Dunree

Townland in Ulster, Ireland

Dunree An Dún Riabhach
Townland
Dunree Head and lighthouse
55°11′49″N 7°32′53″W / 55.197°N 7.548°W / 55.197; -7.548
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Area ^[1]
• Total	0.87 km² (0.34 sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference	C287390

Dunree (Irish: An Dún Riabhach, meaning 'grey (or streaked) fort')^[2] is a townland in north-west Inishowen, in County Donegal, Ireland. Part of the civil parish of Desertegney, the townland has an area of approximately 0.8 square kilometres (0.3 sq mi),^[1] and had a population of 33 people as of the 2011 census.^[3]

The area, which lies on the shore of Lough Swilly, has a number of tourist attractions such as Dunree Beach, Dunree Lighthouse (which was built in the 1870s),^[4] and Fort Dunree. Fort Dunree is a military museum located on Dunree Head about seven miles north of Buncrana. The museum houses a display of military memorabilia and artefacts as well as several large guns from the twentieth century. Next to the fort is Dunree Beach, which tourists and visitors use for parking.^{[citation needed]}

References

^ ^a ^b "Dunree Townland, Co. Donegal". townlands.ie. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "An Dún Riabhach / Dunree". logainm.ie. Placenames Database of Ireland. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "CD154 - Donegal Population by Private Households, Occupied and Vacancy Rate by Townlands, CensusYear and Statistic". data.gov.ie. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 14 January 2021.
^ "Dunree Lighthouse". Commissioners of Irish Lights. Retrieved 14 January 2021.