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Bundoran (Irish: Bun Dobhráin) [2] is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. The town is located near the N15 road near Ballyshannon , and is the most southerly town in Donegal. The town is a tourist seaside resort , and tourism has been at the heart of the local economy since the 18th century. [ 3 ]
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St. Mary's Church (Irish: Naoimh Eaglais Mhuire) is a Grade B-1 listed [1] Catholic church located in Chapel Lane/Smithfield area of Belfast, Northern Ireland.A church was opened on this site in May 1784 and thus it is the mother church for the city of Belfast.
Belfast's first Catholic church was St Mary's, Chapel Lane but with the growth of the Catholic population in the early nineteenth century Bishop William Crolly, then a priest in residence in the small Georgian town, decided to construct a new church on a plot of land in Donegall Street which had been left in trust for the Roman Catholic inhabitants of Belfast. [1]
Gweedore (/ ɡ w iː ˈ d ɔːr / gwee-DOR; officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair [ˌɡiː ˈd̪ˠoːɾʲ]) [1] is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district and parish located on the Atlantic coast of County Donegal in the north-west of Ireland.
In 1909 there were three clubs in the parish: the Red Hands (which disbanded in 1910), Golan and Bundoran Junction Éire Ógs; however until 1914, matches were only played on Feis days. [1] The 'Trillick MacDonagh's' team functioned in 1914–18 and 1923–28, but many prominent players were lost in "The Troubles". The Gaelic League flourished ...
Burt Roman Catholic Chapel on N13 was modelled after the Grianán of Aileach. The Presbyterian congregation nearby dates from 1673, but the present church was built in 1896. [ 4 ]
The Grianan of Aileach (/ ˌ ɡ r iː n ə n ə v ˈ æ l j ə (x)/ GREE-nən əv AL-yə(kh); Irish: Grianán Ailigh [ˌɟɾʲiənˠaːnˠ ˈalʲiː]), sometimes anglicised as Greenan Ely or Greenan Fort, is a hillfort atop the 244 metres (801 ft) high Greenan Mountain at Inishowen in County Donegal, Ireland.