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{{short description |Village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland}}
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{{Infobox UK place
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|official_name = Donemana
|irish_name = Dún na Manach
|irish_name = Dún na Manach
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|static_image_name = Donaghedy Parish Church of St. James, Donemana - geograph.org.uk - 206609.jpg
|static_image_caption = Donaghedy Parish Church
|static_image_caption = Donaghedy Parish Church
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|website = [https://web.archive.org/web/20060427234254/http://www.strabanedc.com/general_information/towns_villages/donemana/]
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'''Donemana''' or '''Dunnamanagh''' (named after the [[townland]] of Dunnamanagh, {{etymology|ga|Dún na Manach|stronghold of the monks}})<ref>{{cite web | title=Dunnamanagh| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=1056 | accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/65102.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> is a small [[village]] in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is 7 miles or 11 kilometres north-east of [[Strabane]], on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the [[Sperrins]]. It is the largest of the thirteen villages in the [[Strabane District Council]] area and had a population of 1690 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|2001 Census]].
'''Donemana''' (named after the [[townland]] of Dunnamanagh, {{etymology|ga|Dún na Manach|stronghold of the monks}})<ref>{{cite web| title=Dunnamanagh| work=Place Names NI| url=http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=1056| access-date=21 March 2013| archive-date=5 March 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305070627/http://www.placenamesni.org/historicforms.php?getPnameId=1056| url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>[http://www.logainm.ie/65102.aspx Placenames Database of Ireland]</ref> is a [[village]] in [[County Tyrone]], [[Northern Ireland]]. It is 7 miles or 11 kilometres north-east of [[Strabane]], on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the [[Sperrins]]. In 2001, it was the largest of the thirteen villages in the former [[Strabane District Council]] area and it had a population of 586 in the [[United Kingdom Census 2001|Census]] that year.<ref name="Census">{{cite web | title= Census 2011 Population Statistics for Donemana Settlement| work= Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency| url= https://www.ninis2.nisra.gov.uk/public/AreaProfileReportViewer.aspx?FromAPAddressMulipleRecords=Donemana@Exact%20match%20of%20location%20name:%20@Exact%20Match%20Of%20Location%20Name:%20%20Donemana@23?}} </ref>


Other [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] spellings of its name include Dun[n]amana[gh] and Don[n]amana[gh].
Other [[Anglicisation|anglicised]] spellings of its name include Dun[n]amana[gh] and Don[n]amana[gh].
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==Transport==
==Transport==
The two main roads running through Donemana are the [[List of B roads in Northern Ireland|B49]], which runs from Strabane through Donemana to Claudy (near the [[A6 road (Northern Ireland)|A6 dual carriageway]] between [[Derry]] and [[Belfast]]); and the [[List of B roads in Northern Ireland|B48]], which runs from Derry to [[Omagh]] through the countryside (via [[Newbuildings]], [[Plumbridge]] and [[Gortin]]). This serves as an alternative to the [[A5 road (Northern Ireland)|A5]] road that forms the northern part of the route from Derry to Dublin.
[[Donemana railway station]] was part of the [[County Donegal Railway]] and opened on 6 August 1900 but was shut on 1 January 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=Donemana station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | accessdate=2007-09-23}}</ref>

[[Translink (Northern Ireland)|Translink's]] [[Ulsterbus]] serves Donemana solely via its 102 route, which runs between Derry and Strabane, stopping in Prehen, Newbuildings, Donemana, Artigarvan and Glenmornan.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ulsterbus route map |url=https://trn-prd-cdn-01.azureedge.net/mediacontainer/medialibraries/translink/route-maps/ulsterbus/ulsterbus-route-map.pdf |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Translink}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-09-01 |title=Ulsterbus route 102 |url=https://www.translink.co.uk/Timetable/Download/2ef11fdb4a97eaf044548017bd8c34b21def3cbc94f97e4f00c0a89c22ed7546 |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=Translink}}</ref> From Derry and Strabane, passengers can avail of onward travel to villages, towns and cities across the island of Ireland via Translink's [[Goldline (Ulsterbus)|Goldline]] coach service towards Belfast, Dublin, and Coleraine, and via [[Bus Éireann|Bus Éireann's]] Expressway coach service towards Galway.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.expressway.ie}}</ref>

