Gweebarra Bay
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Gweebarra Bay is a bay on the west coast of County Donegal, where the River Gweebarra enters the sea. Inishkeel Island lies in the bay. It is known in Irish as Gaoth Beara[1]
The towns near the bay are Narin, Portnoo, Lettermacaward, and Cor.
Location
- Location map: 54°52’0"N, 8°25’60"W
References in popular culture
- The majority of Lucy Caldwell's 2006 novel Where They Were Missed is set around Gweebarra Bay.[2]
- Maggie Boyle's song "Gweebarra Shore" tells of loss and of childhood memories of this place.[3]
- Seamus Heaney refers to Gweebarra in his poem "The Singer's House" published in 1979 as part of his collection Field Work.[4]
- Hozier makes reference to Gweebarra in his song 'Butchered Tongue' (from the 2023 Unreal Unearth album) dealing with marginalisation and oppression of minority and indigenous languages such as Irish.[5]
References
- ↑ Gaoth Beara / Gweebarra: Placenames Database of Ireland
- ↑ McCarry, Gainne (25 June 2006). "Sitting pretty in the literary world". Belfast Telegraph. https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/sitting-pretty-in-the-literary-world/28037285.html.
- ↑ Schofield, Derek (10 November 2014). "Maggie Boyle obituary". The Guardian. https://www.theguardian.com/music/2014/nov/10/maggie-boyle.
- ↑ Heaney, Seamus (1979). "The Singer's House". Field Work. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571114337.
- ↑ Cámara Matabuena, Marian (22 February 2024). "Hozier: Más allá de un One Hit Wonder" (in es-la). https://ibero909.fm/ibero-909-inicio/hozier-mas-alla-de-un-one-hit-wonder.