Burn Dale
{{Short description|Small river in County Donegal, Ireland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}}
{{Use Irish English|date=May 2021}}
{{Infobox river
| name = Burn Dale
| native_name ={{native name|ga|An Daoil}}
| name_etymology = Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One'
| image =
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| source1_location = Near Lough Dale, just below Cark Mountain, in East Donegal
| mouth_location = The Burn Dale enters the River Foyle directly opposite the Islandmore, just north-north-east of Lifford Discovery Series Sheet 6 (4th Edition). Ordnance Survey of Ireland (O.S.I.), Dublin, 2012. Discoverer Series Sheet 12 (E Edition). Ordnance Survey of Northern Ireland (O.S.N.I.), Land and Property Services, Belfast, 2013.
| length = Almost 20 miles (almost 32 kilometres) long
| subdivision_type1= Country
| subdivision_name1= Ireland
| subdivision_type2= Province
| subdivision_name2= Ulster
| subdivision_type3= County
| subdivision_name3= County Donegal
| subdivision_type4= Baronies
| subdivision_name4= Raphoe South and Raphoe North
| subdivision_type5= Traditional districts
| subdivision_name5= The burn flows through the Finn Valley and The Laggan, two traditional 'districts' in East Donegal
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| river_system = Foyle System
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The Burn Dale (Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One' Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 54. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.) is a burn or small river in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Martina O'Donnell, 'Settlement and Society in the Barony of East Inishowen, {{circa|1850}}' in William Nolan, Liam Ronayne and Mairead Dunlevy (Editors), Donegal: History and Society, p. 513. Geography Publications, Dublin, 1995 (reprinted 2002). LOUGHS AGENCY: Foyle and Carlingford Catchments - Deele River. https://fishinginireland.info/trout/loughsagency/ River Deele and Tributaries Catchment Status Report 2010 (Report Ref.: LA/CSR/04/11), p. 10. Loughs Agency, Derry, 2010 (this publication can be viewed online). Mindat.org: Deele River, County Donegal, Ulster, Ireland. https://www.mindat.org/feature-2964855.html Irish White Water: Deele River. https://www.iww.ie/river_guide/river.php?id=474 The burn is also known in English as the Dale Burn, the Burn Deele, the Burndale River, the Deele River or the River Deele. Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams (Editors), Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Volume 39 - Parishes of County Donegal II, 1835-6: Mid, West and South Donegal, p. 1, p. 18 and p. 188. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1997 (in association with the Royal Irish Academy). Samuel Lewis, Counties Londonderry and Donegal: A Topographical Dictionary, p. 72. Friar's Bush Press, Belfast, 2004 (originally published in London in 1837). In the Ulster Scots dialect, a 'burn' is a stream or small river. Patrick McKay, A Dictionary of Ulster Place-Names, p. 31 (see entries for 'Burnfoot' and 'Burntollet River') and p. 150. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1999.
Course
The Burn Dale rises in, and flows through, East Donegal. It rises near Lough Dale, also known as Lough Deele, a lough just below Cark Mountain, very near the village and townland of Drumkeen. Drumkeen Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-south/convoy/convoy/drumkeen/ The burn flows to the east-south-east from its source, mainly flowing in an east-south-easterly direction for its entire course. It flows around the southern edges of both Drumkeen and Convoy, Samuel Lewis, Counties Londonderry and Donegal: A Topographical Dictionary, p. 82. Friar's Bush Press, Belfast, 2004 (originally published in London in 1837). flowing about two miles to the south of Raphoe, and then flows through the village of Ballindrait. Ballindrait Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-north/clonleigh/clonleigh-north/ballindrait/ Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams (Editors), Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Volume 39 - Parishes of County Donegal II, 1835-6: Mid, West and South Donegal, p. 14. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1997 (in association with the Royal Irish Academy). The burn flows through two baronies: Raphoe South and Raphoe North. Barony of Raphoe South, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-south/ Barony of Raphoe North, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-north/ Some stretches of the burn form the boundary between the Finn Valley and The Laggan, two traditional 'districts' in East Donegal.
The mouth of the Burn Dale is where the townland of Coolatee 'marches up against' (borders or meets) the townland of Wood Island, on the northern outskirts of Lifford. Coolatee Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-north/clonleigh/clonleigh-north/coolatee/ Wood Island Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-north/clonleigh/clonleigh-south/wood-island/ It empties into the River Foyle directly opposite the Islandmore, Angélique Day and Patrick McWilliams, Ordnance Survey Memoirs of Ireland Volume 39 - Parishes of County Donegal II, 1835-6: Mid, West and South Donegal, p. 7. The Institute of Irish Studies, The Queen's University of Belfast, Belfast, 1997 (in association with the Royal Irish Academy). a townland and part of an island that is just under a mile east from Mulrine's Bridge, entering a channel of the Foyle about a mile north-north-east of Lifford Bridge. Island More Townland, Co. Donegal. https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/raphoe-north/clonleigh/clonleigh-north/island-more/ The Burn Dale is almost 20 miles (almost 32 kilometres) long.
The N13 crosses the Burn Dale just outside Drumkeen, while the N14 crosses the Burn Dale at Mulrine's Bridge, near the Rossgeir Junction, just to the north of Lifford. The stretch of the R236 known locally as 'the Braaid Rayid' or 'the Braaid Roád', both Ulster-Scots terms meaning 'the Broad Road', crosses the Burn Dale at Glasly Bridge, just to the west-south-west of Convoy. The R264 crosses the Burn Dale in Ballindrait.
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