[[Donemana railway station]] was part of the [[County Donegal Railway]] and opened on 6 August 1900, but this was shut on 1 January 1955.<ref>{{cite web | title=Donemana station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-09-23}}</ref> The All-Island Strategic Rail Review published in 2023 did not contain any commitment to reviving this line.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-07-25 |title=All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review |url=https://assets.gov.ie/265178/a839ee26-16c4-407d-bd5b-327ce0e067f5.pdf |website=Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland}}</ref>


==Education==
==Education==
It has two primary schools, Donemana County Primary School and St. Patrick's Primary School. Local children generally attend secondary school in [[Strabane]] or Derry.
It has two primary schools, Donemana County Primary School and St. Michael's Primary School. Local children generally attend secondary school in [[Strabane]] or [[Derry]].


==Sport==
==Sport==
Today the village is renowned throughout [[Ireland]] for its thriving and highly successful [[Donemana Cricket Club|
Donemana has been called a "cricket-mad village" whose local [[Donemana Cricket Club|
cricket team]] was "the first team in more than 100 years to win four successive Senior Cup finals."<ref name="BT2023">{{cite web |title=Donemana's teen sensations set for fantastic five-in-a-row |url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/cricket/donemanas-teen-sensations-set-for-fantastic-five-in-a-row/34915557.html |publisher=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=9 February 2024 |date=27 July 2016 |quote=Donemana became the first team in more than 100 years to win four successive Senior Cup finals...the phenomenal Donemana production line which has consistently produced home-grown cricketers down the years from the cricket-mad village}}</ref>
cricket team]], which was established in 1888. Donemana under 15s and 14s cricket teams are currently the All-Ireland Champions. The senior team lost out on winning the All-Ireland when North County CC defeated them in the final.


[[Football (soccer)|Football]] is also popular in the area. [[Clann na nGael, Tyrone|Clann na nGael]] is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] club.
[[Football (soccer)|Football]] and Gaelic football is also popular in the area. [[Clann na nGael, Tyrone|Clann na nGael]] is the local [[Gaelic Athletic Association|GAA]] club.


==Notable people==
==Notable people==
{{See also|Category:People from Donemana}}

Notable people who were born or have lived in Donemana include:
Notable people who were born or have lived in Donemana include:
*[[George Fletcher Moore]], 19th century writer, barrister and explorer
*[[George Fletcher Moore]], 19th century writer, barrister and explorer
*[[Allan Bresland]], politician
*[[Allan Bresland]], politician
*[[William Porterfield]], Irish Cricketer
*[[William Porterfield]], Irish cricketer
*[[Andrew McBrine]], Irish cricketer
*[[Richard “Elvis” Buchanan]], Village Peado
*[[Stephen O'Neill]], Tyrone All-Ireland-winning GAA
*[[Andrew McBrine]], Irish Cricketer
*[[Stephen O'Neill]], Tyrone All-Ireland-winning GAA Star
*[[Brian Dooher]], Tyrone All-Ireland-winning GAA captain
*[[Mark Buchanan]], Never shows up on time
*[[Ashley “Moth” Buchanan]], Miserable Pint Buyer
*[[Dean Patterson]], Doesnt have oil
*[[Brian Dooher]], Tyrone All-Ireland-winning GAA Captain
*Mark Devine, member of the jury in the murder trail, '''The People v. O.J. Simpson' where Orenthal James Simpson was controversially found not guilty.'' <ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.epa.org.uk/index.php|title=ENGLISH POOL ASSOCIATION|website=www.epa.org.uk|access-date=2017-04-09}}</ref>
*Robert Smyth, Notable Oxford University Pool Player<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=7D2D2CA4A1E0EE3!310&authkey=!AEbO9aA50ZyK0IE&ithint=file,docx|title=Cuppers Past Champions.docx|website=onedrive.live.com|access-date=2019-05-10}}</ref>


