Introduction
Town in County Donegal, Ireland
Town in Ulster, IrelandCarndonagh
Carn DomhnachTownCarndonaghLocation in IrelandCoordinates: 55°15′04″N 7°15′42″W / 55.25111°N 7.26167°W / 55.25111; -7.26167CountryIrelandProvinceUlsterCountyCounty DonegalDáil ÉireannDonegalEU ParliamentMidlands–North-WestElevation32 m (105 ft)Population (2022) • Total2,768Eircode routing keyF93Telephone area code+353(0)74Irish Grid ReferenceC467453
Carndonagh (karn-DUN-ah; Irish: Carn Domhnach, meaning 'cairn or mound of the church') 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.
History
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The town is the site of the Carndonagh stones, a series of five sculpted stones which are dated to between the 7th and 9th centuries. 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.
Carndonagh's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built c. 1769, the Weslyan (Methodist) chapel dates to 1867, the Presbyterian church to 1886, and the Catholic church (built on the site of a smaller 19th-century chapel) was completed in 1945.
Carndonagh railway station, which opened in July 1907, was closed in December 1935.
Amenities
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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 also home to a number of musical groups.[citation needed]
Transport
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TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry), 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head), 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh), 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh), 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh) and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh).
There are private coach services from the town to Derry and Dublin.
Carndonagh is on the R238, R240 and R244 regional roads.
Sport
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The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Carndonagh GAA, fields Gaelic football teams in the AllSportStore.com Division 4 championship.[citation needed]
Carndonagh F.C., the local association football (soccer) club, participates in the Inishowen Football League.[citation needed]
People
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See also: Category:People from Carndonagh
Roy Campbell (1901–1957), South African poet, who explored the legacy of his Carndonagh ancestors in the 1952 memoir Light on a Dark Horse[citation needed]
John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917), adventurer, educator, and author
Gary Doherty (born 1980), footballer Norwich City
John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), engineer
Keith McErlean, actor
Tommy Tiernan (born 1969), comedian
Gallery
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which replaced the 1826-built Roman Catholic Chapel in 1945
Carndonagh Church of Ireland church
Carndonagh Presbyterian church
Carndonagh Methodist church
Carndonagh Shopping Centre
Town centre (The Diamond)
