Malin, County Donegal

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.

Malin Málainn
Village
Malin Bridge
Malin Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°15′N 7°16′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

Malin in 1996

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

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.

External links

• The Tidy Towns of Ireland "Celebrating 50 years"