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An Port is an abandoned village in south-west Donegal, known for its old stone cottages. Once thought to be the first maritime port in County Donegal, the village gradually became deserted due to its remote location. By the late 1960s, the last of its residents had moved away.
In 1576, the daughter of Tarlach Neill, head of the Clann Ui Bhaoill (O’Boyle Clan), Siobhan, tragically drowned in the waters of An Port. Siobhan had fled to the village to escape an arranged marriage, pursued by the man she was to marry. It is believed that her death occurred either while she was learning to swim or, more likely, at the hands of the man she had tried to escape. Given the area is more of a stream than a river, the latter scenario seems more plausible. Legend has it that Siobhan’s spirit still haunts the now-abandoned village of An Port to this day.
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