Shrove, County Donegal

Shrove (/ˈʃruːv/; pronounced as 'Shroove' to rhyme with 'prove'; Irish: An tSrúibh or, originally, Srúibh Bhrain) is a coastal hamlet and townland in Inishowen in the north of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The hamlet is located a short distance to the north of Greencastle in the north-east of Inishowen, a peninsula on the north coast of Ireland. The name of both the hamlet and the townland is also sometimes written as Shroove, and is sometimes written as Stroove by some government bodies.

The hamlet of Shrove (pronounced as 'Shroove') is located beside White Bay, also known as Big White Bay, at the southern end of the townland of Shrove. Shrove Strand, also known as Shrove Beach, runs along the western edge of White Bay, the bay being slightly to the north of the entrance into Lough Foyle. Shrove lies immediately north of Magilligan Point, a hamlet a short distance away on the opposite shore in County Londonderry. All of the townland of Shrove, including the entire hamlet of Shrove, is part of the Civil Parish of Moville Lower. Shrove is at the northern end of the Wild Atlantic Way, the hamlet being on the eastern coastline of Inishowen.