Irish: Gleann Cholm Cille
Glencolmcille Glencolumbkille | |
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District and civil parish | |
 View of Glencolmcille | |
  Irish: Gleann Cholm Cille Location in Ireland | |
| Coordinates: 54°42′32″N 8°43′34″W / 54.709°N 8.726°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Barony | Banagh |
| Elevation | 20 m (70 ft) |
| Population | 217 |
| Irish Grid Reference | G529846 |
| Gleann Cholm Cille is the only official name. The anglicised spellings Glencolumbkille and Glencolmcille no longer have any official status. | |
Gleann Cholm Cille, anglicised as Glencolumbkille or Glencolmcille,[2] is a small district on the Atlantic coast of southwest County Donegal in Ireland. Named after Saint Colm Cille (Columba), it is also a civil parish in the historic barony of Banagh.[3] Glencolmcille is in the Gaeltacht, and while it remains an Irish-speaking community, English has been steadily replacing Irish as the main language, with only 34% of residents speaking Irish on a daily basis in 2002.[4] The village of Cashel is the main settlement in the district.
- ^ "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Gleann Cholm Cille". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Archived from the original on 24 September 2021. Retrieved 4 June 2018.
- ^ Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004 Archived 27 March 2014 at the Wayback Machine, Commissioner.ie
- ^ "Glencolumbkille". IreAtlas Townlands Database. Archived from the original on 28 June 2015. Retrieved 6 May 2015.
- ^ Glencolmcille Parish Plan Archived 2007-11-18 at the Wayback Machine.