Keadue, County Donegal

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Townland in Ulster, Ireland

Keadue

Céideadh

Townland

Keadue Strand

Keadue

Location in Ireland

Coordinates: 54°59′49″N 8°25′11″W﻿ / ﻿54.99689189999999°N 8.419645400000036°W﻿ / 54.99689189999999; -8.419645400000036
Country| Ireland
Province| Ulster
County| County Donegal
Elevation

| 26 m (85 ft)
Time zone| UTC+0 (WET)
• Summer (DST)| UTC-1 (IST (WEST))
Irish Grid Reference| M835815

Keadue (Irish: Céideadh) is a townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is in the Rosses region of northwest County Donegal, on the R259 road on the Wild Atlantic Way, about halfway between the fishing villages of Burtonport and Kincasslagh on the Atlantic coast.

## Sport

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Keadue is most well known for its football team, Keadue Rovers, who play their home games at Central Park in Keadue.[1] Ireland goalkeeper, Packie Bonner, from nearby Cloughglass, started his career at Keadue.

The local GAA team is Dungloe GAA, who play 8 km away in Dungloe.[2] Gaelic football All-Star, Tony Boyle, member of the 1992 Donegal All-Ireland winning team, was born in Keadue.

Former UFC mixed martial artist Joseph Duffy is from Meenbanad, the bordering townland.[3]

## Language

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Keadue is in the Gaeltacht region, which means the official language of the area is Irish. However, the use of Irish has been in decline since the 1950s.[4]

## Education

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The local national school is Keadue National School (Irish: Scoil an Aingil Choiméadaí, An Céideadh) with 20 pupils,[5] and the nearest secondary school is Rosses Community School in Dungloe.[6]

## Music

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Since 1888, Keadue has been home to The Keadue Band, one of many marching fife and drum bands from the area.[7]

## Transport

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Keadue is situated 10 km from Donegal Regional Airport which is serviced by daily Aer Lingus flights to Dublin Airport and also does a flight to Glasgow. The region has one bus stop run by TFI local link, 961 Crolly/Letterkenny runs to Keadue

## References

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1. ^ "MY Local News - The Motoring World". Mylocalnews.ie. Archived from the original on 13 March 2012. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
2. ^ "CLG Dhún na nGall". Retrieved 3 January 2016.
3. ^ "VIDEO: Did you miss Joseph Duffy's first round win tonight? Now you haven't - Donegal Sport Hub". Donegal Sport Hub. 18 July 2015. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
4. ^ "An Staidéar Teangeolaíochta ar an nGaeilge sa Ghaeltacht". Anghaeltacht.net. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
5. ^ "Scoil An Aingil Choimheadai". Schooldays.ie. 20 February 2013. Retrieved 16 January 2025.
6. ^ "Rosses Community School". Retrieved 16 January 2025.
7. ^ "Keeping the tradition going". 7 April 2014. Retrieved 18 August 2023.