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Buncrana meaning

A town beside Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 3432).

Using Buncrana

  • The main meaning on this page is: A town beside Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 3432).
  • In the example corpus, buncrana often appears in combinations such as: in buncrana.

Context around Buncrana

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 22.6 words
  • Position in the sentence: 3 start, 3 middle, 3 end
  • Sentence types: 9 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Corpus analysis for Buncrana

  • In this selection, "buncrana" usually appears near the start of the sentence. The average example has 22.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, oratory, pier, conor and county stand out and add context to how "buncrana" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include beach in buncrana this morning and buncrana is popular. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "buncrana" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with buncrana

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

A further €75,571 was raised through pay parking in Buncrana. (11 words)

Buncrana is popular with visitors from nearby Derry just across the border and many have second homes there. (18 words)

The Buncrana Pier and Swilly Road in Buncrana are currently closed to traffic as Gardaí conduct a technical examination. (19 words)

An acclaimed florist, who will be in attendance at the forthcoming ‘Spark to A Flame’ flower festival in Buncrana has told how ‘visitors are in for a visual feast for the eyes’. (32 words)

Rebecca had been returning from a function at a local hotel in Buncrana when she was struck by a Garda car at approximately 3.15am on Sunday. (27 words)

Hundreds of people have started their Christmas Day off in bracing style with a dip in the chilly waters of Ludden beach in Buncrana this morning. (26 words)

Example sentences (9)

The Buncrana Pier and Swilly Road in Buncrana are currently closed to traffic as Gardaí conduct a technical examination.

An acclaimed florist, who will be in attendance at the forthcoming ‘Spark to A Flame’ flower festival in Buncrana has told how ‘visitors are in for a visual feast for the eyes’.

Buncrana is popular with visitors from nearby Derry just across the border and many have second homes there.

Hundreds of people have started their Christmas Day off in bracing style with a dip in the chilly waters of Ludden beach in Buncrana this morning.

Rebecca had been returning from a function at a local hotel in Buncrana when she was struck by a Garda car at approximately 3.15am on Sunday.

A further €75,571 was raised through pay parking in Buncrana.

The likes of PJ McCarron of Buncrana, Conor O’Grady and Ryan Hilferty, St Eunan’s, they are all really stepping it up at training.

Removal tomorrow, Monday at 9.15 am to St. Mary’s Oratory, Buncrana for equiem Mass at 10 am.

They did, however, reveal it had a population of 6,839 in the 2011 Census – the same amount of people recorded living in Buncrana, County Donegal.

Common combinations with buncrana

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • in buncrana

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "buncrana" in a sentence?
An example: "The Buncrana Pier and Swilly Road in Buncrana are currently closed to traffic as Gardaí conduct a technical examination." This page contains 9 example sentences with the word "buncrana" from authentic English texts.
What does "buncrana" mean?
Buncrana means: A town beside Lough Swilly, County Donegal, Ireland (Irish grid ref C 3432).
How many example sentences with "buncrana" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 9 example sentences with "buncrana", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.