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href="#Geography"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.3</span> <span>Geography</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geography-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Flora_and_fauna" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Flora_and_fauna"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.4</span> <span>Flora and fauna</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Flora_and_fauna-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Climate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Climate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.5</span> <span>Climate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Climate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Geology_and_terrain" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Geology_and_terrain"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">3.6</span> <span>Geology and terrain</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Geology_and_terrain-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Demographics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Demographics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4</span> <span>Demographics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Demographics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Demographics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Largest_towns" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Largest_towns"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.1</span> <span>Largest towns</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Largest_towns-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Irish_language" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Irish_language"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">4.2</span> <span>Irish language</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Irish_language-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Government_and_politics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Government_and_politics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5</span> <span>Government and politics</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Government and politics subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Government_and_politics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Local_government" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_government"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.1</span> <span>Local government</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_government-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Former_districts" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Former_districts"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.2</span> <span>Former districts</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Former_districts-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-National_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#National_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.3</span> <span>National elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-National_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Referendums" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Referendums"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.4</span> <span>Referendums</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Referendums-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-European_elections" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#European_elections"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">5.5</span> <span>European elections</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-European_elections-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Freedom_of_Donegal" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Freedom_of_Donegal"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">6</span> <span>Freedom of Donegal</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Freedom_of_Donegal-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Transport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a 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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Rugby_Union" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Rugby_Union"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.2</span> <span>Rugby Union</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Rugby_Union-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Association_football" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Association_football"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.3</span> <span>Association football</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Association_football-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Golf" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Golf"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.4</span> <span>Golf</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Golf-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cricket" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cricket"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.5</span> <span>Cricket</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Cricket-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Athletics" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Athletics"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.6</span> <span>Athletics</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Athletics-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Other_sports" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Other_sports"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11.7</span> <span>Other sports</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Other_sports-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-People" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#People"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>People</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-People-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-See_also" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#See_also"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>See also</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-See_also-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" 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href="https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%82%D8%A7%D8%B7%D8%B9%D8%A9_%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%84" title="مقاطعة دونيجال – Arabic" lang="ar" hreflang="ar" data-title="مقاطعة دونيجال" data-language-autonym="العربية" data-language-local-name="Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>العربية</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ast mw-list-item"><a href="https://ast.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cond%C3%A1u_de_Donegal" title="Condáu de Donegal – Asturian" lang="ast" hreflang="ast" data-title="Condáu de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Asturianu" data-language-local-name="Asturian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Asturianu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-zh-min-nan mw-list-item"><a href="https://zh-min-nan.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_K%C5%ABn" title="Donegal Kūn – Minnan" lang="nan" hreflang="nan" data-title="Donegal Kūn" data-language-autonym="閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú" data-language-local-name="Minnan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>閩南語 / Bân-lâm-gú</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B8%D0%B3%D0%B0%D0%BB_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Донигал (графство) – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Донигал (графство)" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kontelezh_D%C3%BAn_na_nGall" title="Kontelezh Dún na nGall – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Kontelezh Dún na nGall" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_de_Donegal" title="Comtat de Donegal – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Comtat de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hrabstv%C3%AD_Donegal" title="Hrabství Donegal – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Hrabství Donegal" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swydd_Donegal" title="Swydd Donegal – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Swydd Donegal" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-et mw-list-item"><a href="https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegali_krahvkond" title="Donegali krahvkond – Estonian" lang="et" hreflang="et" data-title="Donegali krahvkond" data-language-autonym="Eesti" data-language-local-name="Estonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Eesti</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Donegal" title="Condado de Donegal – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Condado de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eo mw-list-item"><a href="https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graflando_Donegal" title="Graflando Donegal – Esperanto" lang="eo" hreflang="eo" data-title="Graflando Donegal" data-language-autonym="Esperanto" data-language-local-name="Esperanto" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Esperanto</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_konderria" title="Donegal konderria – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Donegal konderria" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B4%D9%87%D8%B1%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%AF%D8%A7%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%84" title="شهرستان دانیگول – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="شهرستان دانیگول" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comt%C3%A9_de_Donegal" title="Comté de Donegal – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Comté de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Dh%C3%BAn_na_nGall" title="Contae Dhún na nGall – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Contae Dhún na nGall" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gv mw-list-item"><a href="https://gv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coontae_Ghoon_ny_Ghoal" title="Coontae Ghoon ny Ghoal – Manx" lang="gv" hreflang="gv" data-title="Coontae Ghoon ny Ghoal" data-language-autonym="Gaelg" data-language-local-name="Manx" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaelg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gd mw-list-item"><a href="https://gd.