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Lettermacaward

Gaeltacht village in County Donegal, Ireland


Summary

Gaeltacht village in County Donegal, Ireland

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official_nameLeitir Mhic an Bhaird
settlement_typeVillage
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pushpin_mapIreland
pushpin_label_positionright
pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ireland
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIreland
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ulster
subdivision_type3County
subdivision_name3County Donegal
unit_prefMetric
population_density_km2auto
coordinates
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blank_nameIrish Grid Reference
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footnotesLeitir Mhic an Bhaird is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Lettermacaward has no official status.

Leitir Mhic an Bhaird or Leitir Mhic a' Bhaird (anglicised as Lettermacaward) is a Gaeltacht village in the Rosses region of County Donegal, Ireland. The village, known colloquially as Leitir (pronounced letcher), is between the larger towns of Glenties and Dungloe. It is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Boylagh. The village has two shops, a family run service station and three 3 pubs.

Irish language

There are approximately 650 people living in the Leitir Mhic an Bhaird ED and 19% Irish speakers.

Sport

The local Gaelic games club is Na Rossa.

Civil parish of Lettermacaward

The civil parish contains the village of Lettermacaward.

Townlands

The civil parish contains the following townlands:

  • Befflaght
  • Bellanaboy (also known as Derrynacarrow East)
  • Boyoughter
  • Commeen
  • Cor
  • Derryleconnell Far
  • Derryleconnell Near
  • Derrynacarrow
  • Derrynacarrow East (also known as Bellanaboy)
  • Derrynagrial
  • Derrynanaspol
  • Dooey
  • Farragans
  • Galwolie
  • Glebe
  • Longfield
  • Madavagh
  • Meenacarn
  • Meenagowan
  • Ranny
  • Stranasaggart
  • Toome

References

References

  1. (December 2023)
  2. "Lettermacaward".
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