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A view of Derrybeg from Maghergallon. Doirí Beaga [1] (anglicised as Derrybeg, [2] meaning 'small oak trees'), is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the parish of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) in County Donegal, Ireland. It includes a Roman Catholic church, RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta regional studios, a Gaelic Athletic Association club and a golf ...
Gweedore includes the settlements of Brinlack, Bunbeg, Derrybeg, Crolly and Dunlewey, [7] and sits in the shade of County Donegal's highest peak, Errigal. [ 8 ] Gweedore is known for being a cradle of Irish culture , [ 9 ] with old Irish customs, traditional music, theatre, Gaelic games and the Irish language playing a central and pivotal role ...
This links the song to events at Derrybeg Chapel Gweedore on Sunday 3 February 1889 in which 42 RIC led by lnspector William Limerick Martin came to arrest Father James Mcfadden. "The Calico Landlord"
An 1813 map depicts the townland as Derrybeg. The Tithe Applotment Books for 1827 list eight tithepayers in the townland. [3] The 1836 Ordnance Survey Namebooks describe the townland as- The soil is light yellow clay, intermixed with boulders of sandstone. The Derry Beg Valuation Office Field books are available for September 1839. [4] [5]
A monument was erected in Derrybeg, Gweedore, in 1954 by a Fianna Fáil committee. The committee consisted of 21 local Fianna Fáil cumann members who held fund-raising events to finance the building of the cross. The Cross was officially unveiled by Cormac Breslin, T.D. The monument stands between the former town hall and a pub.
4 September 1971 - John Warnock (18), a member of British Army, killed in an Official Irish Republican Army land mine attack on a mobile patrol passing Derrybeg Park, Newry. 23 October 1971 - Sean Ruddy (28), James McLaughlin (26) and Robert Anderson (26), all shot by the British Army, who believed they were robbing a bank .
Amharclann Ghaoth Dobhair (pronounced [ˈəuɾˠklˠən̪ˠ ˌɣiː ˈd̪ˠoːɾʲ]), anglicized as Gweedore Theatre, is a local theatre in the Gaeltacht region of Derrybeg in the parish of Gweedore, County Donegal, Ireland.
Temple House is a Georgian mansion set in an estate of over 1,000 acres (400 ha). It overlooks the lakeside ruins of a castle formerly of the Knights Templar, and is now a country guest house.