Cloughaneely (official name: ) is a district in the west of

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. This is a mainly coastal area with a population of over 4,000 centred on the towns of

Falcarragh An Fál Carrach (anglicized as Falcarragh), sometimes called Na Crois Bhealaí ("the crossroads") is a small Gaeltacht town and townland in north-west County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. The settlement is in the old parish of Cloughanee ...

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Gortahork Gort an Choirce or Gort a' Choirce (; meaning "oat field"), anglicised as Gortahork, is a village and townland in the northwest of County Donegal, Ireland. It is a Gaeltacht community, where the Irish language is the main language spoken in the a ...

(). It is a

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area, meaning the

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is spoken as the primary language. Cloughaneely includes the secondary school '' Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola'', with just under 500 students. Places of interest include ''Cnoc na Naomh'', considered to be a mountain with religious significance. Cloughaneely,

The Rosses The Rosses (officially known by its Irish language name, ''Na Rosa''; in the genitive case ''Na Rosann'') is a geographical and social region in the west of County Donegal, Ireland, with a population of over 7,000 centred on the town of Dungloe, ...

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Gweedore Gweedore ( ; officially known by its Irish language name, ) is an Irish-speaking district and parish located on the Atlantic Ocean, Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland. Gweedore stretches some from Glasserchoo in the ...

(), known locally as "the three parishes" with 16,000 Irish speakers, together form a social and cultural region different from the rest of the county, with Gweedore serving as the main centre for industry.

Irish language

There are 2 EDs Electoral Divisions in the area: # Gort a Choirce (1,599) (81%) # Na Croisbhealai (2,168) (44%)

Etymology

The name Cloich Cheann Fhaola (also written ''Cloich Chionnaola'', meaning "the Stone of Feeley's Head") comes from a story which tells of the killing of McFeeley. The story says that Balor of the Evil Eye beheaded him on a rock because he had stolen the Cow of Plenty that Balor had on the island of Toraigh (tory island) from Balor's grasp and brought it back to the mainland. An Ché Mhachaire Uí Robhartaigh (Magheraroarty pier) - geograph

An Ché Mhachaire Uí Robhartaigh (Magheraroarty pier) - geograph

Townlands in Cloughaneely

Ballyness Ballyness () is a townland in the parish of Cloughaneely in the north west of County Donegal. Its Irish name is ''Baile an Easa'' meaning ''town of the waterfall''. It is known for its salmon fishing Fishing is the activity of trying to ca ...

(''Baile an Easa'') * Ballingat (''Baile an Gheata'') * Ballyconnell (''Baile Chonaill'') * Ballytemple (''Baile an Teampaill'') * Caoldroim Íochtarach (Lower Keeldrum) * Caoldrum lar (Middle Keeldrum) * Caoldrum Thuas ( Upper Keeldrum) * Derryconnor (''Doire Chonaire'') *

(''An Fál Carrach'') *

(''Gort an Choirce'') * Killult (''Cill Ulta'') * Magheroarty (''

Machaire Rabhartaigh ''Machaire Rabhartaigh'' (known in English as Magheroarty), meaning "plain of the spring tide/plain of Roarty", is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is in t ...

'') * Meenlaragh (''Mín Lárach'') * An Sruthán Riach

Islands

* Inishbofin (''Inis Bó Finne'') *

Tory Island Tory Island, or simply Tory (officially known by its Irish name ''Toraigh''),Toraigh/Tory Island

Cathal Ó Searcaigh Cathal Ó Searcaigh (born 12 July 1956), is a modern Irish language poet. His work has been widely translated, anthologised and studied. "His confident internationalism", according to Theo Dorgan, has channeled "new modes, new possibilities, in ...

, poet *

Micí Mac Gabhann Micí Mac Gabhann (22 November 1865 – 29 November 1948) was a seanchaí and memoirist from the County Donegal Gaeltacht. He is best known for his posthumously published emigration memoir ''Rotha Mór an tSaoil'' (1959). It was dictated to his ...

, memoirist *

Eithne Coyle , occupation = Political Activist , spouse = Bernard O'Donnell , office = President of Cumann na mBan , term_start = 1926 , term_end = 1941 , predecessor = Constance Markievicz , successor = Margaret Langs ...

, 1916 activist, spy, former president of Cumann na mBan, Mountjoy prison escapee * Annemarie Ní Churreáin, Poet, Writer

External links

Gaeltacht Irish language use survey 2007

References

{{Authority control Gaeltacht places in County Donegal Geography of County Donegal