Loch an Iúir explained

Other Name:Loughanure
Settlement Type:Village
Pushpin Map:Ireland
Pushpin Label Position:left
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Ireland
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name:Ireland
Subdivision Type1:Province
Subdivision Name1:Ulster
Subdivision Type2:County
Subdivision Name2:County Donegal
Subdivision Type3:Barony
Subdivision Name3:Boylagh
Unit Pref:Metric
Population As Of:2022
Population Footnotes:[1]
Population:412
Utc Offset1:+0
Timezone1 Dst:IST (WEST)
Utc Offset1 Dst:-1
Coordinates:54.9982°N -8.2915°W
Blank Name:Irish Grid Reference

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pronounced as /ga/), anglicised as Loughanure,[2] [3] is a village and townland[4] in The Rosses, a district in the west of County Donegal in Ireland. The village is in the Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking region), being halfway between Gweedore and Dungloe, with the N56 road passing through the village. According to the 2016 census, 37% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.[5] The village of Loughanure lies within the Barony of Boylagh.[4]

Amenities

There is a traditional public house and restaurant known as Irish: Casadh an tSúgáin at the corner of the main road and the Annagry road.[6] There is also a petrol service station with a convenience store[7] opposite the Irish: Coláiste Mhuire Irish language college building. The Donegal Pens (a pen maker), featured on Dragon's Den, also operates in the village.[8]

During the summer months, an Irish language college operates allowing youths to stay in or near the village and learn Irish for two weeks (Course A) or three weeks (Course B & C).[9]

Education

The local primary school is a gaelscoil (Irish language school) called Irish: Scoil Eoin Pol (John Paul School) with 20 pupils.[10] The nearest secondary school is Rosses Community School in Dungloe.[11]

On 19 April 2024, Irish: Scoil Eoin Pol was given the green light to provide additional classrooms for special needs.[12]

Transport

The village is serviced by TFI Local Link routes 271 Burtonport/Letterkenny,[13] 992 Crolly/Dungloe[14] and 966 Falcarragh/Dungloe.[15]

Notable people

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Census Interactive Map – Towns: Loch an Iúir . . . 13 November 2024.
  2. http://www.logainm.ie/14517.aspx Loch an Iuir
  3. http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Ionstraimí Reachtúla Uimhir 872 de 2004
  4. Townlands.ie: Loughanure Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/boylagh/templecrone/annagary/loughanure/
  5. Web site: Irish Language and the Gaeltacht. CSO - Central Statistics Office. 2020-11-15. en.
  6. Web site: Home . 2023-08-17 . Casadh an tSugain . en-GB.
  7. Web site: Petrol station at Loughanure, Annagry, Ireland Circle K . 2024-03-21 . www.circlek.ie . en.
  8. Web site: Find Us . 2023-08-17 . Donegal Pens . en-GB.
  9. Web site: Coláiste Mhuire, Loch an Iúir, Summer Teenage Courses Líofa . 2023-08-17 . www.liofa.eu.
  10. Web site: Scoil Naisiunta Loch An Iubhair, Donegal West on SchoolDays.ie . 2023-08-17 . www.schooldays.ie.
  11. Web site: Rosses Community School > Home . 2023-08-17 . www.rossescommunityschool.ie.
  12. News: 2024-04-19 . WEST DONEGAL SCHOOL GETS GREEN LIGHT FOR SPECIAL CLASSROOM . 2024-09-01 . Donegal Daily.
  13. Web site: 117431 SITT TT Burtonport to Letterkenny 4pg DL . 17 August 2023 . Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim . PDF.
  14. Web site: 109456 SITT TT Crolly to Dungloe 4pg DL . 17 August 2023 . Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim . PDF.
  15. Web site: 109452 SITT TT 966 Falcarragh Dungloe . Local Link Donegal-Sligo-Leitrim . PDF . October 2020 . June 2019 .
  16. Web site: Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla (Ó Dónaill) . 2024-03-21 . www.teanglann.ie . en . Ó Dónaill’s Irish-English Dictionary ... was first published in 1977 ... Foclóir Gaeilge-Béarla has been the primary orthographical source for the spelling of the language since it was published and provides the most comprehensive coverage of the grammar and other aspects of words in Irish..

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