Laghy
| Laghy Irish: An Lathaigh | |
| County Donegal | |
|---|---|
| File:An Lathaigh 050605.jpg The Seven Arches Bridge, Laghy | |
| Location | |
| Grid reference: | G939748 |
| Location: | 54°37’0"N, 8°5’15"W |
| Data | |
| Population: | 183 (2016) |
| Dialling code: | 074 |
| Local Government | |
| Dáil constituency: |
Donegal |
Laghy or Laghey is a village and townland in County Donegal, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a civil and Church of Ireland parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe.
The village has a quarry, a supermarket, garden centre, filling station, two public houses, a church with a graveyard, an Orange hall, a recycling centre, a council yard and salt depot, and a national school (St Eunan's NS). Rossnowlagh and Murvagh beaches are nearby. Murvagh is also the home to Donegal Golf Club.
Sights of the village
Sights in the village include the Seven Arches Bridge at the bottom of the main street.
Railway
Laghey railway station opened on 1 September 1905, was shut for goods traffic on 15 December 1947 and shut altogether on 1 January 1960.[1] The station was part of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee network.
Sport
- Football: Copany Rovers F.C. (also including Ballintra)
- Gaelic Athletics: Naomh Bríd (which also includes Ballintra)
Outside links
References
- ↑ "Laghy station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf.
- Laghy/An Lathaigh: Placenames Database of Ireland