Kilmacrennan

Kilmacrennan
Cill Mhic Réanáin
Village
The village is on the N56 road
The village is on the N56 road
Kilmacrennan is located in Ireland
Kilmacrennan
Kilmacrennan
Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 55°01′47″N 7°46′43″W / 55.029744°N 7.778664°W / 55.029744; -7.778664
CountryIreland
ProvinceUlster
CountyCounty Donegal
Government
 • Dáil ÉireannDonegal
Population
 • Total753
Time zoneUTC+0 (WET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid ReferenceC166178
The crossroads on Kilmacrennan main street

Kilmacrennan[2] (Irish: Cill Mhic nÉanáin or Cill Mhic Réanáin),[3] also Kilmacrenan, is a village, townland and civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland. The village population was 753, as of the 2016 census.[1] The village's population has increased steadily over the last decade[when?] with many new housing developments catering, in particular, for an overspill population from Letterkenny. Kilmacrennan was historically the caput of its eponymous Barony of Kilmacrennan, of the eight Baronies of Donegal.

The Battle of Kilmacrennan was fought near the village in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion.

  1. ^ a b "Census 2016 Sapmap Area: Settlements Kilmacrennan". Central Statistics Office (Ireland). Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  2. ^ Official spelling used by, among others, Kilmacrennan School, Raphoe Diocese's Parish of Kilmacrennan Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine, Kilmacrennan Celtic Football Club.
  3. ^ "Cill Mhic Réanáin/Kilmacrenan". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 3 May 2022.