Carndonagh

It is the site of the Donagh Cross (or St. Patrick's Cross), believed to date to the 7th century. The Irish name, Carn Domhnach, means "the cairn or mound of the church".

Carndonagh Carn Domhnach
Town
Carndonagh Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°15′N 7°16′W / 55.25°N 7.27°W / 55.25; -7.27
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Dáil Éireann	Donegal
EU Parliament	Midlands–North-West
Elevation	32 m (105 ft)
Population  (2016)
• Total	2,471
Eircode routing key	F93
Telephone area code	+353(0)74
Irish Grid Reference	C467453

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 a number of musicians, artists and writers and to the Inishowen Carnival Group, Carndonagh Musical Society, Brass Band, and the Inishowen Gospel Choir (both international performers).^{[citation needed]}

Carndonagh railway station opened on 1 July 1907, but finally closed on 2 December 1935.

TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry), 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head), 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh), 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh), 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh) and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh).

There are private coach services from the town to Derry and Dublin.

Carndonagh is on the R238, R240 and R244 regional roads.

Some of the sports clubs and organisations active within the community in Carndonagh are:

• Carndonagh GAA – the local Gaelic football club which participates in the AllSportStore.com Division 4.
• Carndonagh F.C. – the local soccer club, participating in the Inishowen Football League.

• John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879) – engineer
• John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917) – adventurer, educator, and author
• Roy Campbell (1901–1957) – South African poet, who explored the legacy of his Carndonagh ancestors in the 1952 memoir Light on a Dark Horse
• Tommy Tiernan (born 1969) – comedian
• Damien Faulkner (born 1977) – racing driver
• Gary Doherty (born 1980) – footballer Norwich City
• Keith McErlean – actor

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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)

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