Gartan
title: "Gartan" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["civil-parishes-of-county-donegal", "townlands-of-county-donegal"] topic_path: "general/civil-parishes-of-county-donegal" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartan" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gartan |
| native_name | Gartán |
| settlement_type | Civil parish |
| image_skyline | Garton Lough, Co. Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 12764.jpg |
| image_caption | Gartan Lough |
| 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 | County Donegal |
| leader_title1 | Dáil Éireann |
| leader_name1 | Donegal |
| unit_pref | Metric |
| population_as_of | 2002 |
| population_density_km2 | auto |
| timezone1 | WET |
| utc_offset1 | +0 |
| timezone1_DST | IST (WEST) |
| utc_offset1_DST | -1 |
| coordinates | |
| blank_name | Irish Grid Reference |
| blank_info | |
| :: |
|name = Gartan |native_name = Gartán |settlement_type = Civil parish |image_skyline = Garton Lough, Co. Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 12764.jpg |image_caption = Gartan Lough |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 = County Donegal |established_title = |established_date = |leader_title1 = Dáil Éireann |leader_name1 = Donegal |unit_pref = Metric |area_footnotes = |area_total_km2 = |population_as_of = 2002 |population_footnotes = |population_total = |population_density_km2 = auto |timezone1 = WET |utc_offset1 = +0 |timezone1_DST = IST (WEST) |utc_offset1_DST = -1 |coordinates = |elevation_footnotes = |elevation_m = |blank_name = Irish Grid Reference |blank_info = |website = |footnotes = Gartan () is a civil parish and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. The area is best known for being the birthplace of Columba, one of the three patron saints of Ireland and one of the most revered saints in the Christian world. Here he founded a monastery in 521. The popular song "Gartan Mother's Lullaby" comes from the area, and has been performed by many artists, including American actress Meryl Streep.
From the book Kenny, by Leona Dalrymple (The Reilly & Britton Co., Chicago, 1917):
::quote I often think these days of Kenny's wood-fire tales of the shrine of ::
Black Gartan where St. Columba was born. Colomcille, old Kenny called him around the wood-fire, didn't he? Colomcille, Kenny said, having been in exile, knew the homesick pangs himself and therefore could give the good Irishmen who journeyed to his shrine strength to bear them. I'm not in exile but there are times when I should be journeyin' off, as Kenny says when the brogue is on him, to Black Gartan. The curse of the Celt! Kenny swears there's no homesickness in the world like an Irishman's passionate longing for home and kin. Not that I long for the studio. God forbid! Kenny's the symbol for it all.}}
Gallery
File:St Columba's church, Gartan, Donegal.jpg|The remains of St. Columba's church. File:Gartan Ráth Cnó Colm Cille 1400 Memorial Plaque 2012 09 19.jpg|Memorial plaque unveiled by Mary Robinson on the occasion of the 1400th anniversary of the death of Colm Cille
References
References
- "Gartán / Gartan". Placenames Database of Ireland.
- "Columba - The Warrior Saint".
- "Gartan, Co Donegal, Ireland". Freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com.
- "Gartan Mother's Lullaby (Three Celtic Folk Songs) – SSA, Piano Accompaniment Vocal Score – Sheet Music & Songbooks". Musicroom.com.
- "For Our Children: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.co.uk.
- Dalrymple, Leona. "Kenny".
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