Mountcharles

Mountcharles Tamhnach an tSalainn
—  Town  —
Mountcharles Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 54°39′N 8°12′W / 54.65°N 8.2°W / 54.65; -8.2Coordinates: 54°39′N 8°12′W / 54.65°N 8.2°W / 54.65; -8.2
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	County Donegal
Government
- Dáil Éireann	Donegal South West
- EU Parliament	North–West
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference

Mountcharles, (Irish: Moin Séarlais) known before the Plantation of Ulster as Tawnaghtallan (Irish: Tamhnach an tSalainn, meaning "field of salt"), is a village in County Donegal, Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal town on the Killybegs road.

Mountcharles village, Co. Donegal.

Name

The village is named for its founder, Charles Conyngham, an ancestor of Henry Conyngham, Lord Mountcharles (frequently, if inaccurately, known as Lord Henry Mountcharles) of Slane Castle, County Meath. Charles Conyngham is credited with building the village in the 17th century. The Conyngham estate and its large estate house (Hall Demesne), close to the village, are now unoccupied.

The village's Irish name, Tamhnach an tSalainn (salt hill), refers to the salt works (also in the grounds of the Conyngham estate), which provided employment to local people during the 18th century.

Transport

Mountcharles railway station opened on 18 August 1893 and finally closed on 1 January 1960.^[1]

People

• Cahir Healy, politician

See also

• County Donegal
• List of towns and villages in Ireland

References

1. ^ "Mountcharles station". Railscot - Irish Railways. http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf. Retrieved 2007-11-18.