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Creeslough
An Craoslach | |
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Village | |
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  Creeslough Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 55°07′19″N 7°54′25″W / 55.122°N 7.907°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Barony | Kilmacrenan |
| Population | 398 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC-1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | C059305 |
| Website | www |
Creeslough (/ˈkriːslɒx/ KREES-lokh,[2] locally /ˈkriːslɑː/ KREES-lah;[3] Irish: An Craoslach [ənˠ ˈkˠɾˠiːsˠˌl̪ˠax])[2] is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Dunfanaghy on the N56 road. It overlooks an arm of Sheephaven Bay, with the population of the surrounding area engaged mainly in agriculture, mostly livestock rearing.[citation needed]
- ^ "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Creeslough". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
- ^ a b "An Craoslach / Creeslough [town]". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ McKay, Patrick (1999). A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names. Belfast: The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast. p. 49.