Newtowncunningham

Newtowncunningham (Irish: An Baile Nua - literal translation: "The New Town"), known as "Newton" to locals, is a village in the Lagan Valley of east County Donegal, Ireland, located midway between the towns of Derry in Northern Ireland and Letterkenny.

 

Views of Newtowncunningham

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Points of Interest

 

» Like nearby Manorcunningham, the village takes its name from John Cunningham, originally from Kilbirnie, Ayrshire, in Scotland, who was among the settlers granted lands in County Donegal during the Plantation of Ulster. The village's architecture includes stately Anglo-Irish "big houses", now known as the Manse and the Castle, which reflect the village's colonial and Presbyterian history.

 

» Newtowncunningham has an unusal shaped church called "Church Of The All Saints". Designed and based on St. Peter’s Barque, the Church Of The All Saints displays some of the fine stonework that native to Donegal. With a high ceiling interior the church gives a fresh feeling and with various meeting rooms internally the Church was designed to provide a vital amenity for the area, as well as being very aesthetically pleasing.