Churchill, County Donegal

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Church Hill Mín an Lábáin
Town
Churchill, County Donegal
Church Hill Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°59′26″N 7°53′40″W / 54.99055°N 7.89452°W / 54.99055; -7.89452Coordinates: 54°59′26″N 7°53′40″W / 54.99055°N 7.89452°W / 54.99055; -7.89452
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Government
• Dáil Éireann	Donegal
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Area code(s)	074
Irish Grid Reference	C068159

Church Hill, historically known as Minalaban^[1] (Irish: Mín an Lábáin), is a small village located 8 miles from County Donegal's largest town of Letterkenny, Ireland. The village's name is derived from its location on a small hilltop.

The village has a post office, one off license, a takeaway restaurant, a tea room and two pubs. The local Catholic church is located a mile away while there is a Church of Ireland located in the village itself.

Heritage and culture[]

Nearby places of interest include the , the Glebe House and Gallery, Glenveagh Castle and Newmills Corn and Flax Mills.^{[citation needed]}

The Churchill Fair takes place on the third weekend in July.^{[citation needed]}

People[]

The landscape and portrait painter Derek Hill lived and worked in Churchill until 1954. He presented his house and his art collection to the Irish state in 1981.

See also[]

• List of populated places in Ireland
• Churchill railway station

References[]