==Demography==
==Demography==
===19th century population===
===19th century population===
The population of the village increased during the 19th century:<ref name="Census of Ireland 1851">{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336900 | accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="CI">{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505487 | accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref>
The population of the village increased during the 19th century:<ref name="Census of Ireland 1851">{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1851| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/13130/eppi_pages/336900 | access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref><ref name="CI">{{cite web| title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505487| access-date=21 March 2013}}{{Dead link|date=February 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>


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The village stands in the townlands of Dunnamanagh and [[Stonyfalls]] and in 1891 had an estimated area of 11 acres.<ref name="CI"/>
The village stands in the townlands of Dunnamanagh and Stonyfalls, and in 1891, had an estimated area of 11 acres.<ref name="CI"/>


===21st century population===
===21st century population===
Donemana is classified as a small village or hamlet by the [http://www.nisra.gov.uk/ NI Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)] (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000). On Census day (29 April 2001) there were 593 people living in Donemana. Of these:
Donemana is classified as a small village or hamlet by the [[Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency]] (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 586 people living in Donemana.<ref name="Census"/> Of these:
*27.2% were aged under 16 and 19.8% were aged 60 and over
*23.21% were aged under 16 and 13.14% were aged 65 and over
*49.2% of the population were male and 50.8% were female
*48.46% of the population were male and 51.54% were female
*15.2% were from a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] background and 84.8% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
*15.19% were from a [[Catholicism|Catholic]] background and 83.79% were from a [[Protestantism|Protestant]] background
*7.7% of people aged 16–74 were [[Unemployment|unemployed]].
*7.8% of people aged 16–74 were [[Unemployment|unemployed]].

''For more details see: [http://www.ninis.nisra.gov.uk/mapxtreme/report.asp?INIT=YES&POSTCODE=BT820PN&DESC=FromGeneral&CurrentLevel=COA&ID=95ZZ050006&Name=95ZZ050006&Override=WARD&OverrideCode=95ZZ05&OverrideName=DUNNAMANAGH Northern Ireland Neighbourhood Information Service]''.


==Dunnamanagh Townland==
==Dunnamanagh Townland==
The townland is situated in the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Strabane Lower]] and the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Donaghedy]] and covers an area of 130 acres.<ref>{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref>
The townland is situated in the historic [[Barony (geographic)|barony]] of [[Strabane Lower]] and the [[Civil parishes in Ireland|civil parish]] of [[Donaghedy]] and covers an area of 130 acres.<ref>{{cite web | title=Townlands of County Tyrone| work=IreAtlas Townland Database| url=http://www.thecore.com/seanruad/ | access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>


The population of the townland increased overall during the 19th century:<ref name="Census of Ireland 1851"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505486 | accessdate=21 March 2013}}</ref>
The population of the townland increased overall during the 19th century:<ref name="Census of Ireland 1851"/><ref>{{cite web | title=Census of Ireland 1891| work=Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland| url=http://eppi.dippam.ac.uk/documents/18814/eppi_pages/505486 | access-date=21 March 2013}}</ref>


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== Politics ==
[[File:WestTyroneConstituency.svg|thumb|The West Tyrone Parliamentary and Assembly constituency, in which Donemana lies.]]
[[File:Derry_and_Strabane_district_in_Northern_Ireland.svg|thumb|The Derry and Strabane council district, in which Donemana lies.]]
Since 1996, Donemana has formed part of the West Tyrone constituency for [[West Tyrone (UK Parliament constituency)|Parliamentary]] elections, with this constituency also used for the [[West Tyrone (Assembly constituency)|Assembly and other devolved bodies]]. In Parliament, West Tyrone has been represented by the [[Abstentionism|abstentionist]] [[Sinn Féin]] since 2001, and in devolved elections Sinn Féin has been the largest party since the [[1998 Northern Ireland Assembly election|1998 Assembly election]], currently holding three out of the five Assembly seats in West Tyrone.

