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Carndonagh

Town in County Donegal, Ireland

Summary

Town in County Donegal, Ireland

Field	Value
settlement_type	Town
name	Carndonagh
native_name	ga
image_skyline	Carndonagh SW View 1996 08 29-mod.jpg
pushpin_map	Ireland
pushpin_label_position	right
pushpin_map_caption	Location in Ireland
coordinates
blank_name_sec1	Irish Grid Reference
blank_info_sec1
subdivision_type	Country
subdivision_name	Ireland
subdivision_type1	Province
subdivision_name1	Ulster
subdivision_type2	County
subdivision_name2	County Donegal
subdivision_type3	Dáil Éireann
subdivision_name3	Donegal
subdivision_type4	EU Parliament
subdivision_name4	Midlands–North-West
unit_pref	Metric
elevation_m	32
population_as_of	2022
population_total	2768
population_footnotes
area_code_type	Telephone area code
area_code	+353(0)74
postal_code_type	Eircode routing key
postal_code	F93

Carndonagh (; ) is a town on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, close to Trawbreaga Bay. As of the 2022 census, Carndonagh had a population of 2,768.

History

The town is the site of the Carndonagh stones, a series of five sculpted stones which are dated to between the 7th and 9th centuries. Other evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain, chambered cairn and standing stone sites in the townlands of Ballylosky, Churchland Quarters and Tullanree.

Carndonagh's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built , the Weslyan (Methodist) chapel dates to 1867, the Presbyterian church to 1886, and the Catholic church (built on the site of a smaller 19th-century chapel) was completed in 1945.

Carndonagh railway station, which opened in July 1907, was closed in December 1935.

Amenities

The town is laid out around a central square, or 'diamond', and is dominated by its Romanesque Revival Catholic chapel. It is home to 6 national schools including St. Patrick's GNS and BNS, Glentogher NS, Craigtown NS, Donagh NS, St. Bridget's NS and Carndonagh Community School, formerly the largest community school in the Republic of Ireland. Carndonagh is also home to a number of musical groups.

Transport

TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry), 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head), 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh), 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh), 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh) and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh).

There are private coach services from the town to Derry and Dublin.

Carndonagh is on the R238, R240 and R244 regional roads.

Sport

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Carndonagh GAA, fields Gaelic football teams in the AllSportStore.com Division 4 championship.

Carndonagh F.C., the local association football (soccer) club, participates in the Inishowen Football League.

People

Roy Campbell (1901–1957), South African poet, who explored the legacy of his Carndonagh ancestors in the 1952 memoir Light on a Dark Horse
John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917), adventurer, educator, and author
Gary Doherty (born 1980), footballer Norwich City
John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), engineer
Keith McErlean, actor
Tommy Tiernan (born 1969), comedian

Gallery

File:Inside the church of Carndonagh - geograph.org.uk - 51422.jpg|Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which replaced the 1826-built Roman Catholic Chapel in 1945 File:Carndonagh Church of Ireland - geograph.org.uk - 1359846.jpg|Carndonagh Church of Ireland church File:Carndonagh Presbyterian Church - geograph.org.uk - 1359711.jpg|Carndonagh Presbyterian church File:Methodist Church, Carndonagh - geograph.org.uk - 1381458.jpg|Carndonagh Methodist church File:Carndonagh Shopping Centre - geograph.org.uk - 1381465.jpg|Carndonagh Shopping Centre File:Carndonagh town.JPG|Town centre (The Diamond)

References

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"Carn Domhnach/Carndonagh". [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].
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Newman, Conor. (2007). "Making and meaning in Insular art".
(1983). "Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century". Donegal County Council.
(2002). "Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal". Government Stationery Office.
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"Carndonagh station". Railscot – Irish Railways.
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(4 February 2011). "Carn Actor Keith Enters The Cut-throat World Of The Pub Quiz".
(28 November 2011). "Divilment and a cúpla focal le Tommy Tieranan in Donegal".

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