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Dungloe
An Clochán Liath (called Dungloe or Dunglow in English)〔(Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004 )〕 is a Gaeltacht town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is the main town in The Rosses and the largest in the Donegal Gaeltacht.〔(Placenames Database of Ireland )〕 Dungloe developed as a town in the middle of the 18th Century, and now serves as the administrative and retail centre for the west of Donegal, and in particular the Rosses, with the only mainland secondary school for the area.
==Name==
There is a river at the bottom of the town and years ago the only crossing was over a grey granite slab lying in the riverbed, hence the Irish name of the town, ''an Clochán Liath'', which means ''the grey stepping-stone''.〔 The bridge was built in 1762.
The name ''an Clochán Liath'' was formerly anglicised as ''Cloghanlea''.〔 The name ''Dungloe'' or ''Dunglow'' is believed to come from the Irish ''Dún gCloiche''.〔 This name came into common English usage in the later years of the 18th century when the monthly fair, formerly held at ''Dún gCloiche'' (five miles north of the nascent town) was transferred to an Clochán Liath. In time the name of the fair and that of the town were subsumed. Today, an Clochán Liath is the only officially recognised name of the town.〔
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