GARTAN

In 1868, the parish of Gartan contained the following places:

"GARTAN, a parish in the barony of Kilmacrenan, county Donegal, province of Ulster, Ireland, 6 miles N. of Letterkenny, its post town. The surface is very mountainous, and there is large extent of bog and water. The principal elevations are West Dooish in the W., which rises 2,143 feet above sea-level, and Glendowan in the S.W., which has an altitude of 1,770 feet. Lough Veagh and the neighbouring lough of Gartan are the principal waters. The living is a rectory and vicarage in the diocese of Raphoe, value £138, in the patronage of the bishop. The church was built in 1819 by means of a loan from the late Board of First Fruits. The Roman Catholic chapel is joined to that of Kilmacrenan. There are Sunday, national, and private schools. Gartan House, the seat of Captain Chambers, stands on the shore of Lough Gartan. There are some remains of a monastery, founded here by St. Columb in 521. The road from Letterkenny to Dunfanaghy traverses the parish. At Warrenstown is an abandoned silver and lead mine."

[Transcribed from The National Gazetteer of Great Britain and Ireland 1868]
by Colin Hinson ©2018