Kilmacrenan
Sign in to save300px|right|thumb|The crossroads on Main Street Kilmacrennan ( or ), also Kilmacrenan, is a village, townland and civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland. The village population was 888, as of the 2022 census. The village's population has increased steadily over the last decade with many new housing developments catering, in particular, for an overspill population from Letterkenny. Kilmacrennan was historically the caput of its eponymous Barony of Kilmacrennan, of the eight Baronies of Donegal.
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Place details
- Locality
- Letterkenny Municipal District
- Region
- Ulster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 753
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Key facts
- Settlement.name
- Kilmacrennan
- Settlement.settlement_type
- Village
- Settlement.image_skyline
- Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 1386207.jpg
- Settlement.image_caption
- The village is on the N56 road
- Settlement.pushpin_map
- Ireland
- Settlement.pushpin_label_position
- left
- Settlement.pushpin_map_caption
- Location in Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type
- Country
- Settlement.subdivision_name
- Ireland
- Settlement.subdivision_type1
- Province
- Settlement.subdivision_name1
- Ulster
- Settlement.subdivision_type3
- County
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Located in
- County Donegal
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Image
- Kilmacrenan, Co. Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 1386207.jpg
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- P7959
- County Donegal
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300px|right|thumb|The crossroads on Main Street Kilmacrennan ( or ), also Kilmacrenan, is a village, townland and civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland. The village population was 888, as of the 2022 census. The village's population has increased steadily over the last decade with many new housing developments catering, in particular, for an overspill population from Letterkenny. Kilmacrennan was historically the caput of its eponymous Barony of Kilmacrennan, of the eight Baronies of Donegal.
The Battle of Kilmacrennan was fought near the village in 1608 during O'Doherty's Rebellion.