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contae_Dh%C3%BAn_nan_Gall" title="Contae Dhún nan Gall – Scottish Gaelic" lang="gd" hreflang="gd" data-title="Contae Dhún nan Gall" data-language-autonym="Gàidhlig" data-language-local-name="Scottish Gaelic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gàidhlig</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-gl mw-list-item"><a href="https://gl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Donegal" title="Condado de Donegal – Galician" lang="gl" hreflang="gl" data-title="Condado de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Galego" data-language-local-name="Galician" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Galego</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%8D%94%EB%8B%88%EA%B3%A8%EC%A3%BC" title="더니골주 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="더니골주" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hr mw-list-item"><a href="https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dh%C3%BAn_na_nGall" title="Dhún na nGall – Croatian" lang="hr" hreflang="hr" data-title="Dhún na nGall" data-language-autonym="Hrvatski" data-language-local-name="Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Hrvatski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-id mw-list-item"><a href="https://id.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Indonesian" lang="id" hreflang="id" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Indonesia" data-language-local-name="Indonesian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Indonesia</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-os mw-list-item"><a href="https://os.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D0%B0%D0%B4)" title="Донегол (графад) – Ossetic" lang="os" hreflang="os" data-title="Донегол (графад)" data-language-autonym="Ирон" data-language-local-name="Ossetic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ирон</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Contea_di_Donegal" title="Contea di Donegal – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Contea di Donegal" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-he mw-list-item"><a href="https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%9E%D7%97%D7%95%D7%96_%D7%93%D7%A0%D7%99%D7%92%D7%95%D7%9C" title="מחוז דניגול – Hebrew" lang="he" hreflang="he" data-title="מחוז דניגול" data-language-autonym="עברית" data-language-local-name="Hebrew" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>עברית</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-kn mw-list-item"><a href="https://kn.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%B2%A1%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%A8%E0%B2%BF%E0%B2%97%E0%B2%BE%E0%B2%B2%E0%B3%8D" title="ಡಾನಿಗಾಲ್ – Kannada" lang="kn" hreflang="kn" data-title="ಡಾನಿಗಾಲ್" data-language-autonym="ಕನ್ನಡ" data-language-local-name="Kannada" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ಕನ್ನಡ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ka mw-list-item"><a href="https://ka.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%83%93%E1%83%9D%E1%83%9C%E1%83%94%E1%83%92%E1%83%90%E1%83%9A%E1%83%98%E1%83%A1_%E1%83%A1%E1%83%90%E1%83%92%E1%83%A0%E1%83%90%E1%83%A4%E1%83%9D" title="დონეგალის საგრაფო – Georgian" lang="ka" hreflang="ka" data-title="დონეგალის საგრაფო" data-language-autonym="ქართული" data-language-local-name="Georgian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>ქართული</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sw mw-list-item"><a href="https://sw.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilaya_ya_Donegal" title="Wilaya ya Donegal – Swahili" lang="sw" hreflang="sw" data-title="Wilaya ya Donegal" data-language-autonym="Kiswahili" data-language-local-name="Swahili" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kiswahili</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ku mw-list-item"><a href="https://ku.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Kurdish" lang="ku" hreflang="ku" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Kurdî" data-language-local-name="Kurdish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Kurdî</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-la mw-list-item"><a href="https://la.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatus_Dungalensis" title="Comitatus Dungalensis – Latin" lang="la" hreflang="la" data-title="Comitatus Dungalensis" data-language-autonym="Latina" data-language-local-name="Latin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegolas_gr%C4%81fiste" title="Donegolas grāfiste – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Donegolas grāfiste" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lt mw-list-item"><a href="https://lt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegolo_grafyst%C4%97" title="Donegolo grafystė – Lithuanian" lang="lt" hreflang="lt" data-title="Donegolo grafystė" data-language-autonym="Lietuvių" data-language-local-name="Lithuanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Lietuvių</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_megye" title="Donegal megye – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Donegal megye" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mk mw-list-item"><a href="https://mk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%BE%D1%84%D0%BE%D0%B2%D0%B8%D1%98%D0%B0)" title="Донегол (грофовија) – Macedonian" lang="mk" hreflang="mk" data-title="Донегол (грофовија)" data-language-autonym="Македонски" data-language-local-name="Macedonian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Македонски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ms mw-list-item"><a href="https://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunti_Donegal" title="Kaunti Donegal – Malay" lang="ms" hreflang="ms" data-title="Kaunti Donegal" data-language-autonym="Bahasa Melayu" data-language-local-name="Malay" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Bahasa Melayu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%89%E3%83%8B%E3%82%B4%E3%83%BC%E3%83%AB%E7%9C%8C" title="ドニゴール県 – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="ドニゴール県" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-frr mw-list-item"><a href="https://frr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(Graafskap)" title="Donegal (Graafskap) – Northern Frisian" lang="frr" hreflang="frr" data-title="Donegal (Graafskap)" data-language-autonym="Nordfriisk" data-language-local-name="Northern Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nordfriisk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(grevskap)" title="Donegal (grevskap) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Donegal (grevskap)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-oc mw-list-item"><a href="https://oc.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comtat_de_Donegal" title="Comtat de Donegal – Occitan" lang="oc" hreflang="oc" data-title="Comtat de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Occitan" data-language-local-name="Occitan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Occitan</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pnb mw-list-item"><a href="https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%AF%D9%88%D9%86%DB%8C%DA%AF%D9%84" title="دونیگل – Western Punjabi" lang="pnb" hreflang="pnb" data-title="دونیگل" data-language-autonym="پنجابی" data-language-local-name="Western Punjabi" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>پنجابی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tpi mw-list-item"><a href="https://tpi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaunti_Donegal" title="Kaunti Donegal – Tok Pisin" lang="tpi" hreflang="tpi" data-title="Kaunti Donegal" data-language-autonym="Tok Pisin" data-language-local-name="Tok Pisin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Tok Pisin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(hrabstwo)" title="Donegal (hrabstwo) – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Donegal (hrabstwo)" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pt mw-list-item"><a href="https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condado_de_Donegal" title="Condado de Donegal – Portuguese" lang="pt" hreflang="pt" data-title="Condado de Donegal" data-language-autonym="Português" data-language-local-name="Portuguese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Português</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comitatul_Donegal" title="Comitatul Donegal – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Comitatul Donegal" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Донегол (графство) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Донегол (графство)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sco mw-list-item"><a href="https://sco.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coontie_Dunnygal" title="Coontie Dunnygal – Scots" lang="sco" hreflang="sco" data-title="Coontie Dunnygal" data-language-autonym="Scots" data-language-local-name="Scots" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Scots</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sq mw-list-item"><a href="https://sq.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qarku_i_Donegal" title="Qarku i Donegal – Albanian" lang="sq" hreflang="sq" data-title="Qarku i Donegal" data-language-autonym="Shqip" data-language-local-name="Albanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Shqip</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/County_Donegal" title="County Donegal – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="County Donegal" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sk mw-list-item"><a href="https://sk.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(gr%C3%B3fstvo)" title="Donegal (grófstvo) – Slovak" lang="sk" hreflang="sk" data-title="Donegal (grófstvo)" data-language-autonym="Slovenčina" data-language-local-name="Slovak" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Slovenčina</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB_(%D0%BE%D0%BA%D1%80%D1%83%D0%B3)" title="Донегол (округ) – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Донегол (округ)" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sh mw-list-item"><a href="https://sh.