Dungloe

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Gaeltacht town in County Donegal, Ireland

title: "Dungloe" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["gaeltacht-places-in-county-donegal", "gaeltacht-towns-and-villages", "the-rosses", "towns-and-villages-in-county-donegal"] description: "Gaeltacht town in County Donegal, Ireland" topic_path: "general/gaeltacht-places-in-county-donegal" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungloe" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Gaeltacht town in County Donegal, Ireland ::

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settlement_typeTown
official_nameAn Clochán Liath
other_nameDungloe
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pushpin_map_captionLocation in Ireland
coordinates
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blank_info_sec1
subdivision_typeCountry
subdivision_nameIreland
subdivision_type1Province
subdivision_name1Ulster
subdivision_type2County
subdivision_name2County Donegal
subdivision_type3Barony
subdivision_name3Boylagh
subdivision_type4Dáil Éireann
subdivision_name4Donegal
unit_prefMetric
elevation_m16
population_as_of2022
population_total1,247
population_footnotes
area_code_typeDialing code
area_code074, +000 353 74
footnotesAs this is a Gaeltacht town, the Irish An Clochán Liath is the only official name. However, the name 'Dungloe' remains in widespread use.
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|settlement_type = Town |official_name = An Clochán Liath |other_name = Dungloe |image_skyline = Ostan Na Rosann Hotel, Dungloe, County Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 500605.jpg |pushpin_map = Ireland |pushpin_label_position = none |pushpin_map_caption = Location in Ireland |coordinates = |blank_name_sec1 = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info_sec1 = |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 |subdivision_type4 = Dáil Éireann |subdivision_name4 = Donegal |unit_pref = Metric |elevation_m = 16 |population_as_of = 2022 |population_total = 1,247 |population_footnotes = |area_code_type = Dialing code |area_code = 074, +000 353 74 |footnotes=As this is a Gaeltacht town, the Irish An Clochán Liath is the only official name. However, the name 'Dungloe' remains in widespread use. An Clochán Liath, known in English as Dungloe (sometimes misspelled as Dunglow; ), is a town on the west coast of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal Gaeltacht. Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of County Donegal, and in particular The Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area.

Name

There is a river at the bottom of the town and years ago the only crossing was over a grey granite slab lying in the riverbed, hence the Irish name of the town, An Clochán Liath, which means the grey stepping-stone. The bridge was built in 1782. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/Dungloe_library_-geograph.org.uk-_500539.jpg" caption="Dungloe Library"] ::

The name An Clochán Liath was formerly anglicised as Cloghanlea. The name Dungloe or Dunglow is believed to come from the Irish Dún gCloiche. This name came into common English usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly fair, formerly held at Dún gCloiche (five miles north of the nascent town), was transferred to An Clochán Liath. In time, the name of the fair and that of the town were subsumed. Today, An Clochán Liath is the only officially recognised name of the town.

Irish language

The Comprehensive Linguistic Survey of the Gaeltacht (revised) found that only 21.4% of the population of the area spoke Irish on a daily basis. Despite being officially within the Gaeltacht, Irish is not the everyday language of the majority of residents. Just over one-fifth of the population are daily Irish speakers. Nevertheless, there are Irish-speaking areas outside the town, and Irish is to be heard regularly in the town.

Administration

Dungloe is home to the Dungloe District Court, which covers the west and south-west areas of County Donegal. The local council offices are situated in the Public Services Centre on the Gweedore Road, including an Intreo centre, Citizens Information centre and Donegal County Council office.

There is a Garda station, Donegal County Council office, and a fire station, located on the Main Street. Also, there are several convenience stores, supermarkets, cafes, pubs and restaurants. The town is the headquarters of The Rosses' indigenous supermarket chain, The Cope. ::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c3/Cope_dungloe.png" caption="Entrance to [[The Cope]] in Dungloe in 2024"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/77/Dungloe_Hospital_2024.jpg" caption="Dungloe Hospital in 2024"] ::

The Dungloe Community Hospital campus also contains a hospital, mental health services and a day centre for the elderly.

