Gleneely

{{short description|Village in County Donegal, Ireland}}

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Gleneely ({{irish place name|Gleann Daoile}}){{cite web|url = https://www.logainm.ie/1166934.aspx | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | website = logainm.ie | title = Gleann Daoile / Gleneely | accessdate = 10 October 2021 }} is a village and census town on the Inishowen peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. As of the 2016 census, the village had a population of 236 people (up from 166 as of the 2006 census).{{cite web|url = https://www.citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/donegal/0465__gleneely/ | website = City Population | title = Gleneely (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 10 October 2021 }}

Gleneely's Church of Ireland church, All Saints Church in Aghaglassan townland, was built in 1856.{{cite web|url = https://www.buildingsofireland.ie/buildings-search/building/40901203/all-saints-church-of-ireland-church-aghaglassan-gleneely-donegal | publisher = National Inventory of Architectural Heritage | website = buildingsofireland.ie | title = All Saints Church of Ireland Church, Aghaglassan, Gleneely, Donegal | accessdate = 10 October 2021 }} The nearest Catholic church, known locally as 'the Chapel', is in Culdaff parish. The local national (primary) school, Scoil Mhuire in Dristernan townland, had an enrollment of 125 pupils as of 2021.{{cite web|url = https://www.gov.ie/en/directory/page/5ow8kb-hx69qc-/ | publisher = Department of Education | website = gov.ie | title = Directory - Scoil Mhuire, Dristernan Gleneely Co. Donegal | date = 7 September 2021 | accessdate = 10 October 2021 }}

Local sports clubs include the Gleneely Colts association football (soccer) club, which fields teams in the Inishowen Football League.{{cite web|url = https://inishowenfl.ie/team/gleneely-colts/ | publisher = Inishowen Football League | website = inishowenfl.ie | title = Gleneely Colts | accessdate = 10 October 2021 }}