Cloghan, County Donegal

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Cloghan
Irish: An Clochán
County Donegal
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Cloghan
Location
Grid reference: H041994
Location: 54°50’33"N, 7°56’13"W
Data
Local Government
Council: Lifford-Stranorlar
Dáil
constituency:
Donegal

Cloghan is a village located in the rural centre of County Donegal, on the R252 regional road eight miles north-west of the "Twin Towns" of Ballybofey and Stranorlar.

Cloghan has one of the most prolific wild salmon and sea trout fishing areas in Ireland. The Finn River system includes a catchment area of about 195 square miles and includes up to twenty loughs as well as the River Finn and River Reelan.

The area is also known as a hunting location and has miles of hiking trails in the Bluestack Mountains that divides County Donegal, north from south.

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