Carndonagh

Carndonagh
Carn Domhnach
Town
Carndonagh
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°15′04″N 7°15′42″W / 55.25111°N 7.26167°W / 55.25111; -7.26167
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
Dáil ÉireannDonegal
EU ParliamentMidlands–North-West
Elevation
32 m (105 ft)
Population
 (2022)[1]
2,768
Eircode routing key
F93
Telephone area code+353(0)74
Irish Grid ReferenceC467453

Carndonagh (karn-DUN-ah; Irish: Carn Domhnach, meaning 'cairn or mound of the church')[2][3] 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.[1]

History

The town is the site of the Carndonagh stones,[4] a series of five sculpted stones which are dated to between the 7th and 9th centuries.[5] 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.[6][7]

Carndonagh's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built c. 1769,[8] the Weslyan (Methodist) chapel dates to 1867,[9] the Presbyterian church to 1886, and the Catholic church (built on the site of a smaller 19th-century chapel) was completed in 1945.[10]

Carndonagh railway station, which opened in July 1907, was closed in December 1935.[11]

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 the Inishowen Carnival Group, Carndonagh Musical Society, Brass Band and the Inishowen Gospel Choir.

Transport

TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry),[12] 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head),[13] 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh),[14] 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh),[12] 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh)[15] and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh).[15]

There are private coach services from the town to Derry[16] and Dublin.[17]

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

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Census Interactive Map – Towns: Carndonagh". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  2. ^ "Carn Domhnach/Carndonagh". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Archived from the original on 28 March 2016. Retrieved 24 July 2017.
  3. ^ "Visit Carndonagh, County Donegal". Archived from the original on 25 October 2017. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Donagh Cross – Visit Carndonagh". Archived from the original on 15 March 2016. Retrieved 22 June 2019.
  5. ^ Newman, Conor (2007). "Iconographical analysis of the Marigold Stone, Carndonagh, Inishowen, Co. Donegal". In Walsh, Niamh (ed.). Making and meaning in Insular art. pp. 167–183.
  6. ^ Lacey, Brian; Cody, Eamon, eds. (1983), Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. A description of the field antiquities of the County from the Mesolithic Period to the 17th century, Lifford: Donegal County Council, ISBN 095084070X
  7. ^ Cody, Eamon, ed. (2002), Survey of the Megalithic Tombs of Ireland. Volume VI, County Donegal, Dublin: Government Stationery Office, ISBN 075571248X
  8. ^ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40805004/donagh-church-of-ireland-church-churchland-quarters-carndonagh-donegal
  9. ^ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40805014/carndonagh-wesleyan-chapel-bridge-street-churchland-quarters-carndonagh-co-donegal
  10. ^ https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40805018/church-of-the-sacred-heart-churchland-quarters-carndonagh-donegal
  11. ^ "Carndonagh station" (PDF). Railscot – Irish Railways. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2 March 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
  12. ^ a b "Timetable - Route 952 - Carndonagh to Derry" (PDF). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  13. ^ "954-jpeg-1.jpg" (JPG). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  14. ^ "Timetable - Route 955 - Buncrana to Carndonagh" (JPG). Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  15. ^ a b "Timetable - Route 7748/7749 - East Inishowen". Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim. Retrieved 26 August 2023.
  16. ^ "Foyle Coaches". Archived from the original on 8 July 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2015.
  17. ^ "John McGinley Coaches". Archived from the original on 1 August 2017. Retrieved 25 July 2017.
  18. ^ a b "Are you from Carn?". visitcarndonagh.com. Retrieved 5 July 2025.
  19. ^ Vetch, Robert Hamilton (1892). "Kennedy, John Pitt" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
  20. ^ "Carn Actor Keith Enters The Cut-throat World Of The Pub Quiz". donegaldaily.com. 4 February 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2023.
  21. ^ "Divilment and a cúpla focal le Tommy Tieranan in Donegal". Donegal Daily. 28 November 2011.
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