Английская Википедия:Downings
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:Use Hiberno-English Шаблон:Infobox settlement Downings or Downies (Шаблон:Irish place name)[1][2][3] is a Gaeltacht village and townland on the Rosguill peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. The village is on the shores of Sheephaven Bay on the north coast of Ireland.[4][5]
Name
As the village is in a Gaeltacht district, its official name is Шаблон:Lang, its name in the Irish language. The name probably means 'The Forts', referring to the wealth of hill forts in the area.[6] The full original Irish name seems to have been Шаблон:Lang.[6] Or the name could be a hibernicisation of the English name, to describe the sandy dunes connecting the peninsula to the County Donegal mainland.Шаблон:Citation needed
Economy
Downings used to be a significant fishing port with a substantial herring fleet. Today, the economy survives on partly tourism. Na Dúnaibh is home to the famous McNutt of Donegal tweed factory and shop. It is also home to McBride Fishing who operate three crab fishing boats and the highly regarded online fishing industry news platform The Fishing Daily. Downings also boasts Meevagh Boatyard on Mulroy Bay which was established in the early 1900s by the Congested District Board to build fishing boats for local fishermen during the herring boom. Situated as it is on Sheephaven Bay, Downings is one of the safest anchorages on the north coast of Ireland, and is a must for an overnight stay for anyone sailing along the Donegal coast
History
In 2007 local divers recovered a gun from the wreck of HMS Шаблон:SS at the mouth of Lough Swilly. The gun is now mounted beside Downings Pier.[7][8]
Recreation
The dunes that link the Rosguill peninsula to the mainland are also home to the Rosapenna Links course designed by Old Tom Morris, and although the original hotel and clubhouse that was patronised by the likes of John Wayne and Errol Flynn burnt down in the sixties, the new buildings seek to emulate the charm of the originals.Шаблон:Citation needed
Downings is the start and finish of the Atlantic Drive, one of the most dramatic scenic routes in Ireland.Шаблон:Citation needed
People
- The Most Rev. Dr Philip Boyce, Lord Bishop Emeritus of Raphoe. He served as the Lord Bishop of Raphoe from October 1995 to June 2017.
- Maxi Curran, Gaelic football manager[9]
See also
References
External links
- ↑ Downings village. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-12-19.
- ↑ Downings townland. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved: 2011-12-19.
- ↑ Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004.
- ↑ Discovery Series Sheet 2 (3rd Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2005.
- ↑ Downies Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/kilmacrenan/mevagh/rosguill/downies/
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 59. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite news
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