Burt, County Donegal
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Burt (Irish: An Bheart)[1] is a parish in County Donegal, Ireland, on the main road between Letterkenny and Derry.[2]
Location
At the base of the Inishowen Peninsula, Burt is part the parish of Fahan. The ancient
Travellers along the main N13 road from Derry to Letterkenny also see the remains of the Burt Distillery with its stone chimney, in use during the 18th and 19th centuries at Bohullion.
History
Burt Castle (Irish: Caisleán Bhirt) stands on top of Castlehill and dates from 16th century; it has strong connections with the O'Doherty clan.
Behind Castlehill, on the edge of Lough Swilly, are the remains of an abbey or church at Grange.[5] The churchyard at Grange contains some of the earliest grave stones in this area dating from 17th Century. On the walls of the old building are gravestones and tablets showing the graves of Rev. Andrew Ferguson Sen the second Presbyterian minister of Burt 1690 to 1725 and also his son Rev. Andrew Ferguson Jun who succeeded his father as Minister of Burt from 1725 to 1787.[6]
Notable people
- Queen's College, Belfast
- Joseph McLaughlin (1867–1926) – U.S. Republican Congressman from Pennsylvania
- W. D. Flackes (1921–1993) – BBC political correspondent
- Paul Callaghan (Gaelic footballer) (born 1971) – Gaelic footballer
References
- ^ "An Bheart/Burt". Placenames Database of Ireland (logainm.ie). Retrieved 31 March 2022.
- ^ "Burt". Ireland.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "Burt Parish, Co Donegal". donegalgenealogy.com. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- ^ "St. Aengus Church, Burt, Co. Donegal – Carrownamaddy, Speenogue, Burt Lifford Co Donegal, Ireland". Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- OCLC 6214590.
- OCLC 58555981.
