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. or Laghey (; ) is a village and

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Ballintra Ballintra () is a village in the civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish of Drumholm, Drumhome in the south of County Donegal, Ireland, just off the N15 road (Ireland), N15 road between Donegal (town), Donegal town and Ballyshannon. Ballintra l ...

and

Donegal Town Donegal ( ; , "fort of the foreigners") is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern Provinces of Ireland, province in Ireland. Although Donegal gave its name to the county, now Lifford is the county town. From the 15th until the early 1 ...

. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of

Drumholm Drumholm or Drumhome () is a civil parishes in Ireland, civil parish in the Barony (Ireland), historical barony of Tirhugh in County Donegal, Ireland. Drumholm (or Ballintra) is also a Catholic parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe and ...

, formerly a

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parish, now only used as a division of the

Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe :''See Diocese of Derry and Raphoe for the Anglican (Church of Ireland) counterpart'' The Diocese of Raphoe ( ; ; ) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. It is one of ei ...

. The village has a quarry, a supermarket, garden centre, filling station, two public houses, a church with a graveyard, an

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hall, a recycling centre, a

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yard and salt depot, and a national school (St Eunan's NS).

Rossnowlagh Rossnowlagh () is a seaside village in the south of County Donegal, Ireland. It is about north of Ballyshannon and southwest of Donegal Town. The area's long beach, or if measuring from the cliffs to Carrickfad (long rock in Irish, which jut ...

and Murvagh beaches are nearby. Murvagh is also the home to Donegal Golf Club.

Landmarks

Landmarks in the village include the Seven Arches Bridge at the bottom of the main street, and a signpost within the village that says Laghey is 1 km away.

Transport

Rail transport

Laghey railway station opened on 1 September 1905, was shut for goods traffic on 15 December 1947 and shut altogether on 1 January 1960. The station was part of the

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network.

Bus transport

Laghey is served by

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route 480.

Education

St Eunan's National School () is the only school remaining in the village. It is a Catholic primary school, one of two in the parish of Drumholm, under the patronage of the

Bishop of Raphoe The Bishop of Raphoe ( ) is an episcopal title which takes its name after the town of Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. In the Roman Catholic Church it remains a separate title, but in the Church of Ireland it has been united with another bi ...

, and is named after Saint Eunan, one of the two patron saints of the diocese. The school was built in the first half of the twentieth century and is in the design of many others built across the country at this time. The original school had two class rooms, while an extension, which opened in 1992, added a further two to the west end of the existing building. The school is directly adjacent to the main N15

Sligo Sligo ( ; , meaning 'abounding in shells') is a coastal seaport and the county town of County Sligo, Ireland, within the western province of Connacht. With a population of 20,608 in 2022, it is the county's largest urban centre (constituting 2 ...

Letterkenny Letterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional eco ...

road, which also cuts the school off from the main part of the village. Because of this, when the village was being by-passed for the upgrading of the route, a tunnel had to be constructed to allow those living to the east of the road in the main part of the village to access the school safely.Trimble, Rev. Canon T.H.. The Legacy that is Laghey Community and Church Secondary education is provided by the Abbey Vocational School in Donegal Town, while a small number attend Colaiste Cholmcille in

Ballyshannon Ballyshannon () is a town in County Donegal, Republic of Ireland, Ireland. It is located at the southern end of the county where the N3 road (Ireland), N3 from Dublin ends and the N15 road (Ireland), N15 crosses the River Erne. The town was inc ...

Sport

The local

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club is called ''Naomh Bríd'' (the club also includes Ballintra). The local

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club is called Copany Rovers F.C. (also including Ballintra).

References

External links

Laghy Village Website
{{Authority control Towns and villages in County Donegal Townlands of County Donegal