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Ballyshannon is situated on the Erne River where it flows into Donegal Bay. The area has played a significant role in the economic and political history of Ireland. At the end of the sixteenth century, during the Nine Year War, the river-crossing at Ballyshannon was twice held by the O'Donnells, Chieftains of Donegal, in an effort to repel the English colonisers. A portion of the O'Donnell's Castle at Ballyshannon can be found north of the Market Yard. After the Flight of the Earls in 1607 Ballyshannon was planted with English and Scots settlers and the town became a Garrison of the British Army. In the 19th century the town was a thriving market and port and was the birthplace of the poet William Allingham. In the 1960's a hydro-electric scheme was built between Ballyshannon and Belleek in County Fermanagh. The River Erne is famous for its salmon fishing and attracts many keen fisher-folk while the Ballyshannon Traditional Music Festival attracts thousands of visitors each summer. The area around Ballyshannon is rich in archaeological sites while nearby Rossnowlagh boasts a beautiful kilometre long sandy beach and is home to a Franciscan Friary. |
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Tá Béal Átha Seannaigh
suite ar abhainn na hEirne áit a ritheann sé isteach go
Baile Dhún na nGall. Tá páirt an-thabhachtach imirte ag an áit
seo i gcursaí stáir na h-eacnamaíocht agus polaitíocht na
hÉireann. I rith Cogadh na Naoi mBliain ag deireadh an séú h-aois
déag, bhí Clann Uí Dhomhnaill
i gceannas, dhá uair,
ar an trasnú abhainne i Béal Átha Seannaigh.
Ceann Fine ar Dhún na nGall a bhí i gclann Uí Dhomhnaill. Ghlac siad
smacht ar an trasnú mar go raibh siad ag iarraidh na coilínigh Sasanach
a choinneáil amuaigh. Tá páirt de Chaisleán Clann Uí
Dhomhnaill le feiceáil shuas os cionn Clós an Mhargaidh i mBéal
Átha Seannaigh.
Iniaidh Éirí amach na nÍarlaí 1607, plandálú
Béal Átha Seannaigh le coilínigh ó Shasain agus Álbain agus
thiontaigh an baile mór isteach i ngarastún do Airm na Sasanach.
Sa naoú h-aois déag, áit margaíocht agus port rafar a bhí
sa bhaile mhór seo. Rugadh an file cailiúil William Allingham
i mBéal
Átha Seannaigh. I 1960 tógadh scéim hidrileictreach idir Béal Átha Seannaigh agus Béal Leice i gCo. Fear Manach. Tá clú ar Loch Éirne mar gheall ar iascaireachta brádain agus téann go leor lucht iascaireachta ansin gach bliain. Tá monarchann ag Donegal Parian China i mBéal Átha Seannaigh. Tá clú agus cáil ar an chomhlacht seo ar fud an domhan de bharr an poirceallán álainn a dheanann siad. Bíonn Féile Tradisiúnta Ceol ar siúl gach samhradh agus téann na mílte daoine fhád leis. Tá ceantar Bhéal Átha Seannaigh saibhre le suíoimh seandalaíochta agus i Ros Neamhlach tá tráigh aláinn ciliméadar ar fhád. Is anseo fósta áta an Mainistir Proinsiasach. © |