Carndonagh

Carndonagh (karn-DUN-ah; Irish: Carn Domhnach)^[2] is a town on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, close to Trawbreaga Bay. It is the site of the Carndonagh stones.^[3] The Irish name, Carn Domhnach, means "the cairn or mound of the church".^[4]

Carndonagh Carn Domhnach
Town
Carndonagh Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55.25°N 7.27°W / 55.25; -7.27
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Dáil Éireann	Donegal
EU Parliament	Midlands–North-West
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2022)[1]	2,768
Eircode routing key	F93
Telephone area code	+353(0)74
Irish Grid Reference	C467453

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 home to a number of musicians, artists and writers and to the Inishowen Carnival Group, Carndonagh Musical Society, Brass Band, and the Inishowen Gospel Choir (both international performers).^{[citation needed]}

History

Carndonagh railway station opened on 1 July 1907, but finally closed on 2 December 1935.^[5]

Transport

TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry),^[6] 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head),^[7] 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh),^[8] 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh),^[6] 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh)^[9] and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh).^[9]

There are private coach services from the town to Derry^[10] and Dublin.^[11]

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

Sport

Some of the sports clubs and organisations active within the community in Carndonagh are:

• Carndonagh GAA – the local Gaelic football club which participates in the AllSportStore.com Division 4.
• Carndonagh F.C. – the local soccer club, participating in the Inishowen Football League.

People

See also: Category:People from Carndonagh

• John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879) – engineer
• John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917) – adventurer, educator, and author
• Roy Campbell (1901–1957) – South African poet, who explored the legacy of his Carndonagh ancestors in the 1952 memoir Light on a Dark Horse
• Tommy Tiernan (born 1969) – comedian
• Damien Faulkner (born 1977) – racing driver
• Gary Doherty (born 1980) – footballer Norwich City
• Keith McErlean – actor

Gallery

• 
  Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which replaced the 1826-built Roman Catholic Chapel in 1945
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  Carndonagh Church of Ireland church
• 
  Carndonagh Presbyterian church
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  Carndonagh Methodist church
• 
  Carndonagh Shopping Centre
• 
  Town centre (The Diamond)

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Carndonagh". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
2. "Carn Domhnach/Carndonagh". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland – Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
3. "Donagh Cross – Visit Carndonagh". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
4. "Visit Carndonagh, County Donegal". Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
5. "Carndonagh station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
6. "125908 SITT TT 952 Carndonagh to Derry 4pg DL" (PDF). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
7. "954-jpeg-1.jpg" (JPG). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
8. "109598-SITT-TT-955-Buncrana-to-Carndonagh-4pg-DL-new-2.jpg" (JPG). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
9. "East-Inishowen-1.jpg" (PDF). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
10. "Foyle Coaches". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
11. "John McGinley Coaches". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.

External links

• Visit Carndonagh