Carndonagh

• Settlement Type — Town • Name — Carndonagh • Native Name — Carn Domhnach • Blank Name Sec1 — Irish Grid Reference • Subdivision Type — Country • Subdivision Name — Ireland • Subdivision Type1 — Province • Subdivision Name1 — Ulster • Subdivision Type2 — County • Subdivision Name2 — County Donegal • Subdivision Type3 — Dáil Éireann • Subdivision Name3 — Donegal • Subdivision Type4 — EU Parliament • Subdivision Name4 — Midlands–North-West • Unit Pref — Metric • Elevation M — 32 • Population As Of — 2022 • Population Total — 2768 • Area Code Type — Telephone area code • Area Code — +353(0)74 • Postal Code Type — Eircode routing key • Postal Code — F93

The town is the site of the Carndonagh stones, a series of five sculpted stones which are dated to between the 7th and 9th centuries. Other evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, souterrain, chambered cairn and standing stone sites in the townlands of Ballylosky, Churchland Quarters and Tullanree. Carndonagh's Church of Ireland (Anglican) church was built c. 1769, the Weslyan (Methodist) chapel dates to 1867, the Presbyterian church to 1886, and the Catholic church (built on the site of a smaller 19th-century chapel) was completed in 1945. Carndonagh railway station, which opened in July 1907, was closed in December 1935.

The town is laid out around a central square, or 'diamond', and is dominated by its Romanesque Revival Catholic chapel. It is home to 6 national schools including St. Patrick's GNS and BNS, Glentogher NS, Craigtown NS, Donagh NS, St. Bridget's NS and Carndonagh Community School, formerly the largest community school in the Republic of Ireland. Carndonagh is also home to a number of musical groups.

TFI Local Link, runs a number of public transport routes for the area: 952 (Carndonagh/Derry), 954 (Carndonagh/Malin Head), 955 (Buncrana/Carndonagh), 2529 (Quigley's Point/Carndonagh), 7748 (Shrove/Carndonagh) and 7749 (Redcastle/Carndonagh). There are private coach services from the town to Derry and Dublin. Carndonagh is on the R238, R240 and R244 regional roads.

The local Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) club, Carndonagh GAA, fields Gaelic football teams in the AllSportStore.com Division 4 championship. Carndonagh F.C., the local association football (soccer) club, participates in the Inishowen Football League.

• Roy Campbell (1901–1957), South African poet, who explored the legacy of his Carndonagh ancestors in the 1952 memoir Light on a Dark Horse • John Wallace Crawford (1847–1917), adventurer, educator, and author • Gary Doherty (born 1980), footballer Norwich City • John Pitt Kennedy (1796–1879), engineer • Paul Lynch (born 1977), writer • Keith McErlean, actor • Tommy Tiernan (born 1969), comedian

• Illustration — Sacred Heart Catholic Church, which replaced the 1826-built Roman Catholic Chapel in 1945 • Illustration — Carndonagh Church of Ireland church • Illustration — Carndonagh Presbyterian church • Illustration — Carndonagh Methodist church • Illustration — Carndonagh Shopping Centre • Illustration — Town centre (The Diamond)