Dooniver

Dooniver Dún Ibhir
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Dooniver Location in Ireland
Coordinates: 53°59′46″N 9°56′55″W / 53.9960°N 9.9486°W / 53.9960; -9.9486Coordinates: 53°59′46″N 9°56′55″W / 53.9960°N 9.9486°W / 53.9960; -9.9486
Country	Ireland
Province	Connacht
County	County Mayo
Elevation	1 m (3 ft)
Time zone	WET (UTC+0)
- Summer (DST)	IST (WEST) (UTC-1)
Irish Grid Reference	L709089
Website	dooniver.com

Dún Ibhir (anglicised as Dooniver),^[1] meaning "Ibhir's stronghold", or "Ibhir's fort" is a Gaeltacht village on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland.

Geography

Dooniver is located on the east coast of Achill Island. Surrounding villages include Askill, Tóin an tSeanbhaile and Bunnacurry. The townland of Dooniver is broken into a number of subsections - Bullsmouth, Claddagh, Dooniver, The Brae, Baile na locha (Lakeside), Dionn, Áird Mhór , New Road and Sebastopol, etc. Dooniver has a number of beaches including Dooniver strand and Bullsmouth Beach. Just off the village is the island of Innisbiggle.

Census

The following list taken from The Mayo County Council Website shows the population of the village in the years 1841 - 1921

Year	Population	Houses
1841	252	50
1851	219	45
1861	254	52
1871	280	60
1881	234	45
1891	213	41
1901	270	48
1911	260	43
1921	242	58

Facilities and amenities

Dooniver has a number of amenities a National School, hall, garage, plant hire, headstone maker and coffee shop. There is a bed and breakfast and caravan park. The village has one postbox, one bus stop and is served by Bus Éireann 440 once a day in each direction.

Education

Dooniver has a National School (founded in 1910). The National School was originally in Bullsmouth, but was later moved. Students had a choice of going to either McHale College or Scoil Damhnait which is located in Pollranny in the Achill area but now go to the new Colaiste Pobail Acla.

Sport

Dooniver once had a soccer team called the Dooniver Swifts which played in the Mayo & District League. There is a GAA Pitch in the area called St.Joseph's Park. Dooniver is a part of the St. Colman's (Dooniver, Askill, Valley, Dugort and Dookinella) local GAA team and the 'DVD' (Dooniver, Valley, Dugort) soccer team. The renowned pro boxer Johnny Kilbane has relatives in the village.

Literature/Bibliography

• Táin Bó Flidhais A 12th century document
• Glenmason manuscript 12th century
• "Fintan mac Bóchra and the Hawk of Achill" 15th century poem
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Gallery

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  Sea view looking onto Inishbiggle

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  Dun Eibher

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  Dooniver sign

References

1. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland

External links / References

• The official Dooniver website
• Achill Tourism
• Logainm Dooniver
• 1911 Census
• Census of Dooniver 1841-1911
• Collins map of Dooniver
• Slievemore View B&B
• Dooniver kitesurf
• Dooniver Weather
• in County Mayo
• Dooniver Swifts FC
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