Donemana
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Donaghedy Parish Church | |
Location within Northern Ireland | |
Population | 586 |
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County | |
Country | Northern Ireland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | STRABANE |
Postcode district | BT82 |
Dialling code | 028, +44 28 |
Police | Northern Ireland |
Fire | Northern Ireland |
Ambulance | Northern Ireland |
UK Parliament | |
NI Assembly | |
Website | [1] |
Donemana (named after the townland of Dunnamanagh, from Irish Dún na Manach 'stronghold of the monks')[1][2] is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 7 miles or 11 kilometres north-east of Strabane, on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the Sperrins. In 2001, it was the largest of the thirteen villages in the former Strabane District Council area and it had a population of 586 in the Census that year.[3]
Other anglicised spellings of its name include Dun[n]amana[gh] and Don[n]amana[gh].