Machaire Rabhartaigh
Machaire Rabhartaigh, meaning "plane of the spring tide/plane of roarty", is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the parish of Cloughaneely and its main access road is the R257.
It has been home to a Gael Linn Irish Language Summer School since 1981 which runs three courses for teenagers aged 12-18 every summer and has an intake of about 200 students per course.
The village has a port suited for fishing vessels. It is the main ferry port for Tory Island.
It attracts many tourists during the summer and watersports enthusiasts visit the area to windsurf/surf/kitesurf and to go kayaking in the bay. A natural reef exists to the left of the pier which provides excellent surf throughout the year. Amenities include Coll's Bar & Pub grub, an Café, Salt & Sand and Scoil Naomh Dubhthach Machaire Rabhartaigh, an Irish-speaking primary school.
