Culdaff

{{short description|Seaside village in County Donegal, Ireland}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}

{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2019}}

{{more citations needed|date=November 2010}}

{{Infobox settlement

|name = Culdaff

|native_name = {{Native name|ga|Cúil Dabhcha|paren=omit}}

|settlement_type = Village

|image_skyline = Main Street Culdaff - geograph.org.uk - 1018615.jpg

|image_caption = Main Street

|pushpin_map = Ireland

|pushpin_label_position = left

|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland

|subdivision_type = Country

|subdivision_name = Ireland

|subdivision_type1 = Province

|subdivision_name1 = Ulster

|subdivision_type3 = County

|subdivision_name3 = County Donegal

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|leader_title1 = Dáil Éireann

|leader_name1 = Donegal

|unit_pref = Metric

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|population_as_of = 2022

|population_footnotes = {{cite web | title = Census Interactive Map – Towns: Culdaff | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=45250341-f543-45ef-b998-b38bcce13394 | work = Census 2022 | publisher = Central Statistics Office | access-date = 29 October 2024}}

|population = 385

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|population_density_km2 = auto

|timezone1 = WET

|utc_offset1 = +0

|timezone1_DST = IST (WEST)

|utc_offset1_DST = -1

|coordinates = {{coord|55.25|-7.27|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}

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|blank_name = Irish Grid Reference

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Culdaff ({{Irish place name|Cúil Dabhcha}}){{cite web | url = https://www.logainm.ie/en/1414070 | title = Cúil Dabhcha/Culdaff | work = Placenames Database of Ireland | publisher = Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University | accessdate = 10 June 2018}} is a village, civil parish and townland on the Inishowen peninsula of County Donegal, Ireland. Known for its beach, it attracts tourists from all over Ireland.{{citation needed|date=September 2018}} {{As of|2022}}, the population was 385.

The present village dates back to the 8th century and was originally the site of the monastery of St Buadán (Baithéne mac Brénaind), after which the Church of Ireland is named. William Lawson Micks and Samuel Arnold Lawson, acted as Trustees for one hundred acres of bogland at Meenawarra near Culdaff on behalf of the purchaser, Jane Leferre.Bonner, Brian (1982) Redford Glebe: the story of an Ulster townland, Donegal; p. 24