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Newtown Cunningham
Newtown Cunningham, usually spelt Newtowncunningham or abbreviated to Newton (Irish: An Baile Nua, meaning 'new town'), is a village and townland in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. It is located on the N13 road 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Letterkenny and 16 km (10 mi) west of Derry. At the 2022 census, the village population was 1,192.
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area, from the Iron Age onwards, includes the ringfort at Grianan of Aileach. Also nearby is the sixteenth-century Burt Castle.
The area of Newtown Cunningham was historically known as Culmacatrain. Like nearby Manorcunningham, the village takes its current name from John Cunningham, originally from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, in Scotland, who was among the settlers granted lands in County Donegal during the 17th century Plantation of Ulster.
The village's architecture includes stately Anglo-Irish "big houses", now known as the Manse and the Castle, which reflect the village's colonial and Presbyterian history.[citation needed]
Newtowncunningham's long Main Street once formed part of the busy N13 trunk road connecting Letterkenny with Derry. A bypass diverted the N13 around the village in 1985.
After the bypass opened, a number of the village's businesses either closed or moved to locations along the bypass, gradually divesting the village of economic activity.[citation needed] Newtowncunningham has several grocery stores and a filling station. The village also has an An Post post office outlet. Other businesses include several takeaways, a credit union and a pharmacy.
As of the early 21st century, residential developments were built at both ends of Newtown Cunningham,[citation needed] and the village's population expanded by over 50% (from 663 to 1,080 inhabitants) between the 2002 and 2016 census. A number of retail and service outlets were also built, and an industrial estate area located at the Letterkenny end of the village contains a number of retail outlets.[citation needed]
Newtown Cunningham is located close to Blanket Nook, a wetland area and bird sanctuary that is a wintering site for the rare whooper swan.[citation needed]
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Newtown Cunningham
Newtown Cunningham, usually spelt Newtowncunningham or abbreviated to Newton (Irish: An Baile Nua, meaning 'new town'), is a village and townland in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland. It is located on the N13 road 18 kilometres (11 mi) east of Letterkenny and 16 km (10 mi) west of Derry. At the 2022 census, the village population was 1,192.
Evidence of ancient settlement in the area, from the Iron Age onwards, includes the ringfort at Grianan of Aileach. Also nearby is the sixteenth-century Burt Castle.
The area of Newtown Cunningham was historically known as Culmacatrain. Like nearby Manorcunningham, the village takes its current name from John Cunningham, originally from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, in Scotland, who was among the settlers granted lands in County Donegal during the 17th century Plantation of Ulster.
The village's architecture includes stately Anglo-Irish "big houses", now known as the Manse and the Castle, which reflect the village's colonial and Presbyterian history.[citation needed]
Newtowncunningham's long Main Street once formed part of the busy N13 trunk road connecting Letterkenny with Derry. A bypass diverted the N13 around the village in 1985.
After the bypass opened, a number of the village's businesses either closed or moved to locations along the bypass, gradually divesting the village of economic activity.[citation needed] Newtowncunningham has several grocery stores and a filling station. The village also has an An Post post office outlet. Other businesses include several takeaways, a credit union and a pharmacy.
As of the early 21st century, residential developments were built at both ends of Newtown Cunningham,[citation needed] and the village's population expanded by over 50% (from 663 to 1,080 inhabitants) between the 2002 and 2016 census. A number of retail and service outlets were also built, and an industrial estate area located at the Letterkenny end of the village contains a number of retail outlets.[citation needed]
Newtown Cunningham is located close to Blanket Nook, a wetland area and bird sanctuary that is a wintering site for the rare whooper swan.[citation needed]
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