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Dunaff Bay, Inishowen - Geograph
Dunaff () is a townland in the Urris Valley, located in the North-West corner of the Inishowen Peninsula. It is in the Electoral Division of Dunaff, in Civil Parish of Clonmany, in the Barony of Inishowen East, in County Donegal. It borders the following other townlands: Kinnea Kinnea (Irish: ''Ceann Eich'') a townland in the Urris Valley, located in the North-West corner of the Inishowen Peninsula. It is in the Electoral Division of Dunaff, in Civil Parish of Clonmany, in the Barony of Inishowen East, in County Done ... to the east; Lenan to the south; Letter to the east and Urrismenagh to the south. It has four subtownlands; Tirnasligo, Ballynacarla and Bulloor. Dunaff has an area of 526.72 hectares (1301.55 acres). History Ireland's oldest Neolithic campsite is located in Dunaff Bay. It lies at the mouth of Loch Swilly, between the cliffs of Dunaff Head to the north and Lenan Head to the south. The site contained many early Irish Mesolithic artif ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Urris
Urris ( ga, Iorras) is a valley to the west of the parish of Clonmany, in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It comprises the townlands of Crossconnell, Dunaff, Kinnea, Leenan, Letter, and Urrismenagh. It sits on the eastern side of Lough Swilly, Loch Swilly and it is bounded to the south-east by the Urris hills, and to the east by Binion hill. To the north, there is Rockstown bay and Tullagh peninsula. There are two entrances to Urris; the Gap of Mamore, and Crossconnell. Urris has some local tourist attractions, such the Dunaff cliffs, Tullagh beach, Rockstown Harbor, Leenan pier and Gap of Mamore. There are a number of traditional thatched cottages in good condition within Urris. History Mesolithic period Dunaff bay is the site of Ireland's oldest neolithic campsite. The bay lies at the mouth of Lough Swilly, between the cliffs of Dunaff Head to the north and Leenan Head to the south. The site contained a large number of early Irish Mesolithic artifacts, inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inishowen
Inishowen () is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfort that served as the royal seat of the over-kingdom of Ailech, stands at the entrance to the peninsula. Towns and villages The main towns and villages of Inishowen are: * Ballyliffin, Buncrana, Bridgend, Burnfoot, Burt * Carndonagh, Carrowmenagh, Clonmany, Culdaff * Dunaff * Fahan * Glengad, Gleneely, Greencastle * Malin, Malin Head, Moville, Muff * Redcastle * Shrove * Quigley's Point * Urris Geography Inishowen is a peninsula of 884.33 square kilometres (218,523 acres), situated in the northernmost part of the island of Ireland. It is bordered to the north by the Atlantic Ocean, to the east by Lough Foyle, and to the west by Lough Swilly. It is joined at the south to the rest of the island and is mostly in County Donegal in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Clonmany
Clonmany () is a village in north-west Inishowen, in County Donegal, Ireland. The area has a number of local beauty spots, while the nearby village of Ballyliffin is known for its golf course. The Urris valley to the west of Clonmany village was the last outpost of the Irish language in Inishowen. In the 19th century, the area was an important location for poitín distillation. Name The name of the town in Irish - ''Cluain Maine'' has been translated as both "The Meadow of St Maine" and "The Meadow of the Monks", with the former being the more widely recognized translation. The village is known locally as "The Cross", as the village was initially built around a crossroads. History The parish was home to a monastery that was founded by St Columba. It was closely associated with the Morrison family, who provided the role of erenagh. The monastery possessed the '' Míosach'', an 11th century copper and silver shrine, now located in the National Museum of Ireland in Dublin. Det ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Inishowen East
Inishowen East (), also called East Inishowen or Innishowen East, is a barony in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898. Etymology Inishowen East takes its name from Inishowen, in Irish ''Inis Eoghain'', "Eoghan's island eninsula, referring to Eógan mac Néill, a semi-legendary king of the 5th century AD and ancestor of the Cenél nEógain dynasty. Geography Inishowen East is located in the northeast of the Inishowen Peninsula. History Inishowen East was once part of the ancient kingdom of Moy Ith. Inishowen was originally a single barony but was divided in the 1830s into West and East. List of settlements Below is a list of settlements in Inishowen East: * Ballyliffin *Carndonagh *Clonmany *Culdaff Culdaff () is a village on the Inishowen peninsula of County D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell (), after the historic territory of the same name, on which it was based. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town. The population was 166,321 at the 2022 census. Name County Donegal is named after the town of Donegal () in the south of the county. It has also been known by the alternative name County Tyrconnell, Tirconnell or Tirconaill (, meaning 'Land of Conall'). The latter was its official name between 1922 and 1927. This is in reference to the kingdom of Tír Chonaill and the earldom that succeeded it, which the county was based on. History County Donegal was the home of the once-mighty Clann Dálaigh, whose best-known branch was the Clann Ó Domhnaill, better known in English as the O'Don ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kinnea
Kinnea (Irish: ''Ceann Eich'') a townland in the Urris Valley, located in the North-West corner of the Inishowen Peninsula. It is in the Electoral Division of Dunaff, in Civil Parish of Clonmany, in the Barony of Inishowen East, in County Donegal. It borders the following other townlands: Dunaff to the west; Letter to the south; Straid to the south and Tullagh to the east. It has four subtownlands; Rockstown ( Irish: Baile na Creige), Altnacullentra, Kindrohid (Irish: Ceann Droichid) and Crocknagee (Irish: Croc na gaoithe). Kinnea has an area of 227.53 hectares (562.23 acres). Etymology The name Kinnea is an anglicization of ''Ceann Eich'', meaning ''Horse's Head''. The area is commonly known as Rockstown. This name was introduced in the 17th century by English settlers, which supplanted the much older Gaelic name of Kinnea. History The townland is not mentioned in the Civil Survey - a cadastral survey of landholdings in Ireland carried out in 1654–56, nor in the Do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HMS Saldanha (1809)
HMS ''Saldanha'' was a 36-gun ''Apollo''-class frigate of the British Royal Navy, launched in 1809 and wrecked on the coast of Ireland in 1811. Before she was wrecked she participated in the capture of a noted French privateer. Service ''Saldanha'' was first commissioned in April 1810 under Captain John Stuart, who died on 19 March 1811. Captain William Pakenham then was assigned to command her, though in the Spring, ''Saldanha'' was temporarily under the command of Captain Reuben Mangin. On 11 October 1811, and ''Saldanha'', under Pakenham, took the French privateer ''Vice-Amiral Martin''. The privateer carried 18 guns and a crew of 140 men. On this cruise ''Vice-Amiral Martin'' was four days out of Bayonne and had not taken anything. Captain H. Vansitart of ''Fortunee'' remarked that ''Vice-Amiral Martin'' had superior sailing abilities that in the past had helped her escape British cruisers, and that though this time each of the British vessels was doing , she would have ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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