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(grofovija)" title="Donegal (grofovija) – Serbo-Croatian" lang="sh" hreflang="sh" data-title="Donegal (grofovija)" data-language-autonym="Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски" data-language-local-name="Serbo-Croatian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegalin_kreivikunta" title="Donegalin kreivikunta – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Donegalin kreivikunta" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_(grevskap)" title="Donegal (grevskap) – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Donegal (grevskap)" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tg mw-list-item"><a href="https://tg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%92%D0%B8%D0%BB%D0%BE%D1%8F%D1%82%D0%B8_%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB" title="Вилояти Донегол – Tajik" lang="tg" hreflang="tg" data-title="Вилояти Донегол" data-language-autonym="Тоҷикӣ" data-language-local-name="Tajik" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Тоҷикӣ</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donegal_Kontlu%C4%9Fu" title="Donegal Kontluğu – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Donegal Kontluğu" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uk mw-list-item"><a href="https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D0%BE%D0%BD%D0%B5%D0%B3%D0%BE%D0%BB_(%D0%B3%D1%80%D0%B0%D1%84%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B2%D0%BE)" title="Донегол (графство) – Ukrainian" lang="uk" hreflang="uk" data-title="Донегол (графство)" data-language-autonym="Українська" data-language-local-name="Ukrainian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Українська</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a 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class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">Province</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Regions_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Regions of Ireland">Region</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Western_Region" title="Northern and Western Region">Northern and Western</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Established</th><td class="infobox-data">1585<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a></td></tr><tr 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href="/wiki/European_Parliament_constituencies_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland">EP constituency</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Midlands%E2%80%93North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)">Midlands–North-West</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Area<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><sup id="cite_ref-WDC_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-WDC-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">4,860 km<sup>2</sup> (1,880 sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_area" title="List of Irish counties by area">4th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Highest elevation<div class="ib-settlement-fn"> (<a href="/wiki/Errigal" title="Errigal">Errigal</a>)</div></th><td class="infobox-data">751 m (2,464 ft)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header">Population<div class="ib-settlement-fn"><span class="nowrap"> </span>(<a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022</a>)<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></div></th></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><div style="white-space:nowrap;"> • Total</div></th><td class="infobox-data">167,084</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Rank</th><td class="infobox-data"> <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_population" title="List of Irish counties by population">13th</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"> • Density</th><td class="infobox-data">34/km<sup>2</sup> (89/sq mi)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Time_zone" title="Time zone">Time zone</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%C2%B10" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC±0">UTC±0</a> (<a href="/wiki/Western_European_Time" title="Western European Time">WET</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><span class="nowrap"> • Summer (<a href="/wiki/Daylight_saving_time" title="Daylight saving time">DST</a>)</span></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/UTC%2B1" class="mw-redirect" title="UTC+1">UTC+1</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_Standard_Time" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Standard Time">IST</a>)</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Eircode" class="mw-redirect" title="Eircode">Eircode</a> routing keys</th><td class="infobox-data adr"><div class="postal-code">F92, F93, F94</div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Telephone numbers in the Republic of Ireland">Telephone area codes</a></th><td class="infobox-data">074 (primarily)</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/ISO_3166" title="ISO 3166">ISO 3166 code</a></th><td class="infobox-data nickname">IE-DL</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Vehicle_registration_plates_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Vehicle registration plates of Ireland">Vehicle index<br />mark code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">DL</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Website</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="url"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.donegal.ie">www<wbr />.donegal<wbr 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spelling.</td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>County Donegal</b> (<span class="rt-commentedText nowrap"><span class="IPA nopopups noexcerpt" lang="en-fonipa"><a href="/wiki/Help:IPA/English" title="Help:IPA/English">/<span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ʌ/: 'u' in 'cut'">ʌ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˌ/: secondary stress follows">ˌ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span></span>-,<span class="wrap"> </span><span style="border-bottom:1px dotted"><span title="/ˈ/: primary stress follows">ˈ</span><span title="'d' in 'dye'">d</span><span title="/ɒ/: 'o' in 'body'">ɒ</span><span title="'n' in 'nigh'">n</span><span title="/ɪ/: 'i' in 'kit'">ɪ</span><span title="/ɡ/: 'g' in 'guy'">ɡ</span><span title="/ɔː/: 'au' in 'fraud'">ɔː</span><span title="'l' in 'lie'">l</span></span>/</a></span></span> <a href="/wiki/Help:Pronunciation_respelling_key" title="Help:Pronunciation respelling key"><i title="English pronunciation respelling"><span style="font-size:90%">DUN</span>-ig-<span style="font-size:90%">AWL</span>, <span style="font-size:90%">DON</span>-, <span style="font-size:90%">DON</span>-ig-awl</i></a>;<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Contae Dhún na nGall</i>)<sup id="cite_ref-logainm_7-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-logainm-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is a <a href="/wiki/Counties_of_Ireland" title="Counties of Ireland">county</a> of <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Ireland</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Provinces_of_Ireland" title="Provinces of Ireland">province</a> of <a href="/wiki/Ulster" title="Ulster">Ulster</a> and in the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Western_Region" title="Northern and Western Region">Northern and Western Region</a>. It is named after the town of <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(town)" title="Donegal (town)">Donegal</a> in the south of the county. It has also been known as <b>County Tyrconnell</b> or <b>Tirconaill</b> (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Tír Chonaill</i></span>), after <a href="/wiki/Tyrconnell" title="Tyrconnell">the historic territory</a>. <a href="/wiki/Donegal_County_Council" title="Donegal County Council">Donegal County Council</a> is the <a href="/wiki/Local_government_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="Local government in the Republic of Ireland">local council</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a> is the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a>. </p><p>The population was 167,084 at the <a href="/wiki/2022_census_of_Ireland" title="2022 census of Ireland">2022 census</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-cso2022_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2022-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Name">Name</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Name"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>County Donegal is named after the town of <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(town)" title="Donegal (town)">Donegal</a> (from <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a> <i> Dún na nGall</i> 'fort of the foreigners')<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in the south of the county. </p><p>It has also been known by the alternative name County <b>Tyrconnell</b> or <b>Tirconaill</b> (<span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Tír Chonaill</i></span>, meaning 'Land of <a href="/wiki/Conall_Gulban" title="Conall Gulban">Conall</a>'). The latter was its official name between 1922 and 1927.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> This is in reference to the <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga"><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BAath" title="Túath">túath</a></i></span> or <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic</a> kingdom of <span title="Irish-language text"><span lang="ga" style="font-style: normal;"><a href="/wiki/Tyrconnell" title="Tyrconnell">Tír Chonaill</a></span></span> (on which the county was based) and the <a href="/wiki/Earl_of_Tyrconnell" title="Earl of Tyrconnell">earldom</a> that succeeded it. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg/220px-KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg/330px-KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg/440px-KilclooneyDolmen1986.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4245" data-file-height="2830" /></a><figcaption>Neolithic portal tomb at <a href="/wiki/Kilclooney_More" title="Kilclooney More">Kilclooney More</a></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Doe_Castle,_Donegal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Doe_Castle%2C_Donegal.jpg/220px-Doe_Castle%2C_Donegal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="220" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Doe_Castle%2C_Donegal.jpg/330px-Doe_Castle%2C_Donegal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Doe_Castle%2C_Donegal.jpg/440px-Doe_Castle%2C_Donegal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1003" data-file-height="1003" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Doe_Castle" title="Doe Castle">Doe Castle</a>, home of the Sweeney clan</figcaption></figure> <p>County Donegal was the home of the once-mighty Clann Dálaigh, whose best-known branch was the Clann Ó Domhnaill, better known in English as the <a href="/wiki/O%27Donnell_dynasty" title="O'Donnell dynasty">O'Donnell dynasty</a>. Until around 1600, the O'Donnells were one of Ireland's richest and most powerful native Irish ruling families. Within Ulster, only the Uí Néill (known in English as the O'Neills) of <a href="/wiki/T%C3%ADr_Eoghain" title="Tír Eoghain">Tír Eoghain</a> (Tirowen or modern Tyrone) were more powerful. The O'Donnells were Ulster's second most powerful <i>clan</i> or ruling family from the early 13th century through to the start of the 17th century. For several centuries, the O'Donnells ruled <a href="/wiki/Tyrconnell" title="Tyrconnell">Tír Chonaill</a> (Tyrconnell), a <i><a href="/wiki/T%C3%BAath" title="Túath">túath</a></i> or <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Ireland" title="Gaelic Ireland">Gaelic</a> kingdom in west Ulster that covered almost all of modern County Donegal. The head of the O'Donnell family had the titles <i>An Ó Domhnaill</i> (meaning <i>The O'Donnell</i> in English) and <i>Rí Thír Chonaill</i> (meaning <i>King of Tír Chonaill</i> in English). Based at <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Castle" title="Donegal Castle">Donegal Castle</a> in <i>Dún na nGall</i> (modern Donegal Town), the O'Donnell <i>Kings of Tír Chonaill</i> were traditionally inaugurated, from the 1460s onwards, at Doon Rock near <a href="/wiki/Kilmacrennan" title="Kilmacrennan">Kilmacrennan</a>. The O'Donnell's royal or chiefly power was finally ended in what was then the newly created County Donegal in September 1607, following the <a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Earls" title="Flight of the Earls">Flight of the Earls</a> from Portnamurray, near <a href="/wiki/Rathmullan" title="Rathmullan">Rathmullan</a>. The modern <i>County Arms of County Donegal</i> (dating from the early 1970s) was influenced by the design of the old O'Donnell royal arms. The <i>County Arms</i> is the official <a href="/wiki/Coat_of_arms" title="Coat of arms">coat of arms</a> of both County Donegal and Donegal County Council. </p><p>The modern County Donegal was made a <a href="/wiki/Shire" title="Shire">shire</a><sup id="cite_ref-Connolly2011_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Connolly2011-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> by order of the English Crown in 1585. The English authorities at <a href="/wiki/Dublin_Castle" title="Dublin Castle">Dublin Castle</a> formed the new county by amalgamating the old Kingdom of Tír Chonaill with the old Lordship of <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a>. Although detachments of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Army_(Kingdom_of_Ireland)" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish Army (Kingdom of Ireland)">Royal Irish Army</a> were stationed there, the Dublin authorities were unable to establish control over Tír Chonaill and Inishowen until after the <a href="/wiki/Siege_of_Kinsale" title="Siege of Kinsale">Battle of Kinsale</a> in 1602. Full control over the new County Donegall was only achieved after the <a href="/wiki/Flight_of_the_Earls" title="Flight of the Earls">Flight of the Earls</a> in September 1607. It was the centre of <a href="/wiki/O%27Doherty%27s_Rebellion" class="mw-redirect" title="O'Doherty's Rebellion">O'Doherty's Rebellion</a> of 1608 with the key <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Kilmacrennan" title="Battle of Kilmacrennan">Battle of Kilmacrennan</a> taking place there. The county was one of those 'planted' during the <a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a> from around 1610 onwards. What became the <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">City of Derry</a> was officially part of County Donegal up until 1610.<sup id="cite_ref-Brian_Lacy_1983_11-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brian_Lacy_1983-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>County Donegal was one of the worst affected parts of Ulster during the <a href="/wiki/Great_Famine_(Ireland)" title="Great Famine (Ireland)">Great Famine</a> of the late 1840s in Ireland. Vast swathes of the county were devastated, with many areas becoming permanently depopulated. Vast numbers of County Donegal's people emigrated at this time, chiefly through <a href="/wiki/Foyle_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Foyle Port">Foyle Port</a>. </p><p>During the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Civil_War" title="Irish Civil War">Irish Civil War</a> (1922–1923), Donegal played a strategic role due to its proximity to Northern Ireland, where <a href="/wiki/Irish_Republican_Army_(1922%E2%80%931969)" title="Irish Republican Army (1922–1969)">anti-Treaty forces</a> often sought refuge and resupplied. The county's rugged landscape, including areas like <a href="/wiki/Dunlewey" title="Dunlewey">Dunlewey</a>,<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> provided ideal terrain for <a href="/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare" title="Guerrilla warfare">guerrilla operations</a> and hiding arms caches. Local communities were divided in their loyalties, with some supporting anti-Treaty forces by offering shelter and supplies, while <a href="/wiki/National_Army_(Ireland)" title="National Army (Ireland)">Free state forces</a> carried out raids to suppress resistance<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ballymanus_mine_disaster" title="Ballymanus mine disaster">Ballymanus mine disaster</a> occurred on 10 May 1943 on a beach at Ballymanus, County Donegal, when local villagers attempted to bring ashore an unexploded <a href="/wiki/Naval_mine" title="Naval mine">marine mine</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Eighteen men and boys between the ages of 13 and 34 were killed in the explosion.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Effects_of_partition">Effects of partition</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Effects of partition"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donegalcastle.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Donegalcastle.jpg/220px-Donegalcastle.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Donegalcastle.jpg/330px-Donegalcastle.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Donegalcastle.jpg/440px-Donegalcastle.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="427" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Donegal_Castle" title="Donegal Castle">Donegal Castle</a>, former seat of the <a href="/wiki/O%27Donnell_dynasty" title="O'Donnell dynasty">O'Donnell dynasty</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Partition_of_Ireland" title="Partition of Ireland">partition of Ireland</a> in the early 1920s severely affected County Donegal. <a href="/wiki/Partition_(politics)" title="Partition (politics)">Partition</a> cut the county off, economically and administratively, from Derry, which had acted for centuries as the county's main port, transport hub and financial centre. Derry, together with west <a href="/wiki/County_Tyrone" title="County Tyrone">Tyrone</a>, was henceforward in a new, different <a href="/wiki/Jurisdiction" title="Jurisdiction">jurisdiction</a> which remained within the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom" title="United Kingdom">United Kingdom</a>, officially called <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>. Partition also meant that County Donegal was now almost entirely cut off from the rest of the jurisdiction in which it now found itself, the new <a href="/wiki/Dominion" title="Dominion">dominion</a> called the <a href="/wiki/Irish_Free_State" title="Irish Free State">Irish Free State</a> (later called Ireland from 1937). The county is physically connected to the rest of the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> by an internal border of only a few kilometres. The existence of a border cutting County Donegal off from its natural hinterlands in Derry City and West Tyrone greatly exacerbated the economic difficulties of the county after partition. The county's economy is particularly susceptible, like that of Derry City, to the currency fluctuations of the <a href="/wiki/Euro" title="Euro">euro</a> against <a href="/wiki/Pound_sterling" title="Pound sterling">sterling</a>. </p><p>Added to all this, in the late 20th century, County Donegal was adversely affected by <a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a> in Northern Ireland. The county suffered several bombings and assassinations. In June 1987, <a href="/wiki/Constable" title="Constable">Constable</a> Samuel McClean, a Donegal man who was a serving member of the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Ulster_Constabulary" title="Royal Ulster Constabulary">Royal Ulster Constabulary</a> (RUC), was shot dead by the <a href="/wiki/Provisional_Irish_Republican_Army" title="Provisional Irish Republican Army">Provisional Irish Republican Army</a> (Provisional IRA) at his family home near <a href="/wiki/Drumkeen" title="Drumkeen">Drumkeen</a>. In May 1991, the prominent <a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> politician <a href="/wiki/Councillor" title="Councillor">Councillor</a> <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Fullerton" title="Eddie Fullerton">Eddie Fullerton</a> was assassinated by the Provisional IRA's opponent, the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Defence_Association" title="Ulster Defence Association">Ulster Defence Association</a> (UDA), at his home in <a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a>. This added further to the economic and social difficulties of the county, although the greater economic and administrative integration with Northern Ireland, following the <a href="/wiki/Good_Friday_Agreement" title="Good Friday Agreement">Good Friday Agreement</a> of April 1998, has been of benefit to the county. </p><p>Donegal has been labelled the "forgotten county" by its own politicians, owing to the perception that it is ignored by the government, even in times of crisis.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Geography_and_subdivisions">Geography and subdivisions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Geography and subdivisions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1273380762/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner span:not(.skin-invert-image):not(.skin-invert):not(.bg-transparent) img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:408px;max-width:408px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Poisoned_Glen_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Poisoned_Glen_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-Poisoned_Glen_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="145" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Poisoned_Glen_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-Poisoned_Glen_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/55/Poisoned_Glen_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-Poisoned_Glen_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="728" data-file-height="526" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:202px;max-width:202px"><div class="thumbimage"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_%28cropped%29.jpg/200px-The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_%28cropped%29.jpg/300px-The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_%28cropped%29.jpg/400px-The_Poisoned_Glen_-_geograph.org.uk_-_770833_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="534" data-file-height="390" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">The appearance of parts of County Donegal's landscape can vary from lush green in the summer to orange-brown in the winter</div></div></div></div> <p>Located in the northwest corner of <a href="/wiki/Ireland" title="Ireland">Ireland</a>, Donegal is the island's northernmost county. In terms of size and area, it is the largest county in Ulster and the fourth-largest county in all of Ireland. Uniquely, County Donegal shares a small border with only one other county in the <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a> – <a href="/wiki/County_Leitrim" title="County Leitrim">County Leitrim</a>. The vast majority of its land border (93%) is shared with three counties of <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>: <a href="/wiki/County_Tyrone" title="County Tyrone">County Tyrone</a>, <a href="/wiki/County_Londonderry" title="County Londonderry">County Londonderry</a> and <a href="/wiki/County_Fermanagh" title="County Fermanagh">County Fermanagh</a>. This geographic isolation from the rest of the Republic has led to Donegal people maintaining a distinct cultural identity<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has been used to market the county with the <a href="/wiki/Slogan" title="Slogan">slogan</a> "Up here it's different".