=== Local government ===
In local government, Donemana has been part of Derry City and Strabane District Council since it succeeded Strabane District Council in 2015. Donemana sits within Sperrin DEA, having previously been part of Glenelly DEA from 1985 to 2015, and before that Strabane Area B from 1973 to 1985. Councillors for Sperrin DEA were first elected in 2014 and sat as part of a shadow council until the new Derry and Strabane authority formally took over in 2015.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2015-03-31 |title=Super-councils: What new powers will NI's new local government partners have? |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-northern-ireland-32135986 |access-date=2024-05-18 |work=BBC News |language=en-GB}}</ref>

Historically, Strabane Area B and Glenelly DEA were unionist-dominated - in these areas, the UUP was the largest party from 1973-1981, followed by the DUP from 1981 onwards. In fact, in 1993, 4 of the 5 councillors were unionist, with nationalists represented only by a single SDLP councillor. These DEAs comprised the Glenelly Valley and environs, including the predominantly-unionist villages of Artigarvan and Donemana.

However, the creation of the Sperrin DEA saw most of the Glenelly DEA merged with most of Strabane town, which had previously been part of the Mourne DEA. While Glenelly had a unionist majority, Mourne had been represented solely by nationalist councillors since 1997, and had a Sinn Féin majority since 2001.

As a result, since the first election to the Sperrin DEA in 2014, Donemana has been represented primarily by Sinn Féin councillors. The election that year saw Sinn Féin win 3 of the 7 seats and become the largest party in the new Sperrin DEA. Despite losing one of their Sperrin seats to an independent republican in 2019, Sinn Féin gained a third seat again in 2023, at the expense of DUP ex-MLA [[Maurice Devenney]], leaving Donemana represented by only one unionist councillor for the first time, with nationalists holding six of the seven seats in Sperrin.

Councillors for Donemana that have actually been from the village itself include [[Allan Bresland]], who served as a DUP councillor from 1993 to 2023 and as a DUP MLA from 2007 to 2011; his successor Gary Wilkinson, who was co-opted by the DUP in 2023;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Facebook |url=https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=pfbid02J8BoDhfUPN8TJ8m9KZYHsecxRwus1LfCropY5Q7raiDiaLKLJPkgexxuodYnuFNTl&id=100091071669701&__cft__%5B0%5D=AZW4JNESypQ175k4SOWYn4K4RmQrGPWKREIb3CGG6TQKNltmK3fE61pj5yr9lftZIdiOKoHRgwyS8jREYJkkCbqtIbBr-vT1Nw9kMovk10dtcAuqOFuyrVfpLv8YVIcMPMFegDV7YmlL3gClMeoQrtVyE7wVymtN-gk_tBGZCH5uekFaVR0OzU5xeuuBW5Zb1qE&__tn__=,O,P-R |access-date=2024-05-18 |website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> and Hughes Colhoun, who was elected as an Alliance councillor in 1989, serving until 1993.

