Cloughaneely (official name: ) is a district in the west of

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. This is a mainly coastal area with a population of over 4,000 centred on the towns of Falcarragh () and Gortahork (). It is a Gaeltacht area, meaning the

Irish language Irish (an Caighdeán Oifigiúil, Standard Irish: ), also known as Gaelic, is a Goidelic languages, Goidelic language of the Insular Celtic branch of the Celtic language family, which is a part of the Indo-European languages, Indo-European lang ...

is spoken as the primary language. Cloughaneely includes the secondary school ''

Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola Pobalscoil Chloich Cheannfhaola (PCC), also known as PCC Falcarragh, is a voluntary/state-funded, coeducational, inter-denominational secondary school in Falcarragh, County Donegal, Ireland. Located north of the town centre of Falcarragh, its c ...

'', with just under 500 students. Places of interest include ''Cnoc na Naomh'', considered to be a mountain with religious significance. Cloughaneely, The Rosses () and Gweedore (), known locally as "the three parishes" with 16,000 Irish speakers, together form a social and cultural region different from the rest of the county, with Gweedore serving as the main centre for industry.

Irish language

There are 2 EDs Electoral Divisions in the area: # Gort a Choirce (1,599) (81%) # Na Croisbhealai (2,168) (44%)

Etymology

The name Cloich Cheann Fhaola (also written ''Cloich Chionnaola'', meaning "the Stone of Feeley's Head") comes from a story which tells of the killing of McFeeley. The story says that Balor of the Evil Eye beheaded him on a rock because he had stolen the Cow of Plenty that Balor had on the island of Toraigh (tory island) from Balor's grasp and brought it back to the mainland. An Ché Mhachaire Uí Robhartaigh (Magheraroarty pier) - geograph

An Ché Mhachaire Uí Robhartaigh (Magheraroarty pier) - geograph

Townlands in Cloughaneely

* Ballyness (''Baile an Easa'') * Ballingat (''Baile an Gheata'') * Ballyconnell (''Baile Chonaill'') * Ballytemple (''Baile an Teampaill'') * Caoldroim Íochtarach (Lower Keeldrum) * Caoldrum lar (Middle Keeldrum) * Caoldrum Thuas ( Upper Keeldrum) * Derryconnor (''Doire Chonaire'') * Falcarragh (''An Fál Carrach'') * Gortahork (''Gort an Choirce'') * Killult (''Cill Ulta'') * Magheroarty (''

Machaire Rabhartaigh ''Machaire Rabhartaigh'' (known in English as Magheroarty), meaning "plain of the spring tide/plain of Roarty", is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the north-west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It i ...

'') * Meenlaragh (''Mín Lárach'') * An Sruthán Riach

Islands

* Inishbofin (''Inis Bó Finne'') * Tory Island (''Oileán Thoraigh'')

Notable people

* Cathal Ó Searcaigh, poet * Micí Mac Gabhann, memoirist * Eithne Coyle, 1916 activist, spy, former president of Cumann na mBan, Mountjoy prison escapee *

Annemarie Ní Churreáin Annemarie Ní Churreáin is an Irish poet from North West Donegal. Career Ní Churreáin grew up in Donegal in a place called Cnoc Na Naomh. She was educated at the Oscar Wilde Centre at Trinity College, Dublin. Ní Churreáin is fluent in ...

, Poet, Writer

External links

Gaeltacht Irish language use survey 2007

References

{{Authority control Gaeltacht places in County Donegal Geography of County Donegal