Clondavaddog
{{short description|Civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland}}
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Clondavaddog ({{irish place name|Cluain Dabhaodóg}}) is a civil parish in the northern part of the Fanad peninsula in County Donegal, Ireland.{{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/777.aspx| publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Cluain Dabhaodóg / Clondavaddog | accessdate = 27 August 2024 }} It is in the historical barony of Kilmacrenan.{{cite book | chapter-url = https://www.libraryireland.com/topog/C/Clondevadock-Kilmacrenan-Donegal.php | chapter = Clondevadock | title = A Topographical Dictionary of Ireland | editor-first = Samuel | editor-last = Lewis | publisher = Lewis | date = 1837 | via = libraryireland.com }} Clondavaddog is also an ecclesiastical parish in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. Clondevaddock ("Christ The Redeemer") is also a parish in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry and Raphoe.{{cite web|url = https://www.ireland.anglican.org/find-a-church/parish/11560/clondevaddock-christ-the-redeemer | website = ireland.anglican.org | title = Clondevaddock Christ The Redeemer | accessdate = 27 August 2024 }}
History
William Hamilton, who had been appointed the Protestant minister of Clondavaddog in 1790, was killed by an angry mob near Manorcunningham in March 1797. This was one of several precursors to the Irish Rebellion of 1798.{{cite DNB|wstitle=Hamilton, William (1755-1797)|volume=24}}
Notable people
- Henry Maturin (1842–1920), Irish cricketer and physician
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Category:Civil parishes of County Donegal
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