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Loch an Iúir
Loch
an Iúir
,
anglicised
as
Loughanure
, is a
village
in the north-west of
County Donegal, Ireland
. It is
halfway
between
Gweedore
and
Dungloe
, on the
N56 road
, in the
Gaeltacht
area of
the Rosses
.
Notable
people
Niall Ó Dónaill
, Irish-language
lexicographer
. His
Dictionary
'Fhoclóir Gaeilge/Béarla' is consulted by
language
students
worldwide
as
the bible
of the
native tongue
. Other
books
by the same writer: 'Bruighean Feille' and 'Na Glúnta Rosannacha' a
history
of the Rosses from
the Dark Ages
. Ó Dónaill was born in 'Barr
na
hAilte' Loch an Iúir in 1908 and
died
in 1995. He is revered with
pride
in his
native
Donegal
.