<sup id="cite_ref-IE_NW_18-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-IE_NW-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While Lifford is the <a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">county town</a>, <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny">Letterkenny</a> is by far the largest town in the county with a population of just under 20,000. Letterkenny and the nearby city of <a href="/wiki/Derry" title="Derry">Derry</a> form the main economic axis in the northwest of Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Indeed, what became the City of Derry was officially part of County Donegal up until 1610.<sup id="cite_ref-Brian_Lacy_1983_11-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Brian_Lacy_1983-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is part of the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Western_Region" title="Northern and Western Region">Northern and Western Region</a> (a <a href="/wiki/NUTS_statistical_regions_of_Ireland" title="NUTS statistical regions of Ireland">NUTS 2 European statistical Region</a>), within which it is part of the <a href="/wiki/Border_Region" title="Border Region">Border</a> strategic planning area.<sup id="cite_ref-si573_20-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si573-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg/220px-Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg/330px-Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8e/Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg/440px-Derry_from_the_International_Space_Station_2013-03-17.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="679" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Inishowen_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Inishowen Peninsula">Inishowen Peninsula</a> as seen from the <a href="/wiki/International_Space_Station" title="International Space Station">International Space Station</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Baronies_and_townlands">Baronies and townlands</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Baronies and townlands"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/List_of_baronies_of_Ireland" title="List of baronies of Ireland">List of baronies of Ireland</a> and <a href="/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Donegal" title="List of townlands of County Donegal">List of townlands of County Donegal</a></div> <p>There are eight historic <a href="/wiki/Barony_(Ireland)" title="Barony (Ireland)">baronies</a> in the county.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While baronies continue to be officially defined units, they ceased to have any administrative function following the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_(Ireland)_Act_1898" title="Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898">Local Government Act 1898</a>, and any changes to county boundaries after the mid-19th century are not reflected in their extent. The last boundary change of a barony in Donegal was in 1851 when the barony of Inishowen was divided into Inishowen East and Inishowen West. The barony of Kilmacrennan covers a large portion of northwest Donegal and is the largest in the county. With an area of 312,410 acres (1,264 km<sup>2</sup>), Kilmacrennan is also the largest barony in Ireland, being roughly equal in size to <a href="/wiki/County_Monaghan" title="County Monaghan">County Monaghan</a>. The smallest barony is Inishowen West, at 77,149 acres (312.21 km<sup>2</sup>). </p> <table class="wikitable sortable collapsible nowrap" style="font-size: 100%;"> <caption>Historic baronies of County Donegal </caption> <tbody><tr> <th>Barony</th> <th>Irish name</th> <th>Area<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><br /><small>(acres)</small> </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Banagh" title="Banagh">Banagh</a></td> <td><i>Báinigh</i></td> <td>179,090 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Boylagh" title="Boylagh">Boylagh</a></td> <td><i>Baollaigh</i></td> <td>157,429 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Inishowen_East" title="Inishowen East">Inishowen East</a></td> <td><i>Inis Eoghain Thoir</i></td> <td>124,325 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Inishowen_West" title="Inishowen West">Inishowen West</a></td> <td><i>Inis Eoghain Thiar</i></td> <td><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>77,149 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Kilmacrenan_(barony)" title="Kilmacrenan (barony)">Kilmacrennan</a></td> <td><i>Cill Mhic Réanáin</i></td> <td>312,410 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raphoe_North" title="Raphoe North">Raphoe North</a></td> <td><i>Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh</i></td> <td><span aria-hidden="true" style="visibility:hidden;color:transparent;">0</span>80,388 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Raphoe_South" title="Raphoe South">Raphoe South</a></td> <td><i>Ráth Bhoth Theas</i></td> <td>141,308 </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Tirhugh" title="Tirhugh">Tirhugh</a></td> <td><i>Tír Aodha</i></td> <td>128,602 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Townlands are the smallest officially defined geographical divisions in Ireland. There are 2,787 townlands in Donegal and an additional 47 historic town boundaries. These town boundaries are registered as their own townlands and are much larger than rural townlands. The smallest rural townlands in Donegal are just 1 acre in size, most of which are either lough islands or offshore islets (Corragh Island, Bishop's Island, Juniper Island, O'Donnell's Island, etc.). The largest rural townland in Donegal is 6,053 acres (Tawnawully Mountains). The average size of a townland in the county (excluding towns) is 438 acres. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Informal_districts">Informal districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Informal districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Northern_Lights_in_Donegal,_2014_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Northern_Lights_in_Donegal%2C_2014_%281%29.jpg/220px-Northern_Lights_in_Donegal%2C_2014_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Northern_Lights_in_Donegal%2C_2014_%281%29.jpg/330px-Northern_Lights_in_Donegal%2C_2014_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/31/Northern_Lights_in_Donegal%2C_2014_%281%29.jpg/440px-Northern_Lights_in_Donegal%2C_2014_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1500" data-file-height="1000" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Aurora_borealis" class="mw-redirect" title="Aurora borealis">Aurora borealis</a> (<i>na Saighneáin</i>) over Malin Head</figcaption></figure> <p>The county may be informally divided into a number of traditional districts. There are two <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a> districts in the west: <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Na Rosa</i>), centred on the town of <a href="/wiki/Dungloe" title="Dungloe">Dungloe</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">An Clochán Liath</i>), and <a href="/wiki/Gweedore" title="Gweedore">Gweedore</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Gaoth Dobhair</i>). Another Gaeltacht district is located in the north-west: <a href="/wiki/Cloughaneely" title="Cloughaneely">Cloughaneely</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Cloich Chionnaola</i>), centred on the town of <a href="/wiki/Falcarragh" title="Falcarragh">Falcarragh</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">An Fál Carrach</i>). The most northerly part of the island of Ireland is the location for three <a href="/wiki/Peninsula" title="Peninsula">peninsulas</a>: <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosguill" title="Rosguill">Rosguill</a>. The main population centre of Inishowen, Ireland's largest peninsula, is <a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a>. In the east of the county lies the <a href="/wiki/River_Finn_(County_Donegal)" class="mw-redirect" title="River Finn (County Donegal)">Finn Valley</a> (centred on <a href="/wiki/Ballybofey" title="Ballybofey">Ballybofey</a>) and The Laggan district (not to be confused with the <a href="/wiki/Lagan_Valley" title="Lagan Valley">Lagan Valley</a> in the south of <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">County Antrim</a>), which is centred on the town of <a href="/wiki/Raphoe" title="Raphoe">Raphoe</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geography">Geography</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Geography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Slieve_League_(15919171422).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Slieve League panorama" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Slieve_League_%2815919171422%29.jpg/220px-Slieve_League_%2815919171422%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="94" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Slieve_League_%2815919171422%29.jpg/330px-Slieve_League_%2815919171422%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Slieve_League_%2815919171422%29.jpg/440px-Slieve_League_%2815919171422%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="2473" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Slieve_League" title="Slieve League">Slieve League</a> cliffs, the second tallest in Ireland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glengesh_Pass.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Glengesh_Pass.jpg/220px-Glengesh_Pass.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Glengesh_Pass.jpg/330px-Glengesh_Pass.