placenamesCuldaff
Cúil Dabhcha
Lewis records changes in fishing before 1837 without explaining their cause.
The name
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Recorded forms
- Cúil Dabhcha · Irish · main form · non-validated name
- Culdaff · English · main form
Place & story
Cod and salmon in a historical account
Samuel Lewis wrote in 1837 that large quantities of cod had been caught off Culdaff before 1812, but that the fish had since almost disappeared from the local catch. He also described summer salmon fishing in the river and along several miles of coast, while noting that salmon had become scarce. These observations concern the fisheries described in his parish account; they provide neither catch statistics nor an explanation for the changes, and do not establish present-day fish abundance. [2]
Geographic information
- Place type
- Civil parish
- County
- Donegal
- Barony
- Inishowen East
- Coordinates
- 55.26877, -7.15539 (approximate)
- Mapped area
- 82.45 km²
- Logainm ID
- 781 ↗
Sources & further reading
- Logainm.ie — Culdaff. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
- Culdaff: A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland (1837) · Samuel Lewis
Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2023-08-17. How this page was prepared.