Official Name: | Béal an Daingin |
Other Name: | Bealadangan |
Settlement Type: | Village |
Pushpin Map: | Ireland |
Pushpin Label Position: | none |
Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Ireland |
Subdivision Type: | Country |
Subdivision Name: | Ireland |
Subdivision Type1: | Province |
Subdivision Name1: | Connacht |
Subdivision Type3: | County |
Subdivision Name3: | County Galway |
Unit Pref: | Metric |
Population As Of: | 2002 |
Population Density Km2: | auto |
Coordinates: | 53.3138°N -9.6163°W |
Elevation M: | 1 |
Blank Name: | Irish Grid Reference |
Footnotes: | As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Béal an Daingin is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Bealadangan has no official standing. |
Béal an Daingin or Béal a' Daingin (meaning "mouth of the stronghold", anglicized as Bealadangan) is a small Gaeltacht[1] village in Connemara, County Galway, Ireland.
The primary spoken language is Irish, and all but a few of the elderly population also speak English. A pub, a post office and a primary school (Toureen) are within a few miles. Other nearby villages are Leitir Móir and An Cheathrú Rua.
Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair (1943–2015), born in Béal an Daingin, was an actor in the TV drama Ros na Rún.[2] [3]