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Country
  
Ireland

Time zone
  
WET (UTC+0)

Local time
  
Saturday 11:34 PM

County
  
County Donegal

Irish Grid Reference
  
B810169

Province
  
Ulster

Loch an Iúir

Weather
  
9°C, Wind SE at 19 km/h, 79% Humidity

Loch an Iúir (Irish: lake of the yew) [lˠɔx.ə ˈɲuːɾʲ], anglicised as Loughanure, is a village in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. It is halfway between Gweedore and Dungloe, on the N56 road, in the Gaeltacht area of the Rosses.

Contents

Map of Loughanure, Co. Donegal, Ireland

Notable people

  • Niall Ó Dónaill, (1908 - 1995) Irish-language lexicographer. His Dictionary 'Fhoclóir Gaeilge/Béarla' (1977)is consulted by language students worldwide as the bible of the native tongue. Other books by the same writer : 'Bruighean Feille' and 'Na Glúnta Rosannacha' (1952) a history of the Rosses from the Dark Ages. Niall was born in 'Barr na hAilte' Loch an Iúir in 1908 and died in 1995. He is revered with pride in his native Donegal.

    • References

    Loch an Iúir Wikipedia
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