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Dún Ibhir (anglicised as Dooniver),[2] meaning "Ibhir's stronghold", or "Ibhir's fort" is a Gaeltacht village on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland.

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Dooniver Dún Ibhir
Village
Dooniver Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°59′46″N 9°56′55″W
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Area [1]
• Total	3.2 km2 (1.2 sq mi)
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	L709089
Website	www.dooniver.com

Geography

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Dooniver is located on the east coast of Achill Island. Surrounding villages include Askill, The Valley: Tóin an tSeanbhaile and Bunnacurry. The townland of Dooniver is broken into a number of subsections, including Bullsmouth, Claddagh, Dooniver, The Brae, Baile na locha (Lakeside), Dionn, Áird Mhór, New Road and Sebastopol.

Dooniver has a number of beaches including Dooniver strand and Bullsmouth Beach. Just off the village is the island of Innisbiggle.

Census

The following list taken from The Mayo County Council Website shows the population of the village in the years 1841-1921.

Year	Population	Houses
1841	252	50
1851	219	45
1861	254	52
1871	280	60
1881	234	45
1891	213	41
1901	270	48
1911	260	43
1921	242	58

Facilities and amenities

Dooniver has a number of amenities, including a National School, hall, garage, plant hire, headstone maker and coffee shop. There is a bed and breakfast and caravan park. The village has one postbox, one bus stop and is served by Bus Éireann 440 once a day in each direction.

Education

Dooniver has a National School (founded in 1910). The National School was originally in Bullsmouth, but was later moved. Students had a choice of going to either McHale College or Scoil Damhnait which is located in Pollranny in the Achill area but now go to the new Colaiste Pobail Acla.

Sport

Dooniver Swifts played in the Mayo Association Football League during the 1950s. There is a GAA pitch in the area called St. Joseph's Park. Dooniver is a part of the St. Colman's (Dooniver, Askill, The Valley, Dugort and Dookinella) local GAA team and the 'DVDs' (Dooniver, The Valley, Dugort) soccer team. The professional boxer Johnny Kilbane has relatives in the village.^{[citation needed]}

See also

• List of towns and villages in Ireland

Gallery

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  Sea view looking onto Inishbiggle
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  Dun Eibher
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  Dooniver sign
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  Dooniver Swifts in 1950s

References

External links

• The official Dooniver website
• Achill Tourism
• Logainm Dooniver
• Collins map of Dooniver

На других языках

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[de] Dún Ibhir

Dún Ibhir („Ibhirs Festung“; anglisiert Dooniver) ist eine Siedlung auf der Insel Acaill im Westen des Countys Mayo in der Provinz Connacht. Nahe dem Ort liegen einige Strände wie Trá Dhún Ibhir und der Bullsmouth Beach. Dem Bullsmouth Beach vorgelagert ist die Insel Inis Bigil.

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- [en] Dooniver

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