Dooniver

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Dún Ibhir (anglicised as Dooniver),^[1] meaning "Ibhir's stronghold", or "Ibhir's fort" is a Gaeltacht village on Achill Island in County Mayo, Ireland. There are many beaches nearby, including Dooniver Beach and Bullsmouth Beach. The island of Inishbiggle is close to Bullsmouth.

Dooniver is located on the east side of Achill Island. Surrounding villages include Askill, Tóin an tSeanbhaile, Bunnacurry. The townland of Dooniver is broken into a number of subsections - Bullsmouth, Claddagh, Dooniver, The Brae, Baile na locha (Lakeside), Dionn, Áird Mhór , New Road and Sebastopol, etc.

The following list taken from The Mayo County Council Website shows the population of the village in the years 1841 - 1921

Dooniver has a number of amenities a National School, hall, garage, plant hire, headstone maker and coffee shop. There is a bed and breakfast and caravan park. The village has one postbox, one bus stop and is served by Bus Éireann 440 once a day in each direction.

Dooniver has a National School (founded in 1910). The National School was originally in Bullsmouth, but was later moved. Students have a choice of going to either McHale College or Scoil Damhnait which is located in Pollranny in the Achill area.

Dooniver once had a soccer team called the Dooniver Swifts which played in the Mayo & District League. There is a GAA Pitch in the area called St.Joseph's Park. Dooniver is a part of the St. Colman's (Dooniver, Askill, Valley, Dugort and Dookinella) local GAA team and the 'DVD' (Dooniver, Valley, Dugort) soccer team.

• Táin Bó Flidhais A 12th century document
• Glenmason manuscript 12th century
• "Fintan mac Bóchra and the Hawk of Achill" 15th century poem

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  Sea view looking onto Inishbiggle
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  Dun Eibher
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  Dooniver sign

• The official Dooniver website
• Achill Tourism
• Logainm Dooniver
• 1911 Census
• Census of Dooniver 1841-1911
• Collins map of Dooniver
• Slievemore View B&B
• Dooniver kitesurf
• Dooniver Weather
• in County Mayo
• Dooniver Swifts FC

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