Dungloe

Dungloe ( Irish and official name is: An Clochán Liath; German as: " The gray stepping stone " ) is a town in County Donegal in the extreme northwest of the Republic of Ireland.

The place

Dungloe is located in the west of County Donegal in close proximity to the Atlantic Ocean in a Gaeltacht region, which is why the Irish name An Clochán Liath is the ( only ) official name of the place. Dating back to an error of naval cartographers in the middle of the 19th century, the place is still often misspelled Dunglow. Regardless of the officially valid on Clochán Liath Dungloe is the much more common to be seen name, as well as English is the common vernacular of the residents. Small Irish-speaking enclaves are more likely to be found outside the city. The population Dungloes was determined during Census 2006, 972 people.

Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century and today acts as an administrative and commercial center for the west of Donegal, especially for The Rosses ( " The Headlands "), a geographical and social region in the west of Donegal with its own, from the remaining Donegal distinctive identity. Dungloe is also the seat of Dungloe District Court, responsible for the southwestern Donegal, and is home to the only secondary school in the district. Politically belongs to Dungloe Donegal South West and will, inter alia, represented by Mary Coughlan.

The English name Dungloe originated in the late 18th century, when the monthly market was moved from the Dun five miles away at gleo in the burgeoning An Clochán Liath. This name in turn (English: The Grey Stepping Stone ) goes back to a gray stone slab of granite, in the river bed in the valley of the place before the construction of the bridge ( 1762) allowed the single transition.

Transport and Tourism

Dungloe is - between Glenties Gweedore south and north - on the N56, which opens from Donegal Town from the west and north of the county and Dungloe with Letterkenny, the largest town of the county, connects. From Dungloe Donegal Town is 72 km away from Letterkenny 51 km. From Bus Eireann Dungloe, as the largest part of the county not served; However, connecting two private bus companies with Dungloe Donegal Town with access to Bus Éireann, while another private provider, Lough Swilly bus, the connections to the north of the county and in an easterly direction to Letterkenny and Derry guaranteed. Between 1903 and 1940 Dungloe was also connected to a regional rail network; the " Dungloe railway station " was four miles outside of town. The society of the Lough Swilly bus is operated today, is the same as that already operate the railway. In just over 12 kilometers from Dungloe Donegal lies with the airport a small regional airport, from the offering of the Loganair twice daily flights to Dublin and several times a week to Glasgow in Scotland (2012 ).

The main source of income of the village lies in tourism, especially by the since the 1960s, each year in late July or in August held Mary From Dungloe International Festival for Irish music. Another festival is held annually in the fall in honor of the Irish Republican activist and writer Peadar O'Donnell. Just north of town is the historic Church of Temple Crone to find, in the Parish Dungloe is the rest. Located in close proximity to the sea, Dungloe also offers its visitors bays with some fine sandy beaches within a short distance to.

Personalities

• Pat Gallagher ( born 1948 ), Teachta Dala, State Minister and MEP