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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, which acts as the educational, shopping and civic centre for the area. Defined by physical boundaries in the form of rivers, as well as history and language use, the area has a distinctive identity, separate from the rest of Donegal. The extensive region lies between the parish of Gweedore to the north and the town of Glenties to the south. A large part of the Rosses is in the Gaeltacht, which means that Irish is the spoken language. The Rosses, Cloughaneely and Gweedore, 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 socialising and industry. Gaeltacht an Láir is another Irish-speaking area ... [...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] |
CLG Naomh Muire
CLG Naomh Muire is a Gaelic football only GAA club based in Mullaghderg, County Donegal, Ireland, and serves the lower Rosses area. The club fields both men's and ladies' teams at underage to senior level. As of 2022, the club competes in the Donegal Intermediate Championship. History The club was formed in 1980. Tony Doherty (Antóin Ó Dochartaigh) of Rann na Feirste was a co-founder. Ó Dochartaigh also acted as field liner, kit man, referee, linesman and trainer at various stages and also served as secretary and treasurer of the club. He led the vote to acquire floodlights for the club's facilities. Naomh Muire have twice won the All-Ireland Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta, in 2007 and 2011. The club won the 2013 Donegal Intermediate Football Championship, defeating St Naul's in the final. Jack O'Brien played for Donegal in the 2016 National Football League semi-final against Dublin at Croke Park. Managers Honours * All-Ireland Junior Gaeltacht Championship (2): 20 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annagry
''Anagaire'' (anglicised as Annagry) is a village in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. , the population was 236. Name The Irish and official name for Annagry is ''Anagaire'', which in turn derives from ''Áth na gCoire'' meaning "ford of the whirlpools". Language There are 2,354 people living in the ''Anagaire'' ED and 55% of them are native Irish speakers. Annagry is in the Gaeltacht region which means the official language of the area is Irish. However, the use of the language has been in decline since the 1930s. Despite this, it has an Irish language college in the summer months which runs courses for students from English-speaking areas of the country, ''Coláiste na Rosann''. History Annagry has a long history of emigration, much like the rest of County Donegal. In the 1950s, a large number of locals left the area to work in other countries. Education The local primary school is ''Scoil Náisiúnta Dhubhthaigh'' with 144 pupils, and the nearest secondary sc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anagaire
''Anagaire'' (anglicised as Annagry) is a village in The Rosses district of County Donegal, Ireland. , the population was 236. Name The Irish and official name for Annagry is ''Anagaire'', which in turn derives from ''Áth na gCoire'' meaning "ford of the whirlpools". Language There are 2,354 people living in the ''Anagaire'' ED and 55% of them are native Irish speakers. Annagry is in the Gaeltacht region which means the official language of the area is Irish language, Irish. However, the use of the language has been in decline since the 1930s. Despite this, it has an Irish language college in the summer months which runs courses for students from English language, English-speaking areas of the country, ''Coláiste na Rosann''. History Annagry has a long history of emigration, much like the rest of County Donegal. In the 1950s, a large number of locals left the area to work in other countries. Education The local primary school is ''Scoil Náisiúnta Dhubhthaigh'' with 144 pu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dungloe
''An Clochán Liath'', known in English as Dungloe or Dunglow ( ), is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal ''Gaeltacht''. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of County Donegal, and in particular The Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area. Name There is a river at the bottom of the town and years ago the only crossing was over a grey granite slab lying in the riverbed, hence the Irish name of the town, ''An Clochán Liath'', which means ''the grey stepping-stone''. The bridge was built in 1782. The name ''An Clochán Liath'' was formerly anglicised as ''Cloghanlea''. The name ''Dungloe'' or ''Dunglow'' is believed to come from the Irish ''Dún gCloiche''. This name came into common English usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly fair, formerly held at ''Dún gCloiche'' (five miles n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
An Clochán Liath
''An Clochán Liath'', known in English as Dungloe or Dunglow ( ), is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal ''Gaeltacht''. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of County Donegal, and in particular The Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area. Name There is a river at the bottom of the town and years ago the only crossing was over a grey granite slab lying in the riverbed, hence the Irish name of the town, ''An Clochán Liath'', which means ''the grey stepping-stone''. The bridge was built in 1782. The name ''An Clochán Liath'' was formerly anglicised as ''Cloghanlea''. The name ''Dungloe'' or ''Dunglow'' is believed to come from the Irish ''Dún gCloiche''. This name came into common English usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly fair, formerly held at ''Dún gCloiche'' (five miles n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arranmore
