- Burtonport
Infobox Irish Place
name = Burtonport
gaeilge = Ailt an Chorráin
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province =Ulster
county =County Donegal
population = 1,120
census yr = 2002
dailconstituency =Donegal South West
|Burtonport (official name: Ailt an Chorráin) [ [http://www.commissioner.ie/downloads/An_tOrdu_Logainmneacha_(Ceantair_Ghaeltachta)_2004.pdf Placenames (Ceantair Ghaeltachta) Order 2004] ] is a
fishing village situated on the northwest coast ofIreland , some 7 km northwest ofDungloe inCounty Donegal and it forms part of the officialGaeltacht region.The main employers in the village are the Burtonport Fishermen's Co-op and the
Bord Iascaigh Mhara (Irish Sea Fisheries Board) ice plant. In recent years these establishments have been in decline due to the abandonment of fishing as a career and way of life by locals, due to depleted fish stocks and very restrictive fishing laws.History
A plaque there commemorates the brief landing on the nearby island of Rutland (Inishmacadurn in Irish) of a French military force led by
James Napper Tandy in a failed attempt to assist rebels during the 1798 rebellion onSeptember 16 ,1798 .Transport
*Burtonport had a railway service from Letterkenny between 1903 and 1940 provided by the
Letterkenny & Burtonport Extension Railway (L&BER), a company jointly owned by the State and theLondonderry and Lough Swilly Railway (L&LSR).Burtonport railway station opened on9 March 1903 , but finally closed on3 June 1940 . [cite web | title=Burtonport station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-13]
*As themainland port for both theArranmore carferry service and theArranmore fast ferry passenger service, Burtonport receives a lot of passing tourist traffic.People
*
Packie Bonner is from the area around Burtonport.
*Peadar O'Donnell novelist, leftist, and prominent IRA activist from the 1920-30s era was born in Burtonport.
*Council member, and Fianna Fáil politician, David Alcorn is from the Lackenagh area of Burtonport.ee also
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List of towns in the Republic of Ireland
*Ulster Irish References
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