Keadue, County Donegal

Keadue
Céideadh
Townland

Keadue Strand
Keadue

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 54°59′49″N 8°25′11″W / 54.99689189999999°N 8.419645400000036°W / 54.99689189999999; -8.419645400000036Coordinates: 54°59′49″N 8°25′11″W / 54.99689189999999°N 8.419645400000036°W / 54.99689189999999; -8.419645400000036
Country Ireland
Province Ulster
County County Donegal
Elevation 82 m (269 ft)
Time zone WET (UTC+0)
 • Summer (DST) IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference M835815

Keadue, (Irish: Céideadh), is a townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the Rosses region of northwest County Donegal, on the R259 road on the Wild Atlantic Way, about halfway between the fishing villages of Burtonport and Kincasslagh on the Atlantic coast.

Sport

Keadue is most well known for its football team, Keadue Rovers, who play their home games at Central Park in Keadue.[1] Ireland goalkeeper, Packie Bonner, from nearby Cloughglass, started his career at Keadue.

The local GAA team is Dungloe GAA, who play 8 km away in Dungloe.[2] Gaelic Football All-Star, Tony Boyle, member of the 1992 Donegal All-Ireland winning team was born in Keadue.

UFC mixed martial artist, Joseph Duffy is from Meenbanad, the bordering townland.[3]

Language

Keadue is in the Gaeltacht region, which means the official language of the area is Irish. However, the use of Irish has been in decline since the 1950s.[4]

Education

The local national school is Keadue National School (Irish: Scoil an Aingil Choiméadaí, An Céideadh) with 32 pupils,[5] and the nearest secondary school is Rosses Community School in Dungloe.[6]

Music

Since 1888, Keadue has been home to The Keadue Band, one of many marching fife and drum bands from the area.

Transport

Keadue is situated 10 km from Donegal International Airport which is serviced by daily Aer Lingus flights to Dublin Airport and also does a flight to Glasgow.

References

  1. ↑ "MY Local News - The Motoring World". Mylocalnews.ie. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  2. ↑ "CLG Dhún na nGall". CLG Dhún na nGall. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  3. ↑ "VIDEO: Did you miss Joseph Duffy's first round win tonight? Now you haven't - Donegal Sport Hub". Donegal Sport Hub. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  4. ↑ "An Staidéar Teangeolaíochta ar an nGaeilge sa Ghaeltacht". Anghaeltacht.net. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  5. ↑ "Scoil An Aingil Choimheadai, Donegal North on". Schooldays.ie. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2016-01-03.
  6. ↑ http://web.archive.org/web/20150912083919/http://www.rossescommunityschool.ie/index.html. Archived from the original on September 12, 2015. Retrieved December 29, 2015. Missing or empty |title= (help)
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