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Fahan.
Fathain
A new place to stop. A different way to explore. Find your way around Fahan, with local places and the journey there on one map.
13 mapped places to explore.
3 bus and train lines in the published timetable.
Explore Fahan
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Fahan is a village in County Donegal. The map names 13 places inside it, from shops and cafés to schools and churches, and 3 streets. 3 bus and train lines call at 2 stops here in the published timetable.
Your guide to Fahan.
Plan the journey, find a place to stop and get to know the streets along the way.
- The journey here
Getting to Fahan
3 scheduled lines from McGonagle Bus and Coach Hire and McGonagle Bus and Coach Ltd. and other operators. Choose your starting point, travel date and time to find a connection.
- Mapped stops
- 2
- Mapped car parks
- 0
- 6 stops on foot
Fahan in a day
Explore Fahan with a suggested walking itinerary. See the stops along 15.7 km of walking and choose where to spend your time.
- See and do
Things to see
79 places to explore within 12 km, plus 1 place to eat and 0 places to stay on the map.
- Castles and their stories
Castle days around Letterkenny
Choose a castle to explore, with its history, photographs, a map and practical visiting details.
- By the water
Lisfannon
Lisfannon is 1.1 km from Fahan. Check water quality, recorded facilities and how to get there.
- Street by street
Every street
3 named streets to browse. Start with Beacon Hill, with 2 mapped places.
- The local picture
About Fahan
Get your bearings with the location, landscape and local facts, including population figures where available.
Getting to Fahan
3 lines call at 2 stops in Fahan, run by McGonagle Bus and Coach Hire, McGonagle Bus and Coach Ltd. and TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim. That list does not change with the date. What does change is which of them runs on the day you are going, and that, with the walk at each end, is worked out when you ask for it.
- 951
- 959
- 976
Plan a journey to Fahan from anywhere, on any date the timetable covers.
Explore Fahan by category
Find somewhere to eat, a place to visit or an everyday service. Search or choose a theme to explore places in and around Fahan.
17 of 17 categories to explore
Things to see
A lake to linger beside, a castle to explore or a museum for a rainy afternoon. Find places for a day out.
- Attractions, 1 mapped place in and around Fahan
- Beaches, 9 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Castles, 5 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Forts, 3 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Hills, 24 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Historic churches, 1 mapped place in and around Fahan
- Holy wells, 2 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Lakes, 11 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Nature reserves, 1 mapped place in and around Fahan
- Parks, 7 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Picnic sites, 1 mapped place in and around Fahan
- Ringforts and sites, 6 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Ruins, 3 mapped places in and around Fahan
- Shrines, 1 mapped place in and around Fahan
Food and drink
Coffee on the way, lunch in town or a pub for the evening. Choose a kind of place, then find it locally.
Community
The places that bring a town together, including schools, libraries, places of worship and community facilities.
Motoring
Find fuel, repairs and other motoring services before your next journey.
Things to see
A starting point for exploring Fahan and its surroundings, with the closest places to the centre first. Distances are straight lines, not walking routes.
- Fahan Holy Well690 mHoly wells
- Lisfannon Beach880 mBeaches
- St Mura's Abbey1.1 kmRuins
- Brown Shore1.2 kmBeaches
- Lackan Hill1.4 kmHills
- Church of Ireland1.9 kmHistoric churches
- Carricknaha2.0 kmBeaches
- Mouldy Hill2.6 kmHills
- Inch Fort2.7 kmCastles
- Back Bay2.8 kmBeaches
- Inch Top2.8 kmHills
- Dunfinn Damn3.0 kmLakes
The busiest streets
Of the 3 named streets the map records, these carry the most.
- Beacon Hill2 placesR238
- Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway1 placeresidential
Questions people ask
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Elsewhere in County Donegal
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- BallybofeyBealach Féich
- DonegalDún na nGall
- BundoranBun Dobhráin
- DungloeAn Clochán Liath
- FalcarraghAn Fál Carrach
- ArdaraArd an Rátha
- BallyshannonBéal Átha Seanaidh
- CarndonaghCarn Domhnach
- CastlefinnCaisleán na Finne
- DunfanaghyDún Fionnachaidh
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