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Glengesh_Pass.jpg/440px-Glengesh_Pass.jpg 2x" data-file-width="768" data-file-height="1024" /></a><figcaption>Glengesh Pass, near <a href="/wiki/Ardara,_County_Donegal" title="Ardara, County Donegal">Ardara</a></figcaption></figure> <p>Donegal is the most mountainous county in Ulster. It consists of two ranges of low mountains, the <a href="/wiki/Derryveagh_Mountains" title="Derryveagh Mountains">Derryveagh Mountains</a> in the north and the <a href="/wiki/Blue_Stack_Mountains" title="Blue Stack Mountains">Blue Stack Mountains</a> in the south, with <a href="/wiki/Errigal" title="Errigal">Errigal</a> at 751 m (2,464 ft) the highest peak, making it the 11th-highest <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_highest_point" title="List of Irish counties by highest point">county top</a> in Ireland. It has a deeply indented coastline forming natural <a href="/wiki/Sea_lough" class="mw-redirect" title="Sea lough">sea loughs</a>, of which <a href="/wiki/Lough_Swilly" title="Lough Swilly">Lough Swilly</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lough_Foyle" title="Lough Foyle">Lough Foyle</a> are the most notable. Donegal boasts the <a href="/wiki/List_of_Irish_counties_by_coastline" title="List of Irish counties by coastline">longest mainland coastline</a> of any county in Ireland, and has either the longest or third longest total coastline (including islands), depending on how it is measured. Estimates of the length of the coastline range from less than 1,000 km (621 mi) to 1,235 km (767 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The official figure used by Donegal County Council is 1,134 km (705 mi).<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Slieve_League" title="Slieve League">Slieve League</a> cliffs are among the highest sea cliffs in Europe, while <a href="/wiki/Malin_Head" title="Malin Head">Malin Head</a> is the most northerly point on the island of Ireland. </p><p>Two permanently inhabited islands, <a href="/wiki/Arranmore" title="Arranmore">Arranmore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Tory Island</a>, lie off the coast, along with a large number of islands with only transient inhabitants. The 129 km long <a href="/wiki/River_Erne" title="River Erne">River Erne</a>, Ireland's ninth-longest river, enters <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Bay" title="Donegal Bay">Donegal Bay</a> near the town of <a href="/wiki/Ballyshannon" title="Ballyshannon">Ballyshannon</a>. The River Erne, along with other Donegal waterways, has been dammed to produce <a href="/wiki/Hydroelectricity" title="Hydroelectricity">hydroelectric</a> power. A canal linking the Erne to the <a href="/wiki/River_Shannon" title="River Shannon">River Shannon</a> was constructed between 1846 and 1860, creating Ireland's longest navigable waterway. The project was plagued with setbacks and closed in 1870, ten years after its completion. A joint effort between the Irish and Northern Irish governments restored the canal in the late 20th century, and the <a href="/wiki/Shannon%E2%80%93Erne_Waterway" title="Shannon–Erne Waterway">Shannon–Erne Waterway</a> reopened in 1994.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDelany2004199–201_25-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDelany2004199–201-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, the eastern boundary of the kingdom of <a href="/wiki/Tyrconnell" title="Tyrconnell">Tír Chonaill</a> was demarcated by the <a href="/wiki/River_Foyle" title="River Foyle">River Foyle</a>. In the 17th century, an area of land west of the Foyle was transferred to the newly established city of Derry. The Foyle still demarcated a large section of Donegal's eastern border. To the south, the Drowes River forms a 9  km (6 miles) long natural boundary with County Leitrim. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Kinnagoe_Bay,_Inishowen,_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kinnagoe_Bay%2C_Inishowen%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg/220px-Kinnagoe_Bay%2C_Inishowen%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kinnagoe_Bay%2C_Inishowen%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg/330px-Kinnagoe_Bay%2C_Inishowen%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5b/Kinnagoe_Bay%2C_Inishowen%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg/440px-Kinnagoe_Bay%2C_Inishowen%2C_Co_Donegal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_83440.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="480" /></a><figcaption>Kinnagoe Bay</figcaption></figure> <p>Donegal has a population density of 34.2 people per square kilometre, the lowest in Ulster and the fifth lowest in Ireland. The county has an expansive network of wildlife and conservation zones, including 46 European Union designated <a href="/wiki/Special_Area_of_Conservation" title="Special Area of Conservation">Special Areas of Conservation</a> (SACs) and 26 <a href="/wiki/Special_Protection_Area" title="Special Protection Area">Special Protection Areas</a> (SPAs), as well as 14 <a href="/wiki/Natural_Heritage_Area" title="Natural Heritage Area">Natural Heritage Areas</a> (NHAs), 74 proposed Natural Heritage Areas, 145 Irish Geological Heritage Areas (IGHs) and Ireland's second largest national park, <a href="/wiki/Glenveagh" title="Glenveagh">Glenveagh</a>, which extends to over 42,000 acres (170 km<sup>2</sup>) in northwestern Donegal.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Owing to its scenic landscape and "<i>world-class wilderness</i>", Donegal was named <a href="/wiki/National_Geographic" title="National Geographic">National Geographic</a>'s "Coolest place on the Planet" in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county was also ranked the 4th best region in the world by <a href="/wiki/Lonely_Planet" title="Lonely Planet">Lonely Planet</a>'s <i>Best in Travel</i> series for 2024, which called Donegal "<i>purely wild with a big heart</i>".<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The forested area in the county extends to 55,534 ha (137,228 acres), the 4th highest total forest cover in Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Historic deforestation left Donegal devoid of forest cover by 1900. Much of the county's forests are commercial timber plantations which were initially established in the 1930s as a way to create rural employment in areas with poor agricultural land and high rates of emigration.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county contains extensive tracts of <a href="/wiki/Blanket_bog" title="Blanket bog">blanket bog</a> which are concentrated in western and upland regions. Blanket bog covers an area of 148,656 ha (367,337 acres), or roughly 30 percent of the entire county.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Flora_and_fauna">Flora and fauna</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Flora and fauna"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg/210px-Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg" decoding="async" width="210" height="210" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg/315px-Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg/420px-Aquila_chrysaetos_La_Canada_2012-01-14.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2695" data-file-height="2695" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Golden_eagle" title="Golden eagle">Golden eagle</a> (<i>Aquila chrysaetos</i>) </figcaption></figure> <p>Donegal has a wide variety of habitats, and over half of Ireland's plant and animal species can be found within the county. Approximately 11.4 per cent of the county is covered in forest, which is about average nationally. Forest cover is not evenly spread across the county and some areas, such as <a href="/wiki/Pettigo" title="Pettigo">Pettigo</a> and around <a href="/wiki/Lough_Derg,_County_Donegal" title="Lough Derg, County Donegal">Lough Derg</a>, are very heavily forested, while more exposed coastal and upland areas are virtually barren. Around 65 per cent of Donegal's forests are publicly owned. </p> <ul><li>The typical native tree species found in Donegal are <a href="/wiki/Scots_pine" class="mw-redirect" title="Scots pine">Scots pine</a>, <a href="/wiki/Populus_tremula" title="Populus tremula">aspen poplar</a>, <a href="/wiki/Birch" title="Birch">birch</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corylus_avellana" title="Corylus avellana">hazel</a> and <a href="/wiki/Quercus_robur" title="Quercus robur">oak</a>. Other common trees include <a href="/wiki/Sitka_spruce" class="mw-redirect" title="Sitka spruce">Sitka spruce</a>, <a href="/wiki/Rowan" title="Rowan">mountain ash</a>, <a href="/wiki/Acer_pseudoplatanus" title="Acer pseudoplatanus">sycamore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Larix_decidua" title="Larix decidua">European larch</a> and <a href="/wiki/Aesculus_hippocastanum" title="Aesculus hippocastanum">horse-chestnut</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Many species of terrestrial and flying mammals live in the county, including <a href="/wiki/Irish_hare" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish hare">Irish hares</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_hare" title="European hare">brown hares</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_deer" title="Red deer">red deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sika_deer" title="Sika deer">sika deer</a>, <a href="/wiki/Leisler%27s_Bat" class="mw-redirect" title="Leisler's Bat">Irish bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_pipistrelle" title="Common pipistrelle">common pipistrelle bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Soprano_pipistrelle" title="Soprano pipistrelle">soprano pipistrelle bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_long-eared_bat" title="Brown long-eared bat">brown long-eared bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Whiskered_bat" title="Whiskered bat">whiskered bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Daubenton%27s_bat" title="Daubenton's bat">Daubenton's bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Natterer%27s_bat" title="Natterer's bat">Natterer's bats</a>, <a href="/wiki/American_mink" title="American mink">American mink</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_pygmy_shrew" title="Eurasian pygmy shrew">pygmy shrews</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_rabbit" title="European rabbit">rabbits</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_pine_marten" title="European pine marten">pine martens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stoat" title="Stoat">stoats</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_badger" title="European badger">badgers</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_squirrel" title="Red squirrel">red squirrels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eastern_gray_squirrel" title="Eastern gray squirrel">gray squirrels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wood_mouse" title="Wood mouse">wood mice</a>, <a href="/wiki/House_mouse" title="House