Burn Dale

Burn Dale
EtymologyIrish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One'
Native nameAn Daoil (Irish)
Location
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
BaroniesRaphoe South and Raphoe North
Traditional districtsThe burn flows through the Finn Valley and The Laggan, two traditional 'districts' in East Donegal
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationNear Lough Dale, just below Cark Mountain, in East Donegal
Mouth 
 • location
The Burn Dale enters the River Foyle directly opposite the Islandmore, just north-north-east of Lifford[1][2]
LengthAlmost 20 miles (almost 32 kilometres) long
Basin features
River systemFoyle System

The Burn Dale (Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One'[3]) is a burn or small river in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland.[4][5][6][7][8] The burn is also known in English as the Dale Burn, the Burn Deele, the Burndale River, the Deele River or the River Deele.[3][9][10] In the Ulster Scots dialect, a 'burn' is a stream or small river.[11]

  1. ^ Discovery Series Sheet 6 (4th Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.
  2. ^ Discoverer Series Sheet 12 (E Edition). Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services, Belfast, 2013.
  3. ^ a b Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 54. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
  4. ^ Martina O'Donnell, 'Settlement and Society in the Barony of East Inishowen, c. 1850' in William Nolan, Liam Ronayne and Mairead Dunlevy (Editors), Donegal: History and Society, p. 513. Geography Publications, Dublin, 1995 (reprinted 2002).
  5. ^ LOUGHS AGENCY: Foyle and Carlingford Catchments - Deele River. https://fishinginireland.info/trout/loughsagency/
  6. ^ River Deele and Tributaries Catchment Status Report 2010 (Report Ref.: LA/CSR/04/11), p. 10. Loughs Agency, Derry, 2010 (this publication can be viewed online).
  7. ^ Mindat.org: Deele River, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. https://www.mindat.org/feature-2964855.html
  8. ^ Irish White Water: Deele River. https://www.iww.ie/river_guide/river.php?id=474
  9. ^ Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams (Editors), Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Volume 39 - Parishes of County Donegal II, 1835-6: Mid, West and South Donegal, p. 1, p. 18 and p. 188. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1997 (in association with the Royal Irish Academy).
  10. ^ Samuel Lewis, Counties Londonderry and Donegal: A Topographical Dictionary, p. 72. Friar's Bush Press, Belfast, 2004 (originally published in London in 1837).
  11. ^ Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 31 (see entries for 'Burnfoot' and 'Burntollet River') and p. 150. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.