Gweedore (/ɡwiːˈdɔːr/ gwee-DOR; officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair [ˌɡiː ˈd̪ˠoːɾʲ]) is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district and...
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Lord George Hill (section Gweedore)
mode of agriculture. Hill's book Facts from Gweedore (1845) provides an account of conditions in Gweedore and seeks to explain and justify Hill's agricultural...
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Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair (redirect from Green glens of Gweedore)
about his hometown of Gaoth Dobhair (i.e. Gweedore) in County Donegal. It translates as "the green glens of Gweedore". The song is one of the well-known Irish...
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Gweedore railway station served the village of Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 March 1903 when the Londonderry and Lough...
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Clannad (category Culture in Gweedore)
(Irish pronunciation: [ˈklˠan̪ˠəd̪ˠ]) were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings Ciarán, Pól and Moya Ui Bhraonáin (in English...
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Mad Dog Coll (category People from Gweedore)
killing of a young child during a mob kidnap attempt. Coll was born in Gweedore, an Irish-speaking district, in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern...
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Na Rosa), centred on the town of Dungloe (Irish: An Clochán Liath), and Gweedore (Irish: Gaoth Dobhair). Another Gaeltacht district is located in the north-west:...
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Enya (category Musicians from Gweedore)
for over four decades. Enya was raised in the Irish-speaking region of Gweedore. In 1980, as Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, Enya began her musical career playing...
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'the One Who Washes' or 'the Strong-Flowing One') is a small river in Gweedore (Irish: Gaoth Dobhair), a district in the north-west of County Donegal...
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Errigal (category Geography of Gweedore)
Errigal (Irish: An Earagail) is a 751-metre (2,464 ft) mountain near Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the tallest peak of the Derryveagh Mountains...
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Donegal. The extensive district lies between the parish and district of Gweedore to the north and the town of Glenties to the south. A large part of the...
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CLG Ghaoth Dobhair (redirect from Gweedore GAA)
Dobhair is a GAA club based in the parish of Gaoth Dobhair (anglicised to Gweedore) in northwest County Donegal, Republic of Ireland. They are one of the...
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from 1993 to 2002. Vincent "Mad Dog" Coll, an Irish-American hitman from Gweedore, County Donegal, who worked for Salvatore Maranzano, Dutch Schultz, and...
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Altan (band) (category Culture in Gweedore)
young student and musician from Belfast, Frankie Kennedy used to travel to Gweedore, County Donegal on his summer holidays, learning Irish and playing traditional...
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May 1990. She is of maternal Irish Catholic descent: her mother is from Gweedore, County Donegal. Raintown (1987) When the World Knows Your Name (1989)...
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The Gweedore Bar (beside Peadar O'Donnell's), Derry...
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"Donegal Belfast Daily Timetable from Patrick Gallagher Coaches, Brinalack, Gweedore, County Donegal". GallaghersCoaches.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023. O'Connor...
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Patrick O'Donnell (Invincible) (category People from Gweedore)
adjudged responsible for the Phoenix Park Murders. O'Donnell was from Gweedore, County Donegal. On 6 May 1882, the most senior Irish civil servant, the...
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The Duggans (Irish: Na Dúgáiní) were an Irish musical duo from Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland. The twin brothers Noel Duggan and Pádraig (Patrick) Duggan...
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Chorcaí) County Waterford (Contae Phort Láirge) County Meath (Contae na Mí) Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), County Donegal, is the largest Gaeltacht parish in Ireland...
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Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair (redirect from Gweedore Community School)
Pobalscoil Ghaoth Dobhair (Gweedore Community School) is an Irish-medium secondary school in the Gaeltacht district of Gaoth Dobhair, County Donegal, Ireland...
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north-west County Donegal. It is about a 15-minute drive from Dungloe and Gweedore and 45 minutes from Letterkenny. It was generally known until the 1990s...
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Greenan Greencastle Greenore Grenagh Greystones Gurteen Gurranabraher Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) Hacketstown Halfway Harold's Cross Headford Herbertstown...
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represents 26% of total Gaeltacht land area. The three parishes of the Rosses, Gweedore and Cloughaneely constitute the main centre of population of the Donegal...
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gcomhar le Comharchumann Forbartha Ghaoth Dobhair. [folklore, Gweedore] [folklore, Gweedore] Ó Baoill, Micí Sheáin Néill (1956). Mag Uidhir, Seosamh (ed...
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Moya Brennan (category Musicians from Gweedore)
grew up as the eldest child of a musical family in the remote parish of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), a Gaeltacht area in County Donegal, where the Irish language...
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Dunlewey (category Geography of Gweedore)
in English as Dunlewey or Dunlewy, is a small Gaeltacht village in the Gweedore district in the north-west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province...
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Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh (category Musicians from Gweedore)
nearly 22 years with Altan, on 28 December 2008 Ní Mhaonaigh premiered in Gweedore (during the Frankie Kennedy Winter Music School) her debut solo album Imeall...
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Dublin Airport and towns along the N4 road. Bus Feda operates a route from Gweedore, County Donegal, via Sligo to Galway. Sligo is one of just two operating...
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density. The mountains separate the coastal parts of the county, such as Gweedore and Glenties, from the major inland towns such as Ballybofey and Letterkenny...
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