Burtonport

Ailt an Chorráin
Burtonport
Town

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 54°58′56″N 8°26′04″W / 54.982293°N 8.434324°W / 54.982293; -8.434324Coordinates: 54°58′56″N 8°26′04″W / 54.982293°N 8.434324°W / 54.982293; -8.434324
Country Ireland
Province Ulster
County County Donegal
Government
 • Dáil Éireann Donegal
Population (2011)
 • Total 323
Irish Grid Reference B717154
As this is a Gaeltacht village, the Irish Ailt an Chorráin is the only official name. However, the name 'Burtonport' remains in widespread use.

Ailt an Chorráin or Ailt a' Chorráin (English name: Burtonport)[1] is a Gaeltacht fishing village about 7 km northwest of Dungloe in The Rosses district of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland.

The main employers in the village are the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM; Irish Sea Fisheries Board) ice plant. In recent years, these establishments have been in decline due to the abandonment of fishing as a career and way of life by locals, due to depleted fish stocks and very restrictive fishing laws.

History

A plaque there commemorates the brief landing on the nearby island of Inishmacadurn (or Rutland Island) of a French military force led by James Napper Tandy in a failed attempt to assist rebels during the 1798 rebellion on 16 September 1798.

St Columba's Church dates from 1899.

Transport

The ferry leaving Burtonport for Arranmore

As the mainland port for both the Arranmore car ferry service and the Arranmore fast ferry passenger service, Burtonport receives a lot of passing tourist traffic.

Burtonport had a railway service from Letterkenny between 1903 and 1940 provided by the Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway (L&BER), a company jointly owned by the State and the Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway (L&LSR). Burtonport railway station opened on 9 March 1903, but finally closed on 3 June 1940.[2]

People

See also

References

  1. ↑ Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004
  2. ↑ "Burtonport station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
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