mouse">house mice</a>, <a href="/wiki/Brown_rat" title="Brown rat">brown rats</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_otter" title="Eurasian otter">otters</a>, <a href="/wiki/Red_fox" title="Red fox">red foxes</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_hedgehog" title="European hedgehog">hedgehogs</a> and <a href="/wiki/Feral_goat" title="Feral goat">feral goats</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Donegal_CoCo.,_pp._89_33-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donegal_CoCo.,_pp._89-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Marine mammals include <a href="/wiki/Harbor_seal" title="Harbor seal">harbour seals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Grey_seal" title="Grey seal">grey seals</a>, <a href="/wiki/Humpback_whale" title="Humpback whale">humpback whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Orca" title="Orca">orcas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Pilot_whale" title="Pilot whale">pilot whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fin_whale" title="Fin whale">fin whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minke_whale" title="Minke whale">minke whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Sperm_whale" title="Sperm whale">sperm whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Cuvier%27s_beaked_whale" title="Cuvier's beaked whale">Cuvier's beaked whales</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_dolphin" title="Common dolphin">common dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Bottlenose_dolphin" title="Bottlenose dolphin">bottlenose dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_white-sided_dolphin" title="Atlantic white-sided dolphin">Atlantic white-sided dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/White-beaked_dolphin" title="White-beaked dolphin">white-beaked dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Striped_dolphin" title="Striped dolphin">striped dolphins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Risso%27s_dolphin" title="Risso's dolphin">Risso's dolphins</a> and (very rarely) <a href="/wiki/Walrus" title="Walrus">walruses</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Donegal_CoCo.,_pp._89_33-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Donegal_CoCo.,_pp._89-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Notable bird species include <a href="/wiki/Barnacle_goose" title="Barnacle goose">barnacle geese</a>, <a href="/wiki/Corn_crake" title="Corn crake">corn crakes</a>, <a href="/wiki/Northern_lapwing" title="Northern lapwing">northern lapwings</a> (Ireland's <a href="/wiki/List_of_national_birds" title="List of national birds">national bird</a>), <a href="/wiki/Grey_heron" title="Grey heron">grey herons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Long-eared_owl" title="Long-eared owl">Long-eared owls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Golden_eagle" title="Golden eagle">golden eagles</a>, <a href="/wiki/Western_barn_owl" title="Western barn owl">barn owls</a>, <a href="/wiki/Yellowhammer" title="Yellowhammer">yellowhammers</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_storm_petrel" title="European storm petrel">storm petrels</a>, <a href="/wiki/Parasitic_jaeger" title="Parasitic jaeger">Arctic skuas</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_wren" title="Eurasian wren">wrens</a>, <a href="/wiki/European_goldfinch" title="European goldfinch">goldfinches</a>, <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_puffin" title="Atlantic puffin">Atlantic puffins</a>, <a href="/wiki/Razorbill" title="Razorbill">razorbills</a>, <a href="/wiki/Common_raven" title="Common raven">ravens</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_curlew" title="Eurasian curlew">curlews</a> and <a href="/wiki/Common_redshank" title="Common redshank">redshanks</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <p>Despite its northerly latitude and geographic isolation, Donegal also hosts two species of amphibian (<a href="/wiki/Common_frog" title="Common frog">common frog</a> & <a href="/wiki/Smooth_newt" title="Smooth newt">smooth newt</a>) and two reptile species (<a href="/wiki/Leatherback_turtle" class="mw-redirect" title="Leatherback turtle">Leatherback turtle</a> and <a href="/wiki/Viviparous_lizard" title="Viviparous lizard">viviparous lizard</a>).<sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The native <a href="/wiki/Irish_red_deer" title="Irish red deer">Irish red deer</a> in Donegal went extinct around 1860 and were re-introduced in the 1890s. Due to interbreeding, most of the deer in the county are now a Sika-Red deer hybrid. The Wild Ireland wildlife park near <a href="/wiki/Burnfoot,_County_Donegal" title="Burnfoot, County Donegal">Burnfoot</a> showcases some of Donegal's historic animal species that were hunted to extinction, including <a href="/wiki/Brown_bear" title="Brown bear">brown bears</a>, <a href="/wiki/Eurasian_Lynx" class="mw-redirect" title="Eurasian Lynx">lynxes</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gray_wolf" class="mw-redirect" title="Gray wolf">gray wolves</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2001, the golden eagle was re-introduced into <a href="/wiki/Glenveagh_National_Park" class="mw-redirect" title="Glenveagh National Park">Glenveagh National Park</a> and is currently Ireland's only breeding population.<sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A survey of the macroscopic marine <a href="/wiki/Algae" title="Algae">algae</a> of County Donegal was published in 2003.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The survey was compiled using the algal records held in the <a href="/wiki/Herbarium" title="Herbarium">herbaria</a> of the following institutions: the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Museum" title="Ulster Museum">Ulster Museum</a>, <a href="/wiki/Belfast" title="Belfast">Belfast</a>; <a href="/wiki/Trinity_College_Dublin" title="Trinity College Dublin">Trinity College Dublin</a>; <a href="/wiki/NUI_Galway" class="mw-redirect" title="NUI Galway">NUI Galway</a>, and the <a href="/wiki/Natural_History_Museum,_London" title="Natural History Museum, London">Natural History Museum</a>, London. Records of flowering plants include <i><a href="/wiki/Dactylorhiza_purpurella" title="Dactylorhiza purpurella">Dactylorhiza purpurella</a></i> (Stephenson and Stephenson) Soó.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Climate">Climate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Errigal_Snow.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Errigal_Snow.jpg/220px-Errigal_Snow.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="123" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Errigal_Snow.jpg/330px-Errigal_Snow.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ef/Errigal_Snow.jpg/440px-Errigal_Snow.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3824" data-file-height="2144" /></a><figcaption>Snow atop <a href="/wiki/Errigal" title="Errigal">Errigal</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The majority of Donegal has a <a href="/wiki/Temperate" class="mw-redirect" title="Temperate">temperate</a> <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic</a> climate (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a>: Cfb), with upland areas in the <a href="/wiki/Derryveagh_Mountains" title="Derryveagh Mountains">Derryveagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Blue_Stack_Mountains" title="Blue Stack Mountains">Blue Stack</a> ranges classified as <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate#Subpolar_variety_(Cfc,_Cwc)" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic subpolar</a> (Köppen climate classification: Cfc).<sup id="cite_ref-met.ie_40-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-met.ie-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The county's climate is heavily influenced by the <a href="/wiki/North_Atlantic_Current" title="North Atlantic Current">North Atlantic Current</a>. Due to the topography of western Donegal, it receives <a href="/wiki/Orographic" class="mw-redirect" title="Orographic">orographic</a> rainfall, where the air is forced to rise on contact with its mountainous coastline and subsequently cools and <a href="/wiki/Condensation" title="Condensation">condenses</a>, forming clouds. The mountains of Donegal are among the cloudiest places in Ireland,<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and northern Donegal is the windiest. Irish monthly record wind speeds for March, June, July, September, November and December have all been set at <a href="/wiki/Malin_Head" title="Malin Head">Malin Head</a>. The highest wind speed ever recorded in Donegal was 181 km/h (112 mph) on 16 September 1961, during <a href="/wiki/Hurricane_Debbie_(1961)" title="Hurricane Debbie (1961)">Hurricane Debbie</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-met.ie_40-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-met.ie-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Ocean" title="Atlantic Ocean">Atlantic Ocean</a> has a significant cooling effect and, due to the county's long, thin shape and punctuated coastline, nowhere in Donegal is particularly far from the ocean, giving it a generally cooler climate that is more similar to western Scotland than the rest of Ireland. The average maximum temperature in July at Malin Head is just 16.8 °C (62 °F).<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> However, due to its exposed coastal location, the climate at Malin Head is not representative of most of the county. Winds are much lighter in the county's interior and temperatures are cooler in the winter and warmer in the summer. Annual rainfall in the county ranges from around 850 mm (33 in) in the lowlands of north-eastern Donegal to over 2,000 mm (79 in) in western mountainous areas.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Precipitation exceeding 1 mm (0.04 in) will fall across all areas of Donegal on over 150 days per year. </p><p>While the prevailing wind direction in Ireland is south-westerly, which brings warm, moist air from the <a href="/wiki/Gulf_of_Mexico" title="Gulf of Mexico">Gulf of Mexico</a>, a low-pressure <a href="/wiki/Polar_front" title="Polar front">Polar front</a> regularly passes to the northwest of the island, bringing cold and unsettled weather to the region.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The upland areas of Donegal will reliably receive some covering of snow every year. In lowland areas, snow - while still relatively infrequent - is more common than in the rest of Ireland. Despite its coastal location, Malin Head records an average of 20 days of snowfall per year. In contrast <a href="/wiki/Valentia_Island" title="Valentia Island">Valentia Island</a>, a similarly placed coastal station in the southwest of Ireland records just 3.