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Carrigans
An Carraigín | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 54°57′06″N 7°25′43″W / 54.951656°N 7.428532°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Government | |
• Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
Population | |
• Urban | 331 |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Website |
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Carrigans ( Irish: An Carraigín, meaning "little rock") [2] is a village in The Laggan, a district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. The village is located on the R236 regional road only a short distance from the River Foyle.
Carrigans was at one time[ when?] the centre of a major flax and linen producing area, possessing one of the largest flax mills in County Donegal, before the demise of the flax industry in the 1950s.[ citation needed] Commercial salmon fishing was also a major employer in the past.[ citation needed]
Killea (St. Fiach's) Parish Church ( Church of Ireland) is in the village of Carrigans. [ citation needed]
Carrigans once had a railway station, the village being served by the Great Northern Railway, which closed in 1965.[ citation needed]
The Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device used in many conflicts, was invented by Captain (later Colonel) McClintock, of Dunmore, Carrigans. [ citation needed]
Carrigans was one of several Protestant villages in eastern Donegal that would have been transferred to Northern Ireland, had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925. [3]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (June 2018) |
Carrigans
An Carraigín | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 54°57′06″N 7°25′43″W / 54.951656°N 7.428532°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Government | |
• Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
Population | |
• Urban | 331 |
Time zone | UTC+0 ( WET) |
• Summer ( DST) | UTC-1 ( IST ( WEST)) |
Website |
www |
Carrigans ( Irish: An Carraigín, meaning "little rock") [2] is a village in The Laggan, a district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. The village is located on the R236 regional road only a short distance from the River Foyle.
Carrigans was at one time[ when?] the centre of a major flax and linen producing area, possessing one of the largest flax mills in County Donegal, before the demise of the flax industry in the 1950s.[ citation needed] Commercial salmon fishing was also a major employer in the past.[ citation needed]
Killea (St. Fiach's) Parish Church ( Church of Ireland) is in the village of Carrigans. [ citation needed]
Carrigans once had a railway station, the village being served by the Great Northern Railway, which closed in 1965.[ citation needed]
The Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device used in many conflicts, was invented by Captain (later Colonel) McClintock, of Dunmore, Carrigans. [ citation needed]
Carrigans was one of several Protestant villages in eastern Donegal that would have been transferred to Northern Ireland, had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925. [3]