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**Carndonagh**
	Carndonagh; Carn Domhnach
	Location
Coordinates:; 55°15′N 7°16′W / 55.25°N 7.27°W
Irish grid reference; C467453
	Statistics
Province:	Ulster
County:	County Donegal
Population (2006)	1,923

South West View of Carndonagh

Carndonagh town centre (The diamond)

Carndonagh (Irish: Carn Domhnach) is a town on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland. The town is located near Malin Head, the most northerly point of Ireland and lies close to the shores of Trawbeaga Bay. Carndonagh is the main market town on the peninsula and is the site of the Donagh Cross, which belonged to an early Christian monastery founded by St. Patrick for Bishop Mac Cairthen, brother of the bishop of Clogher.^{[citation needed]} The original Irish name, Carn Domhnach, means the burial mound of the church. The town is laid out around a central square, or Diamond, and is dominated by its Italianate Catholic church. It is also home to Carndonagh Community School, the largest community school in Ireland.

[edit] Transport

Carndonagh railway station opened on 1 July 1907, but finally closed on 2 December 1935.^[1]

[edit] Sport

Some of the sports clubs and organisations active within the community in Carndonagh are:

Carndonagh GAA- the local Gaelic football club.[1]
Carndonagh F.C. - the local soccer club, participating in the Inishowen Football League.
Inishowen Rugby Club - Promoted four seasons in a row and participating in an Ulster league. [2]
Inishowen Athletic Club [3]
Carndonagh Boxing Club

[edit] Media

Carndonagh is also the location of the studios of Inishowen Community Radio (ICR FM), one of three radio stations in the county and the only community station in the north west of the Republic.