Malin Málainn | |
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Village | |
) Malin Bridge | |
)  Malin Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°15′N 7°16′W / 55.25°N 7.27°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| • EU Parliament | North–West |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
| • Total | 92 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | C467453 |
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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] . Malin won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1970 and 1991. It was a planned settlement plotted around a triangular green.
Sport
The town's GAA club, Malainn, is considered a senior football club; it is the most northern-located GAA club in Ireland.
The Malin 5k run is held annually, and there is also a raft race which takes place to raise funds for the RNLI.
Tidy towns
Malin has won the Tidy Towns contest twice, and earned a Bronze in 2002.
Notable people
- The Irish folk music trio The Henry Girls are from Malin.[4]
- The Rev. William Elder, politician and clergyman in Canada
- Sir William McArthur, Lord Mayor of London
See also
- List of populated places in the Republic of Ireland
- List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland
References
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Malin". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ "Málainn/Malin". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 10 June 2018.
- ^ Homer, Peter. A Brief History of Malin Head. Inishowen Maritime Museum & Planetarium. 2014.
- ^ "New moon rising for The Henry Girls". Donegal Now. Archived from the original on 9 May 2015. Retrieved 13 April 2012.