Gweebarra Bay (Irish: Gaoth Beara) is located on the west coast of County Donegal, in Ireland. The mouth of the River Gweebarra and Innishkeel Island are here.
References in popular culture
edit- The majority of Lucy Caldwell's 2006 novel Where They Were Missed is set around Gweebarra Bay.
- Irish singer Maggie Boyle's song "Gweebarra Shore" (album "Gweebarra" 1998) tells of loss and of childhood memories of this place.
- Poet Seamus Heaney refers to Gweebarra in his poem "The Singer's House" published in 1979 as part of his collection Field Work.
- Irish Singer Hozier makes reference to Gweebarra in his song “Butchered Tongue” (album “Unreal Unearth” 2023) dealing with marginalisation and oppression of minority and indigenous languages such as Irish.