| Burn Dale | |
|---|---|
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| Etymology | Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One' |
| Native name | An Daoil (Irish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Baronies | Raphoe South and Raphoe North |
| Traditional districts | The burn flows through the Finn Valley and The Laggan, two traditional 'districts' in East Donegal |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near 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] |
| Length | Almost 20 miles (almost 32 kilometres) long |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Foyle 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]
- ^ Discovery Series Sheet 6 (4th Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012.
- ^ Discoverer Series Sheet 12 (E Edition). Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services, Belfast, 2013.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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).
- ^ LOUGHS AGENCY: Foyle and Carlingford Catchments - Deele River. https://fishinginireland.info/trout/loughsagency/
- ^ 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).
- ^ Mindat.org: Deele River, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. https://www.mindat.org/feature-2964855.html
- ^ Irish White Water: Deele River. https://www.iww.ie/river_guide/river.php?id=474
- ^ 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).
- ^ Samuel Lewis, Counties Londonderry and Donegal: A Topographical Dictionary, p. 72. Friar's Bush Press, Belfast, 2004 (originally published in London in 1837).
- ^ 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.