Crossdoney Explained

Crossdoney
Native Name:Irish: Cros Domhnaigh
Native Name Lang:ga
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ulster
Subdivision Type3:County
Subdivision Name3:Cavan
Unit Pref:Metric
Coordinates:53.9531°N -7.4345°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

Crossdoney [1] is a village and townland in County Cavan, Ireland. The village is on the R154 regional road where it terminates at a junction with the R198. Peculiarly, all buildings in the village sit on one side of the road, and this gives rise to the widely used local expression: "All to one side like Crossdoney".[2]

Crossdoney 1837

Description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837

Transport

Bus

Whartons Travel operate bus route 975 on behalf of the National Transport Authority. It serves Crossdoney five times daily in each direction (no Sunday service) providing services to Cavan, Arva, Drumlish and Longford, terminating at Longford railway station.[3] [4]

Rail

Crossdoney railway station was a stop on the MGWR line between Cavan town and Inny Junction. The line opened first in July 1856, with a branch opened to Killeshandra in 1886. The entire route closed to passengers in 1947, finally closing for goods in January 1960. The Crossdoney station house is now a private residence.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cros Domhnaigh/Crossdoney . Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie) . 8 January 2022.
  2. Web site: Bringing Lismore back from the dead. 2020-08-10. Anglo Celt. en-US.
  3. Web site: Route 975 Cavan - Arvagh- Longford Bus Service Commences - National Transport AuthorityNational Transport Authority . 7 August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171218175855/https://www.nationaltransport.ie/news/route-975-cavan-arvagh-longford-bus-service-commences/ . 18 December 2017 . dead .
  4. Web site: Whartons Travel - Cavan to Longford Bus - Longford to Cavan Bus . 2015-12-19 . dead . https://archive.today/20130209080718/http://www.whartonstravel.com/longford-bus.html . 9 February 2013 . dmy-all .