Carndonagh
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Use Hiberno-English Template:Infobox settlement Carndonagh (Template:Respell; Template:Irish place name)<ref name=logainm>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> is a town on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland, close to Trawbreaga Bay. As of the 2022 census, Carndonagh had a population of 2,768.<ref name=cso2022/>
History
The town is the site of the Carndonagh stones,<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> a series of five sculpted stones which are dated to between the 7th and 9th centuries.<ref name=Newman>Template:Cite book</ref> Other evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain, chambered cairn and standing stone sites in the townlands of Ballylosky, Churchland Quarters and Tullanree.<ref name="LaceyEtAl1983">Template:Citation</ref><ref>Template:Citation</ref>
Carndonagh's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built Template:Circa,<ref>https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40805004/donagh-church-of-ireland-church-churchland-quarters-carndonagh-donegal</ref> the Weslyan (Methodist) chapel dates to 1867,<ref>https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40805014/carndonagh-wesleyan-chapel-bridge-street-churchland-quarters-carndonagh-co-donegal</ref> the Presbyterian church to 1886, and the Catholic church (built on the site of a smaller 19th-century chapel) was completed in 1945.<ref>https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40805018/church-of-the-sacred-heart-churchland-quarters-carndonagh-donegal</ref>
Carndonagh railway station, which opened in July 1907, was closed in December 1935.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Amenities
The town is laid out around a central square, or 'diamond', and is dominated by its Romanesque Revival Catholic chapel. It is home to 6 national schools including St. Patrick's GNS and BNS, Glentogher NS, Craigtown NS, Donagh NS, St. Bridget's NS and Carndonagh Community School, formerly the largest community school in the Republic of Ireland. Carndonagh is home to the Inishowen Carnival Group, Carndonagh Musical Society, Brass Band and the Inishowen Gospel Choir.Template:Citation needed
Transport
TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry),<ref name=":0">Template:Cite web</ref> 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh),<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh),<ref name=":0" /> 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh)<ref name=":1">Template:Cite web</ref> and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh).<ref name=":1" />
There are private coach services from the town to Derry<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> and Dublin.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Carndonagh is on the R238, R240 and R244 regional roads.
Sport
The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Carndonagh GAA, fields Gaelic football teams in the AllSportStore.com Division 4 championship.Template:Fact
Carndonagh F.C., the local association football (soccer) club, participates in the Inishowen Football League.Template:Fact
People
- Roy Campbell (1901–1957), South African poet, who explored the legacy of his Carndonagh ancestors in the 1952 memoir Light on a Dark HorseTemplate:Fact
- John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917), adventurer, educator, and author<ref name="visitPeople">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Gary Doherty (born 1980), footballer Norwich City<ref name="visitPeople"/>
- John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), engineer<ref>Template:Cite DNB</ref>
- Keith McErlean, actor<ref name="trivia">Template:Cite web</ref>
- Tommy Tiernan (born 1969), comedian<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>
Gallery
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Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which replaced the 1826-built Roman Catholic Chapel in 1945
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Carndonagh Church of Ireland church
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Carndonagh Presbyterian church
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Carndonagh Methodist church
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Carndonagh Shopping Centre
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Town centre (The Diamond)