Since 1973, Donemana has been represented by the following councillors:
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! scope="col" width="50" |Election
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
! colspan="2" scope="col" width="150" |Councillor
(Party)
|-
| colspan="15" |'''Sperrin DEA (2014-present)'''
|-
|'''April 2024 defection'''
! rowspan="6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="3" |Paul Boggs
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="3" |Brian Harte
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="3" |Fergal Leonard
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |Gary Wilkinson
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
! rowspan="4" |Jason Barr
([[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]])/([[Independent (politician)|Independent]])
! rowspan="4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
! rowspan="4" |Raymond Barr
([[Independent (politician)|Independent]])
! rowspan="6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
! rowspan="6" |Paul Gallagher
([[Independent (politician)|Independent]])
|-
|'''October 2023 co-option'''
! rowspan="3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|-
|'''[[2023 Derry City and Strabane District Council election|2023]]'''
! rowspan="4" |[[Allan Bresland]]
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
|-
|'''[[2019 Derry and Strabane District Council election|2019]]'''
! rowspan="3" |Dan Kelly
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="1" |[[Michaela Boyle]]
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="1" |[[Maurice Devenney]]
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
|-
|'''April 2016 defection'''
! rowspan="2" |Brian McMahon
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="2" |Rhonda Hamilton
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" |
! rowspan="2" |Patsy Kelly
([[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]])/([[Independent (politician)|Independent]])
! rowspan="2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="2" |Karina Carlin
([[Sinn Féin]])
|-
|'''[[2014 Derry and Strabane District Council election|2014]]'''
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
|-
| colspan="11" |'''Glenelly DEA (1985-2014)'''
| colspan="4" rowspan="12" |''5 seats (1973-2014)''
|-
|'''[[2011 Strabane District Council election|2011]]'''
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="1" |Dan Kelly
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="4" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="1" |Michelle McMackin
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="1" |Rhonda Hamilton
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
! rowspan="7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="5" |[[Allan Bresland]]
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
! rowspan="7" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="6" |John Donnell
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
|-
|'''[[2005 Strabane District Council election|2005]]'''
! rowspan="6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
! rowspan="3" |Tom McBride
([[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]])
! rowspan="2" |[[Claire McGill]]
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="6" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="5" |James Emery
([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
|-
|'''[[2001 Strabane District Council election|2001]]'''
|-
|'''[[1997 Strabane District Council election|1997]]'''
! rowspan="1" |Martin Conway
([[Sinn Féin]])
|-
|'''[[1993 Strabane District Council election|1993]]'''
! rowspan="3" |John Gallagher
([[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]])
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="1" |Samuel Martin
([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
|-
|'''[[1989 Strabane District Council election|1989]]'''
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Alliance Party of Northern Ireland}}" |
! rowspan="1" |Hughes Colhoun
([[Alliance Party of Northern Ireland|Alliance]])
! rowspan="2" |Samuel Rogers
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
|-
|'''[[1985 Strabane District Council election|1985]]'''
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Sinn Féin}}" |
! rowspan="1" |Thomas McNamee
([[Sinn Féin]])
! rowspan="1" |Mary Britton
([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
! rowspan="1" |Ronald Brolly
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
|-
| colspan="11" |'''Strabane Area B (1973-1985)'''
|-
|'''[[1981 Strabane District Council election|1981]]'''
! rowspan="3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Social Democratic and Labour Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |John Gallagher
([[Social Democratic and Labour Party|SDLP]])
! rowspan="2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Independent Nationalist}}" |
! rowspan="2" |Francis McConnell
([[Independent Nationalist]])
! rowspan="3" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="3" |Mary Britton
([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
! rowspan="2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="3" |Samuel Rogers
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])/ (United Loyalist Coalition)
! rowspan="1" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Democratic Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="1" |George McIntyre
([[Democratic Unionist Party|DUP]])
|-
|'''[[1977 Strabane District Council election|1977]]'''
! rowspan="2" width="1" style="background-color: {{party color|Ulster Unionist Party}}" |
! rowspan="2" |Henry Henderson
([[Ulster Unionist Party|UUP]])
|-
|'''[[1973 Strabane District Council election|1973]]'''
! rowspan="1" |Seamus Kearney
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Donemana
  • Irish: Dún na Manach
  • Donemana
Donaghedy Parish Church
Donemana is located in Northern Ireland
Donemana
Donemana
Location within Northern Ireland
Population586 
District
County
CountryNorthern Ireland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townSTRABANE
Postcode districtBT82
Dialling code028, +44 28
PoliceNorthern Ireland
FireNorthern Ireland
AmbulanceNorthern Ireland
UK Parliament
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Website[1]
List of places
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Tyrone
54°52′26″N 7°18′29″W / 54.874°N 7.308°W / 54.874; -7.308

Donemana (named after the townland of Dunnamanagh, from Irish Dún na Manach 'stronghold of the monks')[1][2] is a village in County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. It is 7 miles or 11 kilometres north-east of Strabane, on the banks of the Burn Dennett and at the foothills of the Sperrins. In 2001, it was the largest of the thirteen villages in the former Strabane District Council area and it had a population of 586 in the Census that year.[3]

Other anglicised spellings of its name include Dun[n]amana[gh] and Don[n]amana[gh].

History

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The village was established in the early 17th century as part of the Plantation of Ulster, instigated by James I in 1609. Land in the area was granted to John Drummond who established the village; building a bawn (an enclosed, fortified farmyard, designed as a place of refuge for settlers in case of attack), 10 wicker-work houses, and a watermill for grinding corn.

Transport

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The two main roads running through Donemana are the B49, which runs from Strabane through Donemana to Claudy (near the A6 dual carriageway between Derry and Belfast); and the B48, which runs from Derry to Omagh through the countryside (via Newbuildings, Plumbridge and Gortin). This serves as an alternative to the A5 road that forms the northern part of the route from Derry to Dublin.

