Glenties
Sign in to saveGlenties () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated where two glens meet, north-west of the Bluestack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers. Glenties is the largest centre of population in the parish of Iniskeel. Glenties has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition five times in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1995. As of the 2022 census, the population was 927.
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Glenties
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- Town
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- Main street in Glenties
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- Ireland
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- left
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- Location in Ireland
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- Ireland
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- Ulster
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Glenties
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Donegal
- Population
- +811
- Elevation
- +78
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
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- P1346
- Tidy Towns
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- County Donegal
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Article
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- History
- Famine era
- 20th century
- Bord na Móna
- Politics
- Places of interest
- St. Connell's church
- Patrick MacGill statue
- St. Connell's Museum
- Sport
- In popular culture
- Transport
- Tidy Towns
- People
- References
- External links
Glenties () is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated where two glens meet, north-west of the Bluestack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers. Glenties is the largest centre of population in the parish of Iniskeel. Glenties has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition five times in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1995. As of the 2022 census, the population was 927.
==History== Evidence of early settlement in the area is given by the many dolmens, standing stones and earthen ringforts dating from the Bronze Age. The area became part of the baronies of Boylagh and Bannagh in 1609, which was granted to Scottish undertakers as part of the Ulster Plantation.