Keadue, County Donegal

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.

Keadue
Céideadh
Townland
Keadue Strand
Keadue Strand
Keadue is located in Ireland
Keadue
Keadue
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°59′49″N 8°25′11″W
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
Elevation
26 m (85 ft)
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceM835815

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 An Clochán Liath, who play 8 km away in An Clochán Liath.[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 34 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.[7]

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. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "CLG Dhún na nGall". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  3. "VIDEO: Did you miss Joseph Duffy's first round win tonight? Now you haven't - Donegal Sport Hub". Donegal Sport Hub. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "An Staidéar Teangeolaíochta ar an nGaeilge sa Ghaeltacht". Anghaeltacht.net. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  5. "Scoil An Aingil Choimheadai, Donegal North on". Schooldays.ie. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  6. https://web.archive.org/web/20150912083919/http://www.rossescommunityschool.ie/index.html. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 29 December 2015. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. "Keeping the tradition going". Retrieved 18 August 2023.
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