Gweedore (/ɡwiːˈdɔːr/ gwee-DOR; officially known by its Irish language name, Gaoth Dobhair [ˌɡiː ˈd̪ˠoːɾʲ]) is a Gaeltacht (Irish-speaking) district and...
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Lord George Hill (section Gweedore)
mode of agriculture. Hill's book Facts from Gweedore (1845) provides an account of conditions in Gweedore and seeks to explain and justify Hill's agricultural...
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Gleanntáin Ghlas' Ghaoth Dobhair (redirect from Green glens of Gweedore)
about his hometown of Gaoth Dobhair (i.e. Gweedore) in County Donegal. It translates as "the green glens of Gweedore". The song is one of the well-known Irish...
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Gweedore railway station served the village of Gweedore in County Donegal, Ireland. The station opened on 9 March 1903 when the Londonderry and Lough...
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Mad Dog Coll (category People from Gweedore)
killing of a young child during a mob kidnap attempt. Coll was born in Gweedore, an Irish-speaking district, in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern...
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'the One Who Washes' or 'the Strong-Flowing One') is a small river in Gweedore (Irish: Gaoth Dobhair), a district in the north-west of County Donegal...
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Clannad (category Culture in Gweedore)
(Irish pronunciation: [ˈklˠan̪ˠəd̪ˠ]) were an Irish band formed in 1970 in Gweedore, County Donegal, by siblings Ciarán, Pól and Moya Ui Bhraonáin (in English...
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Altan (band) (category Culture in Gweedore)
young student and musician from Belfast, Frankie Kennedy used to travel to Gweedore, County Donegal on his summer holidays, learning Irish and playing traditional...
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Enya (category Musicians from Gweedore)
for over four decades. Enya was raised in the Irish-speaking region of Gweedore. In 1980, as Eithne Ní Bhraonáin, Enya began her musical career playing...
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Donegal. The extensive district lies between the parish and district of Gweedore to the north and the town of Glenties to the south. A large part of the...
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