Translink's Ulsterbus serves Donemana solely via its 102 route, which runs between Derry and Strabane, stopping in Prehen, Newbuildings, Donemana, Artigarvan and Glenmornan.[4][5] From Derry and Strabane, passengers can avail of onward travel to villages, towns and cities across the island of Ireland via Translink's Goldline coach service towards Belfast, Dublin, and Coleraine, and via Bus Éireann's Expressway coach service towards Galway.[6]

Donemana railway station was part of the County Donegal Railway and opened on 6 August 1900, but this was shut on 1 January 1955.[7] The All-Island Strategic Rail Review published in 2023 did not contain any commitment to reviving this line.[8]

Education

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It has two primary schools, Donemana County Primary School and St. Michael's Primary School. Local children generally attend secondary school in Strabane or Derry.

Sport

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Donemana has been called a "cricket-mad village" whose local cricket team was "the first team in more than 100 years to win four successive Senior Cup finals."[9]

Football and Gaelic football is also popular in the area. Clann na nGael is the local GAA club.

Notable people

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See also: Category:People from Donemana

Notable people who were born or have lived in Donemana include:

Demography

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19th century population

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The population of the village increased during the 19th century:[10][11]

Year 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Population 176 193 247 231 243 231
Houses 44 40 50 53 52 58

The village stands in the townlands of Dunnamanagh and Stonyfalls, and in 1891, had an estimated area of 11 acres.[11]

21st century population

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Donemana is classified as a small village or hamlet by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) (i.e. with population between 500 and 1,000). On Census day (27 March 2011) there were 586 people living in Donemana.[3] Of these:

  • 23.21% were aged under 16 and 13.14% were aged 65 and over
  • 48.46% of the population were male and 51.54% were female
  • 15.19% were from a Catholic background and 83.79% were from a Protestant background
  • 7.8% of people aged 16–74 were unemployed.

Dunnamanagh Townland

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The townland is situated in the historic barony of Strabane Lower and the civil parish of Donaghedy and covers an area of 130 acres.[12]

The population of the townland increased overall during the 19th century:[10][13]

Year 1841 1851 1861 1871 1881 1891
Population 65 71 66 32 34 72
Houses 13 10 11 7 8 9

Politics

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The West Tyrone Parliamentary and Assembly constituency, in which Donemana lies.
The Derry and Strabane council district, in which Donemana lies.

Since 1996, Donemana has formed part of the West Tyrone constituency for Parliamentary elections, with this constituency also used for the Assembly and other devolved bodies. In Parliament, West Tyrone has been represented by the abstentionist Sinn Féin since 2001, and in devolved elections Sinn Féin has been the largest party since the 1998 Assembly election, currently holding three out of the five Assembly seats in West Tyrone.

Local government

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In local government, Donemana has been part of Derry City and Strabane District Council since it succeeded Strabane District Council in 2015. Donemana sits within Sperrin DEA, having previously been part of Glenelly DEA from 1985 to 2015, and before that Strabane Area B from 1973 to 1985. Councillors for Sperrin DEA were first elected in 2014 and sat as part of a shadow council until the new Derry and Strabane authority formally took over in 2015.[14]

Historically, Strabane Area B and Glenelly DEA were unionist-dominated - in these areas, the UUP was the largest party from 1973-1981, followed by the DUP from 1981 onwards. In fact, in 1993, 4 of the 5 councillors were unionist, with nationalists represented only by a single SDLP councillor. These DEAs comprised the Glenelly Valley and environs, including the predominantly-unionist villages of Artigarvan and Donemana.

However, the creation of the Sperrin DEA saw most of the Glenelly DEA merged with most of Strabane town, which had previously been part of the Mourne DEA. While Glenelly had a unionist majority, Mourne had been represented solely by nationalist councillors since 1997, and had a Sinn Féin majority since 2001.

As a result, since the first election to the Sperrin DEA in 2014, Donemana has been represented primarily by Sinn Féin councillors. The election that year saw Sinn Féin win 3 of the 7 seats and become the largest party in the new Sperrin DEA. Despite losing one of their Sperrin seats to an independent republican in 2019, Sinn Féin gained a third seat again in 2023, at the expense of DUP ex-MLA Maurice Devenney, leaving Donemana represented by only one unionist councillor for the first time, with nationalists holding six of the seven seats in Sperrin.

