Buncrana

Buncrana

*Bun Cranncha*
Buncrana Bun Cranncha
Town
	Buncrana from the south
	Coat of arms
	Motto(s): Aoibhinn Linn Áille na hÁite Seo (Irish) ; "sweet to us is the beauty of this place"
	Buncrana Location in Ireland
	Coordinates: 55°08′11″N 7°27′22″W / 55.1364°N 7.4560°W
Country	Ireland
Province	Ulster
County	Donegal
Dáil Éireann	Donegal
EU Parliament	Midlands–North-West
Elevation	62 m (203 ft)
Population (2022)	6,971
Time zone	UTC±0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (IST)
Eircode routing key	F93
Telephone area code	+353(0)74
Irish Grid Reference	C346320

Historical population
Year	Pop.	±%
1821	198	—
1831	1,059	+434.8%
1841	961	−9.3%
1851	797	−17.1%
1861	686	−13.9%
1871	755	+10.1%
1881	764	+1.2%
1891	735	−3.8%
1901	1,316	+79.0%
1911	1,848	+40.4%
1926	2,309	+24.9%
1936	2,295	−0.6%
1946	2,729	+18.9%
1951	3,039	+11.4%
1956	3,064	+0.8%
1961	3,165	+3.3%
1966	3,115	−1.6%
1971	3,334	+7.0%
1981	3,938	+18.1%
1986	4,131	+4.9%
1991	4,388	+6.2%
1996	4,805	+9.5%
2002	5,271	+9.7%
2006	5,911	+12.1%
2011	6,839	+15.7%
2016	6,785	−0.8%
2022	6,971	+2.7%
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Buncrana (/ˈbʌnkrænə/ bun-KRA-NA; Irish: Bun Cranncha, meaning 'foot of the (River) Crana') is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, 23 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Derry and 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Letterkenny.^[3] In the 2022 census, the population was 6,971,^[1] making it the second most populous town in County Donegal, after Letterkenny, and the largest in Inishowen.

Buncrana is the historic home of the O'Doherty clan and originally developed around the defensive tower known as O'Doherty's Keep at the mouth of the River Crana. The town moved to its present location just south of the River Crana when George Vaughan built the main street in 1718.

The town was a major centre for the textile industry in County Donegal from the 19th century until the mid-2000s (decade).

^ ^a ^b ^c "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Buncrana". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
^ "CSO: Census: Census Home Page". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2012. and www.histpop.org. Post 1961 figures include environs of Buncrana. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see J.J. Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p. 54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (November , 1984), pp. 473–488.
^ "Town information: location". buncrana.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

[cso2022-1] "Interactive Data Visualisations: Towns: Buncrana". Census 2022. Central Statistics Office. Retrieved 26 September 2023.

[2] "CSO: Census: Census Home Page". Archived from the original on 20 September 2010. Retrieved 6 July 2012. and www.histpop.org. Post 1961 figures include environs of Buncrana. For a discussion on the accuracy of pre-famine census returns see J.J. Lee "On the accuracy of the pre-famine Irish censuses" in Irish Population, Economy and Society edited by JM Goldstrom and LA Clarkson (1981) p. 54, and also "New Developments in Irish Population History, 1700–1850" by Joel Mokyr and Cormac Ó Gráda in The Economic History Review, New Series, Vol. 37, No. 4 (November , 1984), pp. 473–488.

[3] "Town information: location". buncrana.com. Archived from the original on 7 October 2011. Retrieved 15 October 2011.

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