Carn Domhnach

Carndonagh takes its name from the Irish Carn Domhnach, meaning the cairn of the church — a compound of carn, a mound or pile of stones, and domhnach, the Old Irish word for church, itself derived from the Latin dominica. The name reflects a founding association between a pre-existing burial mound or stone cairn and an early ecclesiastical settlement. The site has been a centre of Christian wo...