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About Portsalon

Portsalon, Port an tSalainn in Irish, is a village in County Donegal, 225 km north-west of Dublin. It stands on the R246 and R268. The map gives it 736 buildings and 2 named streets, with 6 places named on them in 14 kinds, and 86 things to see in and around it. By the number of buildings on the map it is the 46th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.

Where
225 km north-west of Dublin
Position
55.2089° N, 7.6223° W
Roads
R246 and R268
Governed
Donegal County Council, in the province of Ulster
On the model
736 buildings, 2 streets, 6 named places in 14 kinds
Fort Dunree. L.E. James Joyce P62 achored off Portsalon prior to heading up to Rathmullan pier for an open public day.
Fort Dunree. L.E. James Joyce P62 achored off Portsalon prior to heading up to Rathmullan pier for an open public day.·Greg Clarke, CC BY 2.0 via Wikimedia Commons
LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) off Donegal coast
LÉ Samuel Beckett (P61) off Donegal coast·Mhdelaney, 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 86 things to see

Getting around

By road

The map records the R246 and R268 running through Portsalon.

By bus or train

1 line calls at 2 stops 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 Portsalon?
In County Donegal, in the province of Ulster, 225 km north-west of Dublin and 225 km from Dublin, on the R246 and R268.
How big is Portsalon?
No census figure is on record for it here. On the map it is 736 buildings, 2 named streets and 6 named places, which by building count makes it the 46th largest of the 86 settlements this site covers in County Donegal.
What is there to see in Portsalon?
86 things the map records in and around it, the closest being Portsalon Beach, Lough Doira and Bran Lough.
How do you get to Portsalon?
1 bus and train line calls at 2 stops 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.
736
buildings on the model
2
named streets
6
named places
14
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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