Gweedore
Gaoth Dobhair or Gweedore is an Irish-speaking area on the northwest corner of County Donegal. Its main settlements are Bunbeg and Derrybeg on the coast, Brinlack further north, and Dunlewey inland, with a population of around 4000 in 2025.
- 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.
Leo’s Tavern
Pub
Leo's Tavern is a pub in the Donegal Gaeltacht, known as the home of music artists Clannad, Enya and Moya Brennan. It serves food and is a music venue. Leo’s Tavern is situated 3½ km southwest of Gweedore.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Bunbeg and Derrybeg.
Bunbeg
Village
Derrybeg
Village
Annagary
Village
Gweedore
- Categories: town, Gaeltacht, and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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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
OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
GeoNames ID
Wikidata ID
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Satellite Map
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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”
- Urdu: “گویڈور”
- Vlaams: “Gaoth Dobhair”
- Welsh: “Gaoth Dobhair”
- Welsh: “Gweedore”
- “Gaoth Dobhair”
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