Loch an Iúir

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Loch an Iúir Loughanure
Village
Loch an Iúir Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°00′04″N 8°16′12″W / 55.001°N 8.27°W / 55.001; -8.27Coordinates: 55°00′04″N 8°16′12″W / 55.001°N 8.27°W / 55.001; -8.27
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Population  (2016)[1]
• Urban	313
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	B810169

Loch an Iúir or "Lake of the Yew Tree", with Oilean Iúir clearly visible

Loch an Iúir (pronounced [ˌl̪ˠɔx ənʲ ˈuːɾʲ]; Irish for 'lake of the yew'), anglicised as Loughanure,^[2][3] is a village in the north-west of County Donegal, Ireland. It is halfway between Gweedore and Dungloe, on the N56 road, in the Gaeltacht area of the Rosses. According to the 2016 census 37% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system.^[4]

Notable people[]

• Niall Ó Dónaill, (1908 - 1995) Irish-language lexicographer. His Dictionary 'Fhoclóir Gaeilge/Béarla' (1977) is consulted by language students worldwide as the bible of the native tongue. Other books by the same writer: 'Bruighean Feille' and 'Na Glúnta Rosannacha' (1952) a history of the Rosses from the Dark Ages. Ó Dónaill was born in 'Barr na hAilte' Loch an Iúir in 1908 and died in 1995. He is revered with pride in his native Donegal.^{[citation needed]}

See also[]

• List of populated places in Ireland

References[]

External links[]

• Village website