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Ranafast
Irish: Rann na Feirste Rinnafarset | |
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Village | |
Coordinates: 55°02′04″N 8°18′22″W / 55.034569°N 8.306013°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Barony | Boylagh |
Government | |
• Dáil constituency | Donegal |
Population | 350 |
Irish Grid Reference | B847228 |
Rann na Feirste is the only official name. The anglicised spellings Rannafast and Rinnafarset have no official status. |
Ranafast or Rinnafarset, officially only known by its Irish name Rann na Feirste (IPA: [ˌɾˠaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈfʲɛɾˠʃtʲə]), [2] [3] is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Rosses district in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.
Ranafast, or sometimes Rannafast or Rinnafarset, is the anglicised version of the area's original and official name Rann na Feirste.
Ranafast is a Gaeltacht area, therefore the Irish language is the predominantly spoken language. According to the 2016 census 90.4% of the population of Ranafast could speak Irish and 66.6% of the population spoke Irish daily outside the education system. [1] [4]
The writers Séamus Ó Grianna and Seosamh Mac Grianna were born in Ranafast.[ citation needed]
Coláiste Bhríde is an Irish-language Gaeltacht College and was established in 1926. [5]
This article needs additional citations for
verification. (August 2017) |
Ranafast
Irish: Rann na Feirste Rinnafarset | |
---|---|
Village | |
Coordinates: 55°02′04″N 8°18′22″W / 55.034569°N 8.306013°W | |
Country | Ireland |
Province | Ulster |
County | County Donegal |
Barony | Boylagh |
Government | |
• Dáil constituency | Donegal |
Population | 350 |
Irish Grid Reference | B847228 |
Rann na Feirste is the only official name. The anglicised spellings Rannafast and Rinnafarset have no official status. |
Ranafast or Rinnafarset, officially only known by its Irish name Rann na Feirste (IPA: [ˌɾˠaːn̪ˠ n̪ˠə ˈfʲɛɾˠʃtʲə]), [2] [3] is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Rosses district in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.
Ranafast, or sometimes Rannafast or Rinnafarset, is the anglicised version of the area's original and official name Rann na Feirste.
Ranafast is a Gaeltacht area, therefore the Irish language is the predominantly spoken language. According to the 2016 census 90.4% of the population of Ranafast could speak Irish and 66.6% of the population spoke Irish daily outside the education system. [1] [4]
The writers Séamus Ó Grianna and Seosamh Mac Grianna were born in Ranafast.[ citation needed]
Coláiste Bhríde is an Irish-language Gaeltacht College and was established in 1926. [5]