Laghey

Infobox Irish Place
name = Laghey (Laghy)
gaeilge = An Lathaigh
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pin coords = left: 58px; top: 104px
north coord = 54.616667
west coord = 8.087461
irish grid = G939748
area =
elevation =
county = County Donegal
province = Ulster
dailconstituency = Donegal South West
EU constituency = North-West
IEpostcode =
stdcode = +353 74
town pop = 169cite web
url = http://www.cso.ie/census/documents/census2006_volume_1_pop_classified_by_area.pdf
title = Table 12 - Alphabetical list of Towns with their population, 2002 and 2006
accessdate = 2008-02-27
date = 2007-04-26
format = PDF
work = Census 2006, Volume 1 - Population Classified by Area
publisher = Central Statistics Office
pages = pages 135-146]
rural pop =
census yr = 2006
web = www.sligoborough.ie

Laghey or Laghy ("An Lathaigh" in Irish) is a small village in County Donegal, Ireland, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. Laghey is one of three villages that makes up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a Civil and Church of Ireland parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. The village has a quarry, a supermarket, garden centre, filling station and car wash, two public houses, a church with a graveyard, an Orange Order hall, Curve Fitness for women, a post office, a phonebox, a new recycling centre, a Donegal County Council yard and salt depot, and a national school (St Eunan's NS). A take-away chip van also bases itself in the area on weekends and summer evenings. A number of Polish people work in the area, as well as German, English, and Latvian people. Laghey is also situated close to two of the most scenic beaches Ireland has to offer, namely Rossnowlagh and Murvagh. Murvagh is also the home to the Donegal Golf Club.

at the bottom of the main street, and the signpost within the village that says Laghey is 1 km away.

Transport

Laghey railway station opened on 1 September 1905, closed for goods traffic on 15 December 1947 and finally closed altogether on 1 January 1960. [cite web | title= Laghey station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-10-28|format=PDF]

Education

St Eunan's National School ( _ga. Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Adhamhnáin) is the only school remaining in the village. It is a Catholic primary school, one of two in the parish of Drumholm, under the patronage of the Bishop of Raphoe, currently Dr Philip Boyce, and is named after Saint Eunan, one of the two patron saints of the diocese. The school was built in the first half of the twentieth century and is in the design of many others built across the country at this time.

The original school had two class rooms, while an extension, which opened in 1992, added a further two to the west end of the existing building, at this point it was and still remains the only school in the village. The school is directly adjacent to the main N15 Sligo to Letterkenny road, which also cuts the school off from the main part of the village. Because of this, when the village was being by-passed for the upgrading of the route, a tunnel had to be constructed to allow those living to the east of the road in the main part of the village to safely access the school. [Trimble, Rev. Canon T.H.. The Legacy that is Laghey Community and Church]

The current principal is Pauric Daly.

Secondary education is provided by the Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town, while a small number attend Colaiste Cholmcille in Ballyshannon.

ee also

List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

External links

* [http://www.laghey.com Laghey Village Website]