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Gweedore

Gaoth Dobhair or Gweedore is an Irish-speaking area on the northwest corner of . Its main settlements are Bunbeg and Derrybeg on the coast, Brinlack further north, and Dunlewey inland, with a population of 4065 in 2003.
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  • Type: Village with 4,200 residents
  • Description: parish in County Donegal, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Gaoth Dobhair”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Leo’s Tavern.

Pub
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Leo's Tavern is a pub in the Gaeltacht, known as the home of music artists Clannad, Enya and Moya Brennan. It serves food and is a music venue. is situated 3½ km southwest of Gweedore.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bunbeg and Derrybeg.

Village
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An Bun Beag, meaning "the small river mouth", is a small Gaeltacht village and townland in , Ireland. It is officially the smallest townland in Gaoth Dobhair, but today the name is used to describe a large region of the parish. is situated 4½ km west of Gweedore.

Village
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Doirí Beaga, is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the parish of Gweedore in , . It includes RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta regional studios, a Gaelic Athletic Association, club and a golf club. is situated 5 km northwest of Gweedore.

Village
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Anagaire is a village in district in , Ireland. As of 2022, the population was 309. is situated 6 km southwest of Gweedore.

Gweedore

Latitude
55.0501° or 55° 3′ 0″ north
Longitude
-8.2322° or 8° 13′ 56″ west
Population
4,200
Elevation
60 metres (197 feet)
Open location code
9C7H3Q29+24
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52259782
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­village
Geo­Names ID
2963827
Wiki­data ID
Q693164
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In Other Languages

From Asturian to Welsh—“Gweedore” goes by many names.
  • Asturian: “Gweedore”
  • Basque: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Basque: “Gweedore”
  • Breton: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Breton: “Gweedore”
  • Bulgarian: “Гуидор”
  • Catalan: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Catalan: “Gweedore”
  • Cebuano: “Gweedore”
  • Chinese: “圭多爾”
  • Croatian: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Danish: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Danish: “Gweedore”
  • Dutch: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Dutch: “Gweedore”
  • Esperanto: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Esperanto: “Gweedore”
  • Faroese: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Finnish: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Finnish: “Gweedore”
  • French: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • French: “Gweedore”
  • Galician: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • German: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • German: “Gweedore”
  • Hebrew: “גווידור”
  • Igbo: “Gweedore”
  • Irish: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Italian: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Italian: “Gweedore”
  • Japanese: “グィードゥア”
  • Japanese: “グィドー”
  • Japanese: “グウィードア”
  • Japanese: “グウィドー”
  • Kabyle: “Gweedore”
  • Manx: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Manx: “Gweedore”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Gweedore”
  • Norwegian: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Gweedore”
  • Persian: “گویدور”
  • Polish: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Polish: “Gweedore”
  • Portuguese: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Portuguese: “Gweedore”
  • Russian: “Гвидор”
  • Russian: “Гуидор”
  • Russian: “Крохьли”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Slovenian: “Gweedore”
  • Spanish: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Spanish: “Gweedore”
  • Swahili: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Swahili: “Gweedore”
  • Swedish: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Swedish: “Gweedore”
  • Turkish: “Gweedore”
  • Ukrainian: “Гвідор”
  • Vlaams: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Welsh: “Gaoth Dobhair”
  • Welsh: “Gweedore”
  • “Gaoth Dobhair”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Gweedore”. Photo: Yodaspirine, CC BY-SA 3.0.