Muff

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Muff

Coordinates55.07°, -7.27°

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

Overview

Muff is a village, civil parish and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is near the mouth of the River Foyle and sits close to the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The village of Culmore and the city of Derry are to the south in Northern Ireland.

Geography

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

Wildlife & biodiversity

Citizen-science & research observations from the Global Biodiversity Information Facility (GBIF).

Earthquake history

Events from the USGS Earthquake Catalog (global) (FDSN Event Web Service).

Notable people from here

John Hume

Irish politician from Northern Ireland (1937–2020)

Darron Gibson

Irish association football player (born 1987)

Roma Downey

Irish actress and Emmy nominated producer and author from Derry, Northern Ireland

James McClean

Irish association football player

Nigel Dodds

British politician (born 1958)

Mark Durkan

politician from Northern Ireland (born 1960)

M

Michael Devine

Irish hunger striker (1954–1981)

Alan Davidson

British diplomat (1924–2003)

Aileen Morrison

triathlete

Amanda Burton

actress from Northern Ireland.

A

Andrew Simpson

actor

D

Damian McGinty

Northern Irish actor and singer

George Farquhar

Irish dramatist (1677–1707)

C

Cecilia Keaveney

Irish politician (born 1968)

Antonia Campbell-Hughes

British actress

B

Brendan Bradley

Northern Irish footballer

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

Nearby places in Donegal

• Bridgend
  4.7 mi away
• Quigley's Point
  4.9 mi away
• Burnfoot
  5.4 mi away
• Fahan
  8.2 mi away
• Killea
  8.3 mi away
• Buncrana
  8.7 mi away · pop. 6,971
• Drumfries
  10.2 mi away
• Carrigans
  10.3 mi away
• Rathmullan
  10.9 mi away
• Newtown Cunningham
  11 mi away
• Saint Johnston
  11.9 mi away
• Moville
  12.3 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.

Recently spotted species

Goldcrest

Regulus regulus

Seen 2026-09-13

European Stonechat

Saxicola rubicola

Seen 2026-09-13

Greylag Goose

Anser anser

Seen 2026-09-13

Eurasian Moorhen

Gallinula chloropus

Seen 2026-09-13

Red Admiral

Vanessa atalanta

Seen 2026-09-11

Common Whelk

Buccinum undatum

Seen 2026-08-30

Lobe Shell

Philine quadripartita

Seen 2026-08-30

Green-veined White

Pieris napi

Seen 2026-08-25

Speckled Wood

Pararge aegeria

Seen 2026-08-25

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