Mulroy Bay
Mulroy Bay(Irish:Cuan na Maoil Ruaidh[1]) is a relatively small bay / sealochon the north coast ofCounty Donegal,Ireland.
Mulroy Bay is the most convoluted of themarineinletsin north-westIreland.It is approximately 12 km long in a north-south direction. The entrance to the bay is a narrow embayment leading to a winding entrancechannel10 km in length. This channel varies in width and depth, with three significant narrows only 100–150 m across, where the current reaches maxima of 3-5 knots. It opens into theBroad Water,an open shallow sea lough 8 km from north to south and 2.5 km from east to west, generally less than 20 m in depth and with many small rocky islands and islets.[2][3]
Settlements founded on the bay includeMilford,Kerrykeeland Cranford.
The English name of the bay comes fromCuan na Mhaoil Ruaidh,the originalIrish languagename for the bay which means 'Bay of the Red Current' or 'Bay of the Red Stream'.[4]
References
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- ^"RPS Group PLC - Monitoring Buoys for Mulroy Bay Aquaculture".Archived fromthe originalon 21 October 2009.Retrieved30 April2009.
- ^Patrick McKay,A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names,p. 115. The Institute of Irish Studies,The Queen's University of Belfast,Belfast, 1999.