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{{short description |Village in County Donegal, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Hiberno-English|date=May 2019}}
{{Infobox settlement
|name                   = Laghy
|native_name            = {{Native name|ga|An Lathaigh|paren=omit}}
|settlement_type        = Village
|image_skyline          = Main Street, Laghey - geograph.org.uk - 2072236.jpg
|image_caption          = Main Street
|pushpin_map            = Ireland
|pushpin_label_position = left
|pushpin_map_caption    = Location in Ireland
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]]
|subdivision_type1      = [[Provinces of Ireland|Province]]
|subdivision_name1      = [[Ulster]]
|subdivision_type3      = [[Counties of Ireland|County]]
|subdivision_name3      = [[County Donegal]]
|established_title      =
|established_date       =
|leader_title1          = [[Dáil constituency]]
|leader_name1           = [[Donegal (Dáil constituency)|Donegal]]
|unit_pref              = Metric
|area_footnotes         =
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|population_as_of       = [[2022 census of Ireland|2022]]
|population_footnotes = <ref name=cso2022>{{cite web | title = Census Interactive Map – Towns: Laghy | url = https://visual.cso.ie/?body=entity/ima/cop/2022&boundary=C04160V04929&guid=381475be-f3d6-4801-af2d-ce7b12b22cbe | work = [[2022 census of Ireland|Census 2022]] | publisher = [[Central Statistics Office (Ireland)|Central Statistics Office]] | access-date = 13 November 2024}}</ref>
|population             = 176
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|coordinates            = {{coord|54.616667|-8.087461|dim:100000_region:IE|format=dms|display=inline,title}}
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|area_code              = +353 74
|blank_name             = [[Irish grid reference system|Irish Grid Reference]]
|blank_info             = {{iem4ibx|G939748}}
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'''Laghy'''<ref name="logainm">[https://www.logainm.ie/en/1416617 Laghy/An Lathaigh]. [[Placenames Database of Ireland]].</ref> or '''Laghey''' ({{respell|LAH|hee}}; {{lga|An Lathaigh}})<ref name="logainm"/> is a village and [[townland]] in [[County Donegal]], [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]], between [[Ballintra]] and [[Donegal Town]]. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of [[Drumholm]], formerly a [[civil parishes in Ireland|civil]] and [[Church of Ireland]] parish, now only used as a division of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe]]. The village has a quarry, a supermarket, garden centre, filling station, two public houses, a church with a graveyard, an [[Orange Order|Orange]] hall, a recycling centre, a [[Donegal County Council]] yard and salt depot, and a national school (St Eunan's NS). [[Rossnowlagh]] and [[Murvagh]] beaches are nearby. Murvagh is also the home to Donegal Golf Club.
==Landmarks==
[[File:An Lathaigh 050605.jpg|upright|thumb|right|Seven Arches Bridge]]
Landmarks in the village include the Seven Arches Bridge at the bottom of the main street, and a signpost within the village that says Laghey is 1&nbsp;km away.{{citation needed|date=October 2017}}
==Transport==
===Rail transport===
[[Laghey railway station]] opened on 1 September 1905, was shut for goods traffic on 15 December 1947 and shut altogether on 1 January 1960.<ref>{{cite web | title= Laghy station | work=Railscot - Irish Railways | url=http://www.railscot.co.uk/Ireland/Irish_railways.pdf | access-date=2007-10-28}}</ref>  The station was part of the [[County Donegal Railways Joint Committee]] network.
===Bus transport===
Laghey is served by [[Bus Éireann]] route 480.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.buseireann.ie/inner.php?id=245 | title = Regional Services by County | publisher = [[Bus Éireann]] | access-date = 31 May 2021}}</ref>
==Education==
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St Eunan's [[National school (Ireland)|National School]] ({{Irish place name|Scoil Náisiúnta Naomh Adhamhnáin}}) is the only school remaining in the village. It is a Catholic primary school, one of two in the parish of Drumholm, under the patronage of the [[Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe|Bishop of Raphoe]], and is named after [[Adomnán|Saint Eunan]], one of the two patron saints of the diocese. The school was built in the first half of the twentieth century and is in the design of many others built across the country at this time.
The original school had two class rooms, while an extension, which opened in 1992, added a further two to the west end of the existing building. The school is directly adjacent to the main [[N15 road (Ireland)|N15]] [[Sligo]] to [[Letterkenny]] road, which also cuts the school off from the main part of the village. Because of this, when the village was being by-passed for the upgrading of the route, a tunnel had to be constructed to allow those living to the east of the road in the main part of the village to access the school safely.<ref>Trimble, Rev. Canon T.H.. The Legacy that is Laghey Community and Church</ref>
Secondary education is provided by the [[Abbey Vocational School]] in Donegal Town, while a small number attend Colaiste Cholmcille in [[Ballyshannon]].
[[File:Church of Ireland, Laghey Co Donegal - geograph.org.uk - 149481.jpg|thumb|right|Laghy [[Church of Ireland]]]]
==Sport==
The local [[Gaelic Athletic Association]] club is called ''Naomh Bríd'' (the club also includes Ballintra). The local [[soccer]] club is called Copany Rovers F.C. (also including Ballintra).{{citation needed|date=May 2021}}
==See also==
* [[List of populated places in the Republic of Ireland|List of populated places in Ireland]]
==References==
{{Reflist}}
==External links==
*[http://www.laghey.com Laghy Village Website]
{{County Donegal}}
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[[Category:Towns and villages in County Donegal]]
[[Category:Townlands of County Donegal]]