Laghey
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Laghey An Lathaigh
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Laghey Church of Ireland
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 Laghey
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| Coordinates: 54°37′00″N 8°05′15″W / 54.616667°N 8.087461°WCoordinates: 54°37′00″N 8°05′15″W / 54.616667°N 8.087461°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
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| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal South-West |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 197 |
| Area code(s) | +353 74 |
| Irish Grid Reference | G939748 |
Laghey or Laghy (Irish: An Lathaigh) is a small village in County Donegal, Ireland, between Ballintra and Donegal Town. Laghy 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, two public houses, a church with a graveyard, an Orange Order hall, a recycling centre, a Donegal County Council yard and salt depot, and a national school (St Eunan's NS). Laghy is also near two of the most scenic beaches in Ireland, namely Rossnowlagh and Murvagh. Murvagh is also the home to the Donegal Golf Club. Julie McGirr is currently the reigning queen of Laghey. She can be contacted through her secretary Chloe Mullen or her assistant Amy McCrea
The best known landmarks in this village are The Seven Arches Bridge at the bottom of the main street, and the signpost within the village that says Laghey is 1 km away.
Laghey railway station opened on 1 September 1905, shut for goods traffic on 15 December 1947 and shut altogether on 1 January 1960. The station was part of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee network.
On Saturdays Laghey is served by Bus Éireann route 480. On Sundays the village is served by McGeehan Coaches-Bus Éireann Expressway route 30 providing one journey in each direction to/from Dublin via Enniskillen and Cavan.
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