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Dunfanaghy is a town
that is made for holidays; Horn Head overlooks it and dominates the
surrounding area, and it has an abundance of beaches within easy
reach – Killhoey, Portnablagh, Marble Hill, Ards and Tramore at Horn
Head. Also at Horn Head is ‘McSwiney’s Gun’, so called because of
the noise often made by the tide rushing into the natural blow hole
under the headland. Despite its current reliance on holiday-makers
Dunfanaghy started life as a market town, its earliest patent being
given in 1630 to Sir Mulmurry McSuibhne for a Monday market and two
two-day fairs, on Whit Monday and 21st September. The town retains
the look of a planned town, a heritage it shares in Donegal with
other towns including Raphoe, Malin. It has a present day population
of only 300 or so, but like many towns of its size on the western
seaboard of Ireland, it has the historical connections of a town
many times its size. The Dunfanaghy Workhouse, a modern heritage
centre located in part of the 19th century workhouse, tells the
story of unhappier days in the area when thousands succumbed to
famine and disease. |
Dunfanaghy Holiday Homes - Donegal, Ireland