''Árainn Mhór'' (English name: Arranmore) is an island off the west coast of County Donegal, Ireland. Arranmore is the largest inhabited island of County Donegal, with a population of 469 in 2016, but has had a gradually falling native population since the 1990s. Its main settlement is Leabgarrow. The island is part of the ''Gaeltacht'', with most of the inhabitants speaking Ulster Irish. It is also known in English as Arran Island (not to be confused with the Aran Islands off Galway Bay or the Scottish Isle of Arran). In Irish it was traditionally called ''Árainn''; the adjective ''mór'' (large) was added fairly recently. It was also sometimes called ''Árainn Uí Dhomhnaill'', 'Aran of the O'Donnells'. Appeal to foreigners In 2019, islanders wrote open letters to the United States and Australia, asking people to consider moving to the island. They encouraged both populations to come to the less crowded island and enjoy "time for living". In 2022, following the 2022 Rus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ranafast
Ranafast or Rinnafarset, officially only known by its Irish name Rann na Feirste () is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Rosses region of northwest County Donegal, Ireland. Name Ranafast, or sometimes Rannafast or Rinnafarset, is the anglicised version of the area’s original and official name ''Rann na Feirste''. Language Ranafast is a Gaeltacht area, therefore the Irish language is the predominantly spoken language. According to the 2016 census 90.4% of the population of Ranafast could speak Irish and 66.6% of the population spoke Irish daily outside the education system. Arts and culture The writers Séamus Ó Grianna and Seosamh Mac Grianna were born in Ranafast. Education Coláiste Bhríde Coláiste Bhríde is an Irish language college in Rann na Feirste, County Donegal. It was originally founded in 1912 in Omeath but Fr Lorcán Ó Muireadhaigh moved it to the Donegal Gaeltacht in 1926. Among the people to have visited or attende ... References {{Authorit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 north to Crolly in the south and around from Dunlewey in the east to Magheraclogher in the west, and is one of Europe's most densely populated rural areas. It is the largest Irish-speaking parish in Ireland with a population of around 4,065, and is also the home of the northwest regional studios of the Irish-language radio service RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta, as well as an external campus of NUI Galway, National University of Ireland, Galway. Gweedore includes the villages Bunbeg, Derrybeg, Dunlewey, Crolly and Brinlack, and sits in the shade of County Donegal's highest peak, Errigal. Gweedore is known for being a cradle of culture of Ireland, Irish culture, with old Irish customs, traditional music, theatre, Gaelic games and the Irish lan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cloughaneely
Cloughaneely (official name: ) is a district in the west of County Donegal, Ireland. This is a mainly coastal area with a population of over 4,000 centred on the towns of Falcarragh () and Gortahork (). It is a Gaeltacht area, meaning the Irish language 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 () and Gweedore (), 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cruit Island
Cruit Island ( or ''Oileán na Cruite'') is a small inhabited island in the Rosses region of County Donegal, Ireland. It is linked to the mainland by bridge. Culture Cruit Island has a strong musical heritage. Local musician Seán McBride wrote the Irish ballad " The Homes of Donegal" in 1955. The song "Thíos Cois na Trá Domh" originates from the island and remains a popular song in the Donegal Gaeltacht ( , , ) are the districts of Ireland, individually or collectively, where the Irish government recognises that the Irish language is the predominant vernacular, or language of the home. The ''Gaeltacht'' districts were first officially reco ... to this day. Demographics References {{County Donegal Climbing areas of Ireland Gaeltacht places in County Donegal Islands of County Donegal The Rosses ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doochary
An Dúbh choraidh or An Dúcharaidh (anglicized as Doochary), meaning "the black weir", is a small village in the Rosses area of County Donegal, Ireland. Doochary is within the Gaeltacht, meaning the Irish language Irish ( Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European language family. Irish is indigenous to the island of Ireland and was ... is the main language used there. Doochary was awarded the Tidy Towns award in 1997. See also * List of towns and villages in Ireland References {{County Donegal Gaeltacht places in County Donegal Gaeltacht towns and villages The Rosses Towns and villages in County Donegal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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