Stranorlar

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Catholic church of St Mary's in Stranorlar with clock tower (2008)
The same church with clock tower in a different perspective (2007)

Stranorlar ( Irish : Srath an Urláir ) is a city in County Donegal in the north-west of the Republic of Ireland .

Stranorlar is located in the eastern part of the county directly across from Ballybofey , with which it forms the so-called Twin Towns nationwide . Stranorlar is located in the Finn Valley on the north, Ballybofey on the south bank of the River Finn . Ballybofey-Stranorlar had a total of 4852 inhabitants at the 2016 census .

Stranorlar is on the N15 from Sligo to Derry City , roughly halfway between Donegal Town in the south-west and Lifford , the capital of the county, and the larger Northern Irish Strabane in the east. The N56 connects Stranorlar with Letterkenny , the county's largest city, just a few miles away . As the N56 is a circular route through the entire county, many Donegal tourists pass through Stranorlar.

For nearly 100 years, Stranorlar was the center of the railway system in County Donegal; the local train station opened in 1863, but closed and demolished in 1960. In its place, a bus depot was built for Bus Éireann , which is still the main depot of Bus Éireann in County Donegal. To celebrate the turn of the millennium , the old station clock was restored and placed in a newly built clock tower at the site of the old station entrance.

The founder of the Home Rule League , Isaac Butt (1813–1879), is buried in the grave field of the old Church of Ireland in Stranorlar.

Web links

Commons : Stranorlar  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
  2. ↑ Ballybofey - Stranorlar (Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on August 24, 2017

Coordinates: 54 ° 48 ′  N , 7 ° 46 ′  W