Glenties
Glenties ( Irish : Na Gleanntaí ; dt. "The mountain gorges") is a village with 805 inhabitants (as of 2016) in the north-west of Ireland in the west of County Donegal . Where the place is, northwest of the Bluestack Mountains , two valleys meet, from which Glenties got its name.
Glenties is on the N56 , which is a circular route to and from Donegal, which opens up the west and north of the county, and is visited by many tourists due to its central location when traveling to northern Donegal. The place has many lively pubs with traditional live music and a well-known hotel ( The Highlands ). Every year Glenties hosts a traditional music festival in the fall, and the town has also won the Tidy Towns Competition , which each year selects the cleanest place in Ireland.
Probably the most striking building in town is St. Connell's Church , built in 1974. It has a flat roof that slopes down at the sides at a steep angle to the ground. The bell from the old church at Glenties was carried over to the new church and is still in use today. Glenties is also home to three schools.
In 1981 the MacGill Summer School was founded in Glenties in memory of the poet and writer Patrick MacGill, who was born here. Since then, it has held nationally recognized socio-political debates every year.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Glenties on citypopulation.de, accessed on July 3, 2017
- ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
- ↑ Seamus Deane : Extremes , lrb.co.uk, February 7, 1985, accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ History & Achievements , macgillsummerschool.com, accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ Welcome to the MacGill Summer School , macgillsummerschool.com, accessed July 11, 2019
- ↑ Lise Hand: Averil puts boot into Bertie as FF fights for political future , independent.ie, July 26, 2011, accessed on July 11, 2019
Coordinates: 54 ° 48 ′ N , 8 ° 17 ′ W