Ranafast or Rinnafarset, officially only known by its Irish name Rann na Feirste (IPA: [ˌɾˠaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈfʲɛɾʲʃtʲə])[2][3] is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Rosses region of northwest County Donegal, Ireland.
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Ranafast
Rann na Feirste Rinnafarset | |
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Village | |
![]() A view of Ranafast | |
![]() ![]() Ranafast Location in Ireland | |
Coordinates: 55°02′04″N 8°18′22″W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Government | |
• Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
Population | 350 |
Irish Grid Reference | B847228 |
Rann na Feirste is the only official name. The anglicized spellings Rannafast and Rinnafarset have no official status. |
Ranafast, or sometimes Rannafast or Rinnafarset, is the anglicised version of the area’s original and official name Rann na Feirste.
Ranafast is a Gaeltacht area, therefore the Irish language is the predominantly spoken language. According to the 2016 census 90.4% of the population of Ranafast could speak Irish and 66.6% of the population spoke Irish daily outside the education system.[1][4]
The writers Séamus Ó Grianna and Seosamh Mac Grianna were born in Ranafast.[citation needed]
Coláiste Bhríde
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County town: Lifford | ||
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