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Béal an Daingin, County Galway

The history of Béal an Daingin

A Gaeltacht village and one actor's birthplace. 2 moments, in order.

  1. 1943

    Diarmuid Mac an Adhastair

    The actor of Ros na Rún was born in Béal an Daingin, and died in 2015.

  2. Today

    A village in Irish

    Irish is the language spoken; all but a few of the older people speak English too. A pub, a post office and Scoil an Tuairín lie within a few miles, with Leitir Móir and An Cheathrú Rua the nearest villages.

Where this comes from

Every paragraph above summarises a statement in Wikipedia, "Bealadangan", licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, as it read on 2026-09-19. Follow it for the footnotes. Nothing has been added from memory.

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