Crolly
| Croithlí | |
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| Coordinates: 55°01′09″N 8°18′44″W / 55.01919°N 8.312101°WCoordinates: 55°01′09″N 8°18′44″W / 55.01919°N 8.312101°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal South-West |
| Elevation | 70 m (230 ft) |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC-1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | B808187 |
| Croithlí is the only official name. The anglicized spelling Crolly has no official status. | |
Croithlí or Croichshlí (anglicised as Crolly) is a village in the Gaeltacht parishes of Gweedore (Gaoth Dobhair) and The Rosses (Na Rosa), County Donegal, Ireland. The two parishes are separated by the Crolly River. It has one convenience shop-cum-restaurant and petrol station and one public house, Páidí Óg's.
The official name of the village is Croithlí. This is taken to come from the old Irish Craithlidh meaning shaking bog or Quagmire. Croichshlí, the less used spelling, means the hanging or crooked way. This most likely refers to how the road twists around the hills.
The village sits at the base of several large hills, among them Án Grógan Mór and Cnoc na bhFaircheach. These hills are remote and sparsely populated. They extend deep into the Rosses.
The Crolly Stone (known in Irish as Cloch Mhór Léim An tSionnaigh, or the Large Rock Of The Foxes Leap), an erratic left during the Ice Age, is reputed to be the largest boulder in Ireland.
The Crolly River, which flows from Loughanure to an estuary known locally as An Ghaoth , is known for its fishing. The Crolly Waterfall is also nearby.
As the village is located in the Rosses and Gaoth Dobhair Gaeltachts , Irish is to be heard and most residents are bilingual. During the summer students stay in the village to learn Irish.
There is one petrol station/shop known locally as Stephen Anns. In the village there is one pub, Páidí Ógs. The famous Leo's Tavern is a short walk from the village in the neighbouring townland of Meenaleck. The local garage is Mc Donaghs' Tyre Centre. There is a caravan park behind Páidí Ógs, and another in Meenaleck, Sleepy Hollow Campsite. There's one church for the area located in Meenaweel. As there is no school in the village, children usually attend Scoil Phadraig Dobhair, in the townland of Dobhar, or Scoil Naomh Duigh in Anagaire.
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