Newtowncunningham
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Newtown Cunningham an Baile Nua
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 Newtown Cunningham
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| Coordinates: 54°59′53″N 7°30′50″W / 54.998°N 7.514°WCoordinates: 54°59′53″N 7°30′50″W / 54.998°N 7.514°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
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| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal North-East |
| Elevation | 10 m (30 ft) |
| Population (2011) | |
| • Total | 1,067 |
| Time zone | WET (UTC+0) |
| • Summer (DST) | IST (WEST) (UTC+1) |
| Irish Grid Reference | C285176 |
Newtown Cunningham, sometimes spelled Newtowncunningham or abbreviated to Newton (Irish: An Baile Nua), is a village in the Laggan district in the east of County Donegal, Ireland, located on the N13 road 18 km east of Letterkenny and 16 km west of Derry. The 2011 census reports the village's population as 1,067.
The area of Newtown Cunningham was historically known as Culmacatrain.
Like nearby Manorcunningham, the village takes its name from John Cunningham, originally from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, in Scotland, who was among the settlers granted lands in County Donegal during the Plantation of Ulster. The village's architecture includes stately Anglo-Irish "big houses", now known as the Manse and the Castle, which reflect the village's colonial and Presbyterian history.
Newtowncunningham's long Main Street once formed part of the busy N13 trunk road connecting Letterkenny with Derry. A bypass diverted the N13 around the village in 1985. Many of the village's businesses either closed or moved to locations along the bypass, gradually divesting the village of economic activity.
New residential developments have recently being built at both ends of Newtown Cunningham, expanding the village's population by over 50% between 2002 and 2006. A variety of new retail and service outlets have also been built. A new industrial estate area located at the Letterkenny end of the village contains a number of large retail outlets.
Newtown Cunningham is located close to Blanket Nook, a wetland area that is a wintering site for the rare whooper swan. The bird sanctuary is one of many tourist attractions in the surrounding area, which also include Grianan of Aileach and the sixteenth-century Burt Castle. Sallybrook was the former railway station near the town.
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