Cronaniv Burn
The Cronaniv Burn is a burn or small river that flows through the Poisoned Glen in Gweedore, a district in the north-west of County Donegal.[1][2]
The Irish language name Abhainn Chró Nimhe means 'Poisoned Glen River';[1][2] The English language name of the burn is derived from this.
Course
The Cronaniv Burn is quite a short burn. It rises in the mountains at the southern end of the Poisoned Glen, known in Irish as Cró Nimhe,[1] these mountains being part of the Derryveagh Mountains. It then flows in a north-westerly direction for its entire course. The burn flows through the Poisoned Glen, flowing along the middle of the glen's floor. It flows along the southern edge of Dunlewey, a village at the foot of Errigal. The burn then flows into the Devlin River (Irish: Abhainn Dhuibhlinne), joining that river very near its mouth, on the southern edge of Dunlewey. The Devlin River then flows on for a few hundred yards, flowing into Dunlewey Lough, the river emptying into the south-eastern end of the lough.
Near the mouth of the Cronaniv Burn, beside where the burn meets the Devlin River, sits the ruins of Dunlewey Church of Ireland Church. This former church, located on the southern outskirts of Dunlewey, was built in the neo-Gothic style in the early 1850s.[3][4][5] The building was formerly a 'chapel of ease' for the Church of Ireland Parish of Tullaghobegley. The church was finally closed in 1955, when its roof was removed, and has been derelict ever since.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 120. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, 1999.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Abhainn Chró Nimhe / Cronaniv Burn: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ Duncan McLaren, T.J. O'Meara and William Cumming, An Introduction to the Architectural Heritage of County Donegal, pp. 93-94 and p. 96
- ↑ Nikolaus Pevsner: Pevsner Architectural Guides
- ↑ Dunlewey, Church (CI): Dictionary of Irish Architects 1720-1940: Co. Donegal