Councillors for Donemana that have actually been from the village itself include Allan Bresland, who served as a DUP councillor from 1993 to 2023 and as a DUP MLA from 2007 to 2011; his successor Gary Wilkinson, who was co-opted by the DUP in 2023;[15] and Hughes Colhoun, who was elected as an Alliance councillor in 1989, serving until 1993.

Since 1973, Donemana has been represented by the following councillors:

Election Councillor

(Party)

Councillor

(Party)

Councillor

(Party)

Councillor

(Party)

Councillor

(Party)

Councillor

(Party)

Councillor

(Party)

Sperrin DEA (2014-present)
April 2024 defection Paul Boggs

(Sinn Féin)

Brian Harte

(Sinn Féin)

Fergal Leonard

(Sinn Féin)

Gary Wilkinson

(DUP)

Jason Barr

(SDLP)/(Independent)

Raymond Barr

(Independent)

Paul Gallagher

(Independent)

October 2023 co-option
2023 Allan Bresland

(DUP)

2019 Dan Kelly

(Sinn Féin)

Michaela Boyle

(Sinn Féin)

Maurice Devenney

(DUP)

April 2016 defection Brian McMahon

(Sinn Féin)

Rhonda Hamilton

(DUP)

Patsy Kelly

(SDLP)/(Independent)

Karina Carlin

(Sinn Féin)

2014
Glenelly DEA (1985-2014) 5 seats (1973-2014)
2011 Dan Kelly

(Sinn Féin)

Michelle McMackin

(Sinn Féin)

Rhonda Hamilton

(DUP)

Allan Bresland

(DUP)

John Donnell

(DUP)

2005 Tom McBride

(SDLP)

Claire McGill

(Sinn Féin)

James Emery

(UUP)

2001
1997 Martin Conway

(Sinn Féin)

1993 John Gallagher

(SDLP)

Samuel Martin

(UUP)

1989 Hughes Colhoun

(Alliance)

Samuel Rogers

(DUP)

1985 Thomas McNamee

(Sinn Féin)

Mary Britton

(UUP)

Ronald Brolly

(DUP)

Strabane Area B (1973-1985)
1981 John Gallagher

(SDLP)

Francis McConnell

(Independent Nationalist)

Mary Britton

(UUP)

Samuel Rogers

(DUP)/ (United Loyalist Coalition)

George McIntyre

(DUP)

1977 Henry Henderson

(UUP)

1973 Seamus Kearney

(SDLP)

Tom Gormley

(Alliance)

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Dunnamanagh". Place Names NI. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  2. ^ Placenames Database of Ireland
  3. ^ a b "Census 2011 Population Statistics for Donemana Settlement". Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
  4. ^ "Ulsterbus route map" (PDF). Translink. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  5. ^ "Ulsterbus route 102". Translink. 1 September 2023. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  6. ^ www.expressway.ie https://www.expressway.ie/routes-and-timetables. Retrieved 18 May 2024. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  7. ^ "Donemana station" (PDF). Railscot - Irish Railways. Retrieved 23 September 2007.
  8. ^ "All-Ireland Strategic Rail Review" (PDF). Department for Infrastructure, Northern Ireland. 25 July 2023.
  9. ^ "Donemana's teen sensations set for fantastic five-in-a-row". Belfast Telegraph. 27 July 2016. Retrieved 9 February 2024. Donemana became the first team in more than 100 years to win four successive Senior Cup finals...the phenomenal Donemana production line which has consistently produced home-grown cricketers down the years from the cricket-mad village
  10. ^ a b "Census of Ireland 1851". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Census of Ireland 1891". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2013.[permanent dead link‍]
  12. ^ "Townlands of County Tyrone". IreAtlas Townland Database. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  13. ^ "Census of Ireland 1891". Enhanced Parliamentary Papers on Ireland. Retrieved 21 March 2013.
  14. ^ "Super-councils: What new powers will NI's new local government partners have?". BBC News. 31 March 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
  15. ^ "Facebook". www.facebook.com. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
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