most northerly point of the island of Ireland.[3] It was a planned settlement plotted around a triangular green. Malin won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1970 and 1991.

Sport

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The village's GAA club, also called Malin, is considered[according to whom?] a senior football club; it is the most northern-located GAA club in Ireland.[citation needed] The Malin 5k run is held annually, and there is also a raft race which takes place to raise funds for the RNLI.[citation needed]

Tidy towns

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Malin has won the Tidy Towns contest twice, and earned a Bronze in 2002.[citation needed]

Notable people

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Malin". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  2. ^ "Málainn/Malin". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
  3. ^ Homer, Peter. A Brief History of Malin Head. Inishowen Maritime Museum & Planetarium. 2014.
  4. ^ "New moon rising for The Henry Girls". Donegal Now. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2012.
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