Tooban

{{Short description|Townland in County Donegal, Ireland}}

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Tooban ({{Irish place name|Taobh Bán}}), also known as Tievebane,{{cite web|url=https://www.logainm.ie/15206.aspx |title=Taobh Bán/Tievebane|website=Logainm.ie | publisher = Placenames Database of Ireland | accessdate = 28 May 2021 }} is a townland in County Donegal in the north west of Ireland.{{cite web| url = https://www.townlands.ie/donegal/inishowen-west/fahan-upper/fahan/tievebane/tievebane/ | publisher = townlands.ie | title = Tievebane | accessdate = 28 May 2021 }} It is traversed by the R238 road. Faghan Presbyterian church is situated near the centre of the townland.

It was served by Tooban Junction railway station from 1864 to 1953.{{fact|date=April 2021}}

Tooban (listed in census reports as Tievebane) had a population of 345 people as of the 2016 census.{{cite web|url = http://citypopulation.de/en/ireland/towns/donegal/0893__tievebane/ | website = City Population | title = Tievebane (Ireland) Census Town | accessdate = 28 May 2021 }}

Further reading

  • {{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=AyZcAAAAQAAJ&dq=Tooban%2C+co+Donegal&pg=PT59 |title=Reports from Commissioners |location=Great Britain |publisher=Parliament. House of Commons |year=1863 |page=59}}
  • {{cite book|last=Wilkinson |first=S. B. |year=1908 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=gzoiAQAAMAAJ&dq=Tooban%2C+co+Donegal&pg=PA92-IA1 |title=The Geology of the Country Around Londonderry |publisher=H.M. Stationery Office |page=92}}

References

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Category:Geography of County Donegal

Category:Townlands of County Donegal

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