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Knockbrack

An Cnoc Breac

Two small crossings record different stages of transport in Knockbrack, Magheraboy.

Watercolour and fine ink illustration of Farmland at Knockbrack, viewed northeast from the N56 in 2012.
Illustration, Farmland at Knockbrack, viewed northeast from the N56 in 2012
Recorded locationKnockbrack54.91022° N · 7.68814° WInteractive map supplied by OpenStreetMap.
Approximate recorded location · Logainm.ie

The name

breacspeckledcnochill

These Irish name elements are associated with this record in the Logainm glossary.

An element’s translation is a clue, rather than a complete explanation of the name. Its form and meaning depend on local history and the full Irish name.

Recorded forms

  • An Cnoc Breac · Irish · main form · validated name
  • Knockbrack · English · main form

Place & story

Foundry Bridge

Foundry Bridge carries a road across Dooballagh Burn. Its stone arch has projecting buttresses on both faces. The National Inventory of Architectural Heritage suggests rebuilding or alteration around the mid-nineteenth century, while noting a bridge on the 1836 map. It connects the name with a nearby smithy shown on later mapping. [2]

A railway crossing

Another single-arch bridge in Knockbrack carried the narrow-gauge Strabane–Letterkenny railway over a stream. The line opened in 1909 and closed in 1960. The inventory records the surviving structure in a private garden beside an altered crossing-keeper’s house, with its rails removed and grass covering the deck. [3]

Geographic information

Place type
Population centre
County
Donegal
Civil parish
Leck
Coordinates
54.91022, -7.68814 (approximate)
Logainm ID
1413081 ↗

Sources & further reading

  1. Logainm.ie — Knockbrack. Place names and geographic record, licensed under CC BY 4.0.
  2. Foundry Bridge, NIAH record 40906111 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  3. Former railway bridge, NIAH record 40906119 · National Inventory of Architectural Heritage
  4. Farmland at Knockbrack, viewed northeast from the N56 in 2012 illustration: based on a Farmland, Knockbrack by Richard Webb. AI-assisted watercolour and ink adaptation; cream paper margins added, incidental clutter omitted and fine details simplified. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.0.

Name record retrieved 2026-10-25 · Source record modified 2025-01-10. How this page was prepared.