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History of Falcarragh


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The first recorded reference to Falcarragh appears in a report written by William Wilson, Raphoe in 1822. Wilson was the Protestant Bishop’s stewart responsible for the collection of tithes to support the Protestant clergy. He, apparently, received a hostile reception on arrival in Cloughaneely (parish) according to his account to the bishop:

According to my intention I went to Cloughineely and on Monday about 12 o’clock arrived at a place called Falcarrow in

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