Mulroy College is situated just outside the town of Milford. Located north of Letterkenny, the town of Milford was founded in the 18th century by the Clement family. It was named after a mill that was located on Maggie’s Burn on the edge of the town.
This town is the ancestral home of a U.S. president, James Buchanan, whose father, also named James Buchanan, immigrated from here to America in 1783.
The Irish Baile na nGallóglach literally means “town of the gallóglach”. The gallóglaigh (anglicised gallowglass) were an elite class of mercenary warrior who came from Gaelic-Norse clans in Scotland between the mid 13th century and late 16th century. A battle between the Irish (helped by gallóglaigh) and the English took place on a hill in the townland and this is where the name comes from.