Croithlí

Croithlí, meaning shaking bog in Old Irish, draws its name from the marshy terrain that has long characterized this part of northwest Donegal. The village straddles two parishes—Gweedore and The Rosses—in Kilmacrenan barony, situated in a landscape of peat bogs and infertile terrain unsuitable for large-scale agriculture. Early settlement patterns emerged gradually through the medieval period, ...