Loch an Iúir


 * ), anglicised as Loughanure, is a village and townland in The Rosses, a district in the west of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The village is in the Gaeltacht, being halfway between Gweedore and Dungloe, with the N56 road passing through the village. According to the 2016 census, 37% of the population spoke Irish on a daily basis outside the education system. The village of Loughanure lies within the Barony of Boylagh.

Amenities
There is a traditional public house and restaurant known as "Casadh an tSúgáin" at the corner of the main road and the Annagry road. There is also a service station with a XL convenience store opposite of the Coláiste Mhuire Irish language college building. The famed Donegal Pens, featured on Dragon's Den, also operate in the village.

During the summer months, an Irish language college operates allowing youths to stay in or near the village and learn Irish for 2 weeks (Course A) or 3 weeks (Course B & C).

Education
The local primary school is a gaelscoil called Scoil Eoin Pol with 20 pupils. The nearest secondary school is Rosses Community School in Dungloe.

Transport
The village is serviced by TFI Local Link routes 271 Burtonport/Letterkenny, 992 Crolly/Dungloe and 966 Falcarragh/Dungloe.

Notable people

 * Niall Ó Dónaill, (1908–1995) Irish-language lexicographer. His Dictionary Foclóir Gaeilge/Béarla (1977) is consulted by language students worldwide.  Other books by the same writer: Bruighean Feille and Na Glúnta Rosannacha (1952) a history of the Rosses from the Dark Ages. Ó Dónaill was born in Barr na hAilte, Loch an Iúir, in 1908 and died in 1995.