Gweebarra Bay

Gweebarra Bay
Irish: Gaoth Beara
A view of the Bay.
Gweebarra Bay is located in Ireland
Gweebarra Bay
Gweebarra Bay
Location in Ireland
LocationCounty Donegal, Ireland
Coordinates54°52′N 8°26′W / 54.867°N 8.433°W / 54.867; -8.433
TypeBay
Primary inflowsRiver Gweebarra

Gweebarra Bay (Irish: Gaoth Beara)[1] is located on the west coast of County Donegal, in Ireland.[2] The mouth of the River Gweebarra and Inishkeel Island are here.[3][4]

The towns near the bay are Narin,[5] Portnoo,[6] Lettermacaward,[7] and Cor.[4]

  • The majority of Lucy Caldwell's 2006 novel Where They Were Missed is set around Gweebarra Bay.[8]
  • Irish singer Maggie Boyle's song "Gweebarra Shore" (album 'Gweebarra' 1998) tells of loss and of childhood memories of this place.[9]
  • Poet Seamus Heaney refers to Gweebarra in his poem "The Singer's House" published in 1979 as part of his collection Field Work.[10]
  • Irish Singer Hozier makes reference to Gweebarra in his song 'Butchered Tongue' (from the 2023 Unreal Unearth album) dealing with marginalisation and oppression of minority and indigenous languages such as Irish.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Gaoth Beara/Gweebarra". Placenames Database of Ireland. Government of Ireland – Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht and Dublin City University. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  2. ^ Magnier, Eileen (26 April 2024). "Upgraded section of N56 officially opened in Co Donegal". RTÉ News. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  3. ^ Ronayne, Liam (2000). Donegal: South of the Gap. Illustrations by Brian Gallagher. Cottage Publications. p. 44. ISBN 9781900935159.
  4. ^ a b "Map" (PDF).
  5. ^ Kearney, Dominic (30 January 2016). "Eating Out: Striking gold at Nancy's of Ardara". Irish News. Retrieved 18 October 2024. Across Gweebarra Bay, Narin Strand curved like a horseshoe, its northerly arm reaching out to Inniskeel when the tide permitted.
  6. ^ Maguire, Stephen (8 November 2018). "Funding released to study Donegal's coastal erosion issues". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  7. ^ McCallig, Elaine (13 August 2016). "My Donegal… with makeup artist Abby Bonner". Donegal Daily. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  8. ^ McCarry, Gainne (25 June 2006). "Sitting pretty in the literary world". Belfast Telegraph. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  9. ^ Schofield, Derek (10 November 2014). "Maggie Boyle obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 18 October 2024.
  10. ^ Heaney, Seamus (1979). "The Singer's House". Field Work. Faber and Faber. ISBN 9780571114337.
  11. ^ Cámara Matabuena, Marian (22 February 2024). "Hozier: Más allá de un One Hit Wonder" [Hozier: Beyond a One Hit Wonder]. Ibero 90.9 (in Spanish). Retrieved 18 October 2024.


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