Burn Dale
The Burn Dale (Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One') is a burn or small river in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The burn is also known in English as the Dale Burn, the Burn Deele, the Burndale River, the Deele River or the River Deele. In the Ulster Scots dialect, a 'burn' is a stream or small river.
| Burn Dale | |
|---|---|
| Etymology | Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One' |
| Native name | An Daoil (Irish) |
| Location | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Baronies | Raphoe South and Raphoe North |
| Traditional districts | The burn flows through the Finn Valley and The Laggan, two traditional 'districts' in East Donegal |
| Physical characteristics | |
| Source | |
| • location | Near Lough Dale, just below Cark Mountain, in East Donegal |
| Mouth | |
• location | The Burn Dale enters the River Foyle directly opposite the Islandmore, just north-north-east of Lifford |
| Length | Almost 20 miles (almost 32 kilometres) long |
| Basin features | |
| River system | Foyle System |
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