Carrigans, County Donegal

Carrigans (Irish: An Carraigín, meaning "little rock")[2] is a village in The Laggan, a district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. The village is located on the R236 regional road only a short distance from the River Foyle.

Carrigans

An Carraigín
Village
Carrigans
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°57′06″N 7°25′43″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDonegal
Population
 (2016)[1]
 • Urban
331
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Websitewww.stjohnstonandcarrigans.com

History

Carrigans was at one time the centre of a major flax and linen producing area, possessing one of the largest flax mills in County Donegal, before the demise of the flax industry in the 1950s. Commercial salmon fishing was also a major employer in the past.

Killea (St. Fiach's) Parish Church (Church of Ireland) is in the village of Carrigans.

Carrigans once had a railway station, the village being served by the Great Northern Railway, which closed in 1965.

The Bangalore torpedo, an explosive device used in many conflicts, was invented by Captain (later Colonel) McClintock, of Dunmore, Carrigans.

Carrigans was one of several Protestant villages in eastern Donegal that would have been transferred to Northern Ireland, had the recommendations of the Irish Boundary Commission been enacted in 1925.[3]

Notable residents
  • Dunmore House, on the edge of the village, was formerly the home of the McClintock dynasty, an Ulster-Scots family. It is now owned by Sir John McFarland, 3rd Bt..
  • Sir Jim Starritt, a former Deputy Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police, was born in Carrigans.
  • The writer Dame Agatha Christie visited Carrigans on a few occasions, as a guest of the McClintocks of Dunmore, to whom she was related through marriage.

See also
  • List of populated places in Ireland

References
  1. "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Carrigans". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  2. "An Carraigín/Carrigans". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland - Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 16 June 2018.
  3. "Irish Boundary Commission Report". National Archives. 1925. p. 140-43.
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