Creeslough

Creeslough (/ˈkriːslɒx/ KREES-lokh,[2] locally /ˈkriːslɑː/ KREES-lah;[3] Irish: An Craoslach [ənˠ ˈkˠɾˠiːsˠˌl̪ˠax])[2] is a village in County Donegal, Ireland, 12 kilometres (7 mi) south of Dunfanaghy on the N56 road.

[citation needed] The English name 'Creeslough' (occasionally 'Cresslough') is an anglicised respelling of an Irish name, the modern official spelling of which is An Craoslach (including the definite article An).

[9][10][12] Niall Ó Dónaill advised the Placenames Branch in 1962 that, although there was evidence that Crioslach was the older Irish form, it had long been changed to An Craoslach.

[13] Evidence of ancient settlement in the area includes a number of ringfort, holy well, enclosure and burial sites in the townlands of Creeslough, Killoughcarran and Masiness.

[16] On 7 October 2022, an explosion at Creeslough destroyed a shop and Applegreen petrol station, as well as the adjoining apartment block, resulting in ten deaths and multiple injuries.

Muckish Mountain
Muckish Mountain in the Derryveagh range, near Creeslough
St. Michael's
St. Michael's Church, designed by Liam McCormick in 1971
A view of the countryside around Creeslough with Muckish mountain in the background