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    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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    Enya (category Musicians from Gweedore)
    music since the 1980s. 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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    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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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  • 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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    '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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    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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    The Gweedore Bar (beside Peadar O'Donnell's), Derry...
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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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    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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  • 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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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    "Donegal Belfast Daily Timetable from Patrick Gallagher Coaches, Brinalack, Gweedore, County Donegal". GallaghersCoaches.com. Retrieved 24 August 2023. O'Connor...
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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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    traditional storytelling, and markets. Such festivals have been held in Gweedore, Sligo, Brandon, Rathangan and a number of other places. Craggaunowen,...
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    mother, Sarah McIntosh (née Gallagher), was from the townland of Dore in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal in Ulster. Raintown (1987)...
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    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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  • Ireland in the barony of Cary Torr, also written Tor or Thorr, a townland in Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland Törr, Czech metal band founded in 1977 Search...
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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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    James Duffy (VC) (category People from Gweedore)
    British and Commonwealth forces. Duffy was born on 17 November 1889 in Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair), County Donegal, Ireland. He was 28 years old, and a private...
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  • University, Belfast, where he was taught by Seamus Heaney. He resides in Gweedore, County Donegal. He is a descendant of John McSorley, who opened McSorley's...
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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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