A visitor centre to Daniel O'Donnell was opened in 2012 in the town's former National Irish Bank building. The visitor centre closed in 2019. [[File:"Wee_Daniel's"_Visitor_Centre,An_Clochán_Liath-Dungloe-geograph.org.uk-_3228865.jpg|thumb|right|alt="Wee Daniel's" Visitor Centre, Dungloe|"Wee Daniel's" Visitor Centre, Dungloe]]

Tourism

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c0/Anclochanliath.JPG" caption="Dungloe Main Street."] ::

The town attracts tourists during July and August when the annual Mary From Dungloe International Festival takes place. It was founded in the 1960s and it has attracted 'special guests' over the years including Daniel O'Donnell, Cliff Richard, Gay Byrne and Sharon Shannon. Dungloe Bay and its surrounding hills have also attracted tourists to Dungloe. There is also a festival dedicated to the socialist writer Peadar O'Donnell in Dungloe each autumn. A little to the north of the town is the site of the ancient church of Templecrone.

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Dungloe_RC_Church_-geograph.org.uk-_501526.jpg" caption="Catholic]] Church, usually known locally as 'the Chapel'."] ::

Transport

The town is serviced by a regional Bus Éireann route and several TFI Local Link routes, as well as a number of private bus companies, both of which provide a link to national Bus Éireann routes through Donegal Town and Letterkenny, and to the north of the county and Derry also.

In 1903, the town was linked, through Dungloe railway station, to the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway. However, the station was closed on 3 June 1940 as part of a process that saw the closure of all railways in the county. The company continued to provide coach services to the town via the Lough Swilly Bus Company in the aftermath of the closure of the railways; however, this ended in April 2014.

Religion and popular culture

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/45/St_Crone's_Church_of_Ireland,Dungloe-geograph.org.uk-_500587.jpg" caption="St Crone's [[Church of Ireland]] Church."] ::

By the standards of a rural Gaeltacht area, Dungloe has a significant Protestant minority, many of whom are Presbyterian. This is a result of the Plantation of Ulster in the seventeenth century. However, the town has a large Catholic majority.

Dungloe is mentioned in FX series Sons of Anarchy as the source of the motorcycle club's weapons from the True IRA, a fictional representation of the Real IRA.

The song Mary from Dungloe by Emmet Spiceland.

People

References

References

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  2. [http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004]
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  9. "Donegal County Council".
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  11. "Draft CDP Newspaper Notice.pdf".
  12. "List of Fire Stations in Donegal".
  13. "ABOUT US — The Cope".
  14. Maguire, Stephen. (2014-04-03). "BEDS TO RE-OPEN AND REFURBISHMENT ALMOST COMPLETED AT DUNGLOE COMMUNITY HOSPITAL".
  15. "Mental Health Services - HSE.ie".
  16. "Older People Services".
  17. "Daniel O'Donnell Visitor Centre".
  18. (2015-07-18). "Desperately seeking Daniel: Ivan Little visits the Daniel O'Donnell Visitor Centre". BelfastTelegraph.co.uk.
  19. Maguire, Stephen. (2019-04-29). "Breaking: Shock at closure of Daniel O'Donnell Visitor Centre".
  20. "Mary From Dungloe International Arts Festival".
  21. "Dungloe weekend to celebrate life and times of late Peadar O'Donnell".
  22. Maguire, Stephen. (2014-10-16). "LARGE CROWD EXPECTED FOR PEADAR O'DONNELL WEEKEND IN DUNGLOE".
  23. "Maghery - History and Heritage".
  24. "Bus Éireann Timetable Route 492, Donegal - Glenties - Dungloe - Bus Éireann - View Ireland Bus and Coach Timetables & Buy Tickets".
  25. "117431 SITT TT Burtonport to Letterkenny 4pg DL".
  26. "992-Crolly-to-Dungloe.jpg".
  27. "Irish_railways.pdf".
  28. "Dungloe station". Railscot – Irish Railways.
  29. (2014-04-16). "Donegal Now - Lough Swilly bus company to cease trading this weekend – according to a Trade Union".
  30. "Interactive Data Visualisations {{!}} CSO Ireland".
  31. "'Sons of Anarchy' Deaths: Season 1".
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