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1843 Ordance Survey |
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John O'Donovan, the distinguished Celtic scholar and historian, visited Clonmany in 1835 in connection with the Ordnance Survey which was taking place at that time and wrote the following in a letter concerning the parish from Buncrana on 23rd August of that year:- "Clonmany is the most Irish parish I have yet visited the men only who go to markets or fairs speak a little English the women and children speak Irish only. This arises from their distance from villages or towns and from their being completely environed by mountains which form a gigantic barrier between them and the less civil inhabitants of the lower country. I never heard Irish better spoken, nor experienced more natural civility and innocence than in that very secluded and wild parish". |
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