Mountcharles
| Mountcharles Tamhnach an tSalainn
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| Coordinates: 54°39′N 8°12′W / 54.65°N 8.2°WCoordinates: 54°39′N 8°12′W / 54.65°N 8.2°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal South–West |
| • EU Parliament | North–West |
| Population | |
| • Total | 10,000 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | |
| Website | youtube.com/mountcharles |
Mountcharles, (Irish: Moin Séarlais) known before the Plantation of Ulster as Tawnaghtallan (Irish: Tamhnach an tSalainn, meaning "field of salt"), is a village in County Donegal, Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal town on the Killybegs road.
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[edit] Name
The village is named for its founder, Charles Conyngham, an ancestor of Henry Conyngham, Lord Mountcharles (frequently, if inaccurately, known as Lord Henry Mountcharles) of Slane Castle, County Meath. Charles Conyngham is credited with building the village in the 17th century. The Conyngham estate and its large estate house (Hall Demesne), close to the village, are now unoccupied.
The village's Irish name, Tamhnach an tSalainn (salt hill), refers to the salt works (also in the grounds of the Conyngham estate), which provided employment to local people during the 18th century.
[edit] Transport
Mountcharles railway station opened on 18 August 1893 and finally closed on 1 January 1960.[1]
[edit] People
- Cahir Healy, politician
[edit] shops/pubs
mountcharles has two shops one on th main street the other on the upper main street.there is three pubs two on the main street the other upper main street.the tavern on the main street has been voted pub and restaurant of the year in 2003 and 2004.there used to be over eight pubs around the 1900's
[edit] See also
[edit] sport
montcharles has a very popular pitch belong to the local club st. nauls/noamh naile(irish language) who are a extremely successful club. just down the road from mountchrles is a soccer club known as eany celtic f.c. who aswell are very skilled and by far better than their rivals donegal town f.c. in all age groups. there ground is eany park.
[edit] References
- ^ "Mountcharles station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-18.
[edit] landmarks
the town is well known for their locla pump (situated at the town centre) and well(situated by st. nauls pitch which are both by the local school) which are popular meeting spots to the locals. on the upper main streets they have unusual landmarks like standing stones with lights inside. the bridge and the big and small pier are well known too.where the locals do the popular new year swim and raft race
[edit] movie town
a movie made around 2000 was set in donegal town mountcharles killymard
