Culdaff

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Culdaff

Coordinates55.29°, -7.17°

Demographic figures from Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Overview below cites Wikipedia and may reference a different year.

Overview

Culdaff is a village, civil parish and townland on the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland. Known for its beach, it attracts tourists from all over Ireland. As of 2022, the population was 385.

Geography

Coordinates & boundaries from the US Census TIGER/Line shapefiles.

Notable people from here

Gary Doherty

Irish soccer player

D

Damien Faulkner

Irish racing driver

John Colgan

Irish Friar Minor and scholar

Charlie McConalogue

Irish politician

Frederick Young

British Indian Army officer

John Wallace Crawford

American scout and poet (1847-1917)

K

Keith McErlean

Irish actor

William McArthur

Lord Mayor of London (1809–1887)

Honoria Lawrence

Lawrence [née Marshall], Honoria, Lady Lawrence (1808–1854), writer

Margaret Barrington

Irish writer and journalist (1896-1982)

M

Michael White

Irish solicitor, High Court judge since 2011

Karen McLaughlin

Irish musician

Lorna McLaughlin

Irish musician

Joleen McLaughlin

Irish musician

People born within ~10 km, from Wikidata (CC0). Click any name for their Wikipedia article.

Nearby places in Donegal

• Portahack
  1 mi away
• Carndonagh
  4.5 mi away
• Leckemy
  4.9 mi away
• Moville
  8.4 mi away
• Ballyliffin
  8.9 mi away
• Greencastle
  9.3 mi away
• Clonmany
  9.8 mi away
• Drumfries
  11 mi away
• Quigley's Point
  11.3 mi away
• Buncrana
  15.4 mi away · pop. 6,971
• Muff
  15.7 mi away
• Fahan
  18.3 mi away

Browse all places in Donegal →

Geography & sun

Elevation, sunrise/sunset and daylight from Open-Meteo. Solar climatology from NASA POWER.

Public attention

Pageview totals from the Wikimedia Pageviews API.

Books about Culdaff

Search results from Open Library.

Recently spotted species

Sanderling

Calidris alba

Seen 2026-08-29

House Sparrow

Passer domesticus

Seen 2026-08-21

rugosa rose

Rosa rugosa

Seen 2026-08-19

Small-spotted Catshark

Scyliorhinus canicula

Seen 2026-08-18

Himalayan balsam

Impatiens glandulifera

Seen 2026-08-18

Square-spot Rustic

Xestia xanthographa

Seen 2026-08-17

tufted vetch

Vicia cracca

Seen 2026-08-14

Common Honeysuckle

Lonicera periclymenum

Seen 2026-08-12

Hardy Fuchsia

Fuchsia magellanica

Seen 2026-08-12

Research-grade observations from iNaturalist (within ~15 mi).