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An Clochán Liath, known in English as Dungloe or Dunglow[2] (/dʌnˈloʊ/ dun-LOH), is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal Gaeltacht.[3] Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of County Donegal, and in particular The Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area.

An Clochán Liath Dungloe
Town
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54.952°N 8.358°W / 54.952; -8.358
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Barony	Kilmacrenan
Dáil Éireann	Donegal
Elevation	16 m (52 ft)
Population  (2016)[1]	1,164
Dialing code	074, +000 353 74
Irish Grid Reference	B766115
As this is a Gaeltacht town, the Irish An Clochán Liath is the only official name. However, the name 'Dungloe' remains in widespread use.

Name

There is a river at the bottom of the town and years ago the only crossing was over a grey granite slab lying in the riverbed, hence the Irish name of the town, An Clochán Liath, which means the grey stepping-stone.[3] The bridge was built in 1782.[4]

The name An Clochán Liath was formerly anglicised as Cloghanlea.[3] The name Dungloe or Dunglow is believed to come from the Irish Dún gCloiche.[3] This name came into common English usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly fair, formerly held at Dún gCloiche (five miles north of the nascent town) was transferred to An Clochán Liath. In time the name of the fair and that of the town were subsumed. Today, An Clochán Liath is the only officially recognised name of the town.[2]

Irish language

The Comprehensive Linguistic Survey of the Gaeltacht (revised) found that only 21.4% of the population of the area spoke Irish on a daily basis. Despite being officially within the Gaeltacht, Irish is not the everyday language of the majority of residents. Just over one-fifth of the population are daily Irish speakers.[5] Nevertheless, there are Irish-speaking areas outside the town and Irish is to be heard regularly in the town.[6]

Administration

Dungloe is home to the Dungloe District Court, which covers the west and south-west areas of County Donegal. There are a number of banks, a Garda station, Donegal County Council office, fire station, and a credit union located on the Main Street. Also, there are pubs, convenience stores, supermarkets, cafes, and restaurants. The town is the headquarters of The Rosses' indigenous supermarket chain, The Cope.

Tourism

The town attracts tourists during July and August when the annual Mary From Dungloe International Festival takes place. It was founded in the 1960s and it has attracted 'special guests' over the years including Daniel O'Donnell, Cliff Richard, Gay Byrne and Sharon Shannon.^{[citation needed]} Dungloe Bay and its surrounding hills have also attracted tourists to Dungloe.^{[citation needed]} There is also a festival dedicated to the socialist writer Peadar O'Donnell in Dungloe each autumn. A little to the north of the town is the site of the ancient church of Templecrone.

Transport

The town is serviced by a number of private bus companies, which provide a link to national Bus Éireann routes through Donegal Town, and to the north of the county and Derry. In 1903, the town was linked, through Dungloe railway station, to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. However, the station was closed on 3 June 1940 as part of a process that saw the closure of all railways in the county.[7]

Religion and popular culture

By the standards of a rural Gaeltacht area, Dungloe has a significant Protestant minority, many of whom are Presbyterian. This is a result of the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century. However, the town has a large Catholic majority.

Dungloe is mentioned in FX series Sons of Anarchy as the source of the motorcycle club's weapons from the True IRA, a fictional representation of the Real IRA.

People

• Tony Boyle (born 1970) - All-Ireland winning Gaelic footballer
• Alexander Campbell (1833-1877) - American businessman
• Paddy "the Cope" Gallagher (1871-1966) - businessman
• John O'Donnell (1910-1954) - Gaelic footballer
• Peadar O'Donnell (1893-1986) - republican Marxist
• Adrian Sweeney (born 1976) - All-Star Gaelic footballer
• Goats Don't Shave, Irish folk group

See also

• List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland
• List of towns and villages in Northern Ireland

References

External links

• Dungloe population stats 2006

На других языках

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[de] An Clochán Liath

An Clochán Liath (offizieller irischer Name mit der Bedeutung „der graue Trittstein“, englisch Dungloe) ist ein Ort im County Donegal im äußersten Nordwesten der Republik Irland.[2]

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- [en] Dungloe

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[ru] Данглоу

Данглоу[2] (англ. Dungloe , также Dunglow; ирл. An Clochán Liath) — (переписной) посёлок в Ирландии, находится в графстве Донегол (провинция Ольстер).

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