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County Donegal, Ireland
Villages
Dunkanely (aka Dunkineely)
description from Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of Ireland, 1837
DUNKANELY, a village, in the parish of KILLAGHTEE, barony of BANNAGH, county of DONEGAL, and province of ULSTER, 9 miles (W.) from Donegal town, near Inver bay, and on the road from Killybegs to Donegal.
The population
is returned with the parish. In 1618 this place was a settlement of ten British
families, having a territory of 1500 acres, a bawn of lime and stone, and
a castle, and able to muster 50 men at arms. It consists of one street, has
a penny post to Donegal, a dispensary, a place of worship for Methodists,
and a public school.
Twelve fairs are held in the course of the year for farming stock, and a manor
court monthly for the recovery of debts under £3, In the village are
the ruins of the old parish church, and in the immediate vicinity is the present
church. Half a mile to the west are the ruins of Castle Mac-Swine,
occupying a point of land little broader than its foundation, which projects
some yards into the sea at the head of Mac-Swine's bay.
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