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About Malin More

Malin More, Málainn Mhóir in Irish, is a village in County Donegal, 159 km north of Galway. It stands on the R263. The map gives it 240 buildings and 4 named streets, with 12 places named on them in 16 kinds, and 82 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 79th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Where
159 km north of Galway, 222 km from Dublin
Position
54.6950° N, 8.7736° W
Roads
R263
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
240 buildings, 4 streets, 12 named places in 16 kinds
Westmost megalithic tomb at Malin More. This is listed as national monument 139 (4) in state care.
Westmost megalithic tomb at Malin More. This is listed as national monument 139 (4) in state care.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons
Eastmost chamber of the portal tomb with six surviving chambers at Malin More. This is listed as national monument 139 (4) in state care.
Eastmost chamber of the portal tomb with six surviving chambers at Malin More. This is listed as national monument 139 (4) in state care.·Andreas F. Borchert, CC BY-SA 4.0 via Wikimedia Commons

County Donegal since 1841

Every census of the county, which is the only way to see what happened to rural Ireland: the fall from the Famine runs for a century, and the recovery is recent.

296,448108,344167,08418412022

Source: Central Statistics Office, table F1001 'Population at Each Census', read through the PxStat API, read 2026-09-20.

What to see

Closest to the centre first, with how far each one is.

All 82 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R263 running through Malin More.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 1 stop here. Plan a journey for the day and time you are going.

Schools and services

The map records no school inside the settlement.

Questions people ask

Where is Malin More?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 159 km north of Galway and 222 km from Dublin, on the R263.
How big is Malin More?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 240 buildings, 4 named streets and 12 named places, which by building count makes it the 79th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Malin More?
82 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Dermot & Grania's Bed, Dermot & Grania's Bed and Pointe Radhairc na Málainne Móire.
How do you get to Malin More?
1 bus and train line calls at 1 stop here in the published timetable, run by TFI Local Link Donegal Sligo Leitrim.
Has County Donegal grown or shrunk?
The census counted 296,448 people in the county in 1841 and 167,084 in 2022.
240
buildings on the model
4
named streets
12
named places
16
kinds of place

Buildings, streets, places, roads and position are OpenStreetMap, counted by this site rather than quoted from anywhere. Population, elevation, area and twinning are structured claims on Wikidata. County population is the Central Statistics Office. Journeys are the National Transport Authority’s published timetable. Every sentence on this page is written from those numbers; none of it is copied from a description of the place.

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