Ranafast

Ranafast or Rinnafarset (officially only known by its Irish name Rann na Feirste Irish pronunciation: [ɾˠan̪ˠ nˠə ˈfˠaɾˠʃ.tʲə ])[2][3] is a Gaeltacht village and townland in the Rosses region of northwest County Donegal, Ireland.

Rann na Feirste

Ranafast / Rinnafarset
Village
A view of Ranafast
Rann na Feirste
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°02′04″N 8°18′22″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDonegal
Population350
Irish Grid ReferenceB847228
Rann na Feirste is the only official name. The anglicized spellings Rannafast and Rinnafarset have no official status.

Name

Ranafast, or sometimes Rannafast or Rinnafarset, is the anglicised version of the area’s original and official name Rann na Feirste.

Language

Ranafast is a Gaeltacht area, therefore the Irish language is the predominantly spoken language. According to the 2016 census 90.4% of the population of Ranafast could speak Irish and 83.1% of the population spoke Irish daily.[1]

Arts and culture

The writers Séamus Ó Grianna and Seosamh Mac Grianna were born in Ranafast.

References
  1. "Sapmap Area: Settlements Rann Na Feirste". Census 2016. Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 13 May 2020.
  2. Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004. The townland's name is also sometimes spelt in Irish as Rinn na Feirste.
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