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Geology_and_terrain">Geology and terrain</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Geology and terrain"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donegalmap.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Donegalmap.jpg/220px-Donegalmap.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="194" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Donegalmap.jpg/330px-Donegalmap.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bf/Donegalmap.jpg/440px-Donegalmap.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1172" data-file-height="1031" /></a><figcaption>Topographic map of County Donegal</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glenveagh_Valley_(2009).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Glenveagh_Valley_%282009%29.jpg/220px-Glenveagh_Valley_%282009%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Glenveagh_Valley_%282009%29.jpg/330px-Glenveagh_Valley_%282009%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Glenveagh_Valley_%282009%29.jpg/440px-Glenveagh_Valley_%282009%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3872" data-file-height="2592" /></a><figcaption>Glenveagh Valley</figcaption></figure> <p>Donegal can be divided into six main geological subdivisions.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these, the most expansive sections are the <a href="/wiki/Lower_Carboniferous" class="mw-redirect" title="Lower Carboniferous">Lower Carboniferous</a> limestones and sandstones of south Donegal, the <a href="/wiki/Devonian" title="Devonian">Devonian</a> granite of the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_batholith" title="Donegal batholith">Donegal batholith</a>, which extends for about 75  km northeast to southwest from <a href="/wiki/Ardara,_County_Donegal" title="Ardara, County Donegal">Ardara</a> to <a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad</a> Head, and quartzo-feldspathic <a href="/wiki/Dalradian" title="Dalradian">Dalradian</a> rocks from the <a href="/wiki/Precambrian" title="Precambrian">Precambrian</a> era, which cover much of the rest of the county. The geology of Donegal is very similar to that of <a href="/wiki/County_Mayo" title="County Mayo">County Mayo</a>, and both counties are located within the <a href="/wiki/Grampian_Mountains" title="Grampian Mountains">Grampian</a> <a href="/wiki/Terrane" title="Terrane">Terrane</a>. The oldest rocks in Ireland are a <a href="/wiki/Granite" title="Granite">granitic</a> <a href="/wiki/Gneiss" title="Gneiss">gneiss</a> found on the island of <a href="/wiki/Inishtrahull" title="Inishtrahull">Inishtrahull</a>, located ca. 10 km (6.2 mi) north-east of Malin Head. They are 1.78 billion years old, making them <a href="/wiki/Paleoproterozoic" title="Paleoproterozoic">Paleoproterozoic</a> in age.<sup id="cite_ref-Muir_47-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Muir-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The oldest rocks on mainland Donegal are a quartzo-feldspathic paragneiss found around Lough Derg, which have been dated to 1.713 billion years ago.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donegal is the most seismically active part of Ireland. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Glen_Fault" title="Great Glen Fault">Leenan Fault</a> is a large <a href="/wiki/Fault_(geology)#Strike-slip_faults" title="Fault (geology)">strike-slip fault</a> that bisects the county from Lough Swilly to Donegal Bay, and dozens of tremors have been recorded along the fault since the late 19th century, although none have been larger than a magnitude 3 on the <a href="/wiki/Richter_magnitude_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Richter magnitude scale">Richter scale</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The county's landscape was carved out by glaciation at the end of the <a href="/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a> and the subsequent <a href="/wiki/Holocene_glacial_retreat" title="Holocene glacial retreat">retreat</a> during the early <a href="/wiki/Holocene" title="Holocene">Holocene</a>. Donegal contains one of Ireland's three glacial <a href="/wiki/Fjord" title="Fjord">fjords</a> (or <a href="/wiki/Fjard" title="Fjard">fjards</a>) at <a href="/wiki/Lough_Swilly" title="Lough Swilly">Lough Swilly</a>, the others being <a href="/wiki/Carlingford_Lough" title="Carlingford Lough">Carlingford Lough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Killary_Harbour" title="Killary Harbour">Killary Harbour</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-FOOTNOTEDundurn20004_51-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-FOOTNOTEDundurn20004-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Lough Swilly is the county's largest inlet and forms the western boundary of the <a href="/wiki/Inishowen_Peninsula" class="mw-redirect" title="Inishowen Peninsula">Inishowen Peninsula</a>. The thick ice sheet that once covered the region carved out deep basins in the Donegal uplands and many <a href="/wiki/Tarn_(lake)" title="Tarn (lake)">tarns</a> or corrie lakes developed in these depressions after the ice had melted, including Lough Maam below <a href="/wiki/Slieve_Snaght" title="Slieve Snaght">Slieve Snaght</a> and Lough Feeane under <a href="/wiki/Aghla_More" title="Aghla More">Aghla More</a>. Larger glacial lakes formed in the county's distinctive <a href="/wiki/U-shaped_valley" title="U-shaped valley">U-shaped valleys</a>, such as <a href="/wiki/Lough_Beagh" title="Lough Beagh">Lough Beagh</a> and <a href="/wiki/Gartan_Lough" title="Gartan Lough">Gartan Lough</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glenveagh" title="Glenveagh">Glenveagh</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Dunlewey_Lough" title="Dunlewey Lough">Dunlewey Lough</a> and <a href="/wiki/Lough_Nacung_Upper" title="Lough Nacung Upper">Lough Nacung Upper</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Poisoned_Glen" title="Poisoned Glen">Poisoned Glen</a>. Valleys such as these were the last areas to retain glaciers as temperatures rose.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As the ice sheet thinned, topography became the dominant force driving the direction of ice and meltwater flow.<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Erosion by glacial meltwater carved out large channels in southern Donegal which directed water and sediment to <a href="/wiki/Outwash_fan" title="Outwash fan">outwash fans</a> in Donegal Bay. The area south of Donegal town, where the <a href="/wiki/River_Eske" title="River Eske">River Eske</a> flows into the bay, is an example of one of these outwash areas. Sea levels in the area began to stabilise around 5,000 years ago, and the balance of erosion and deposition along Donegal's coastline resulted in the development of many sandy beaches and <a href="/wiki/Spit_(landform)" title="Spit (landform)">spits</a> interspersed with jagged sea cliffs.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demographics">Demographics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Demographics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1261442011">.mw-parser-output .abbr-header{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-bottom:none;background-color:lavender}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .caption-purple{background:inherit!important}}.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border:1px #a2a9b1 solid;border-top:none;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);padding:5px}@media screen and (max-width:640px){.mw-parser-output .table-pale{border-top:1px #a2a9b1 solid!important}.mw-parser-output .caption-purple{border:none}}</style><table class="table-pale collapsible collapsed" style="width:15em;border-top-width:0;border-spacing: 0;float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 1em 0.5em;"><caption class="caption-purple" style="padding:0.25em;font-weight:bold">Historical population</caption><tbody><tr style="font-size:95%"><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;width:3em">Year</th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px 2px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Population" class="abbr-header">Pop.</abbr></th><th style="border-bottom:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);padding:1px;text-align:right"><abbr title="Percent change" class="abbr-header">±%</abbr></th></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1600</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">7,889</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">—    </td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1610</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">5,778</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−26.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1659</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">12,001</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+107.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1821</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">120,559</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+904.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1831</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">141,845</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">+17.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1841</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">296,448</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+109.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1851</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">255,158</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−13.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1861</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">237,395</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1871</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">218,334</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−8.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1881</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">206,035</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−5.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1891</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">185,635</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−9.9%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1901</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">173,722</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1911</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">168,537</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1926</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">152,508</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−9.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1936</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">142,310</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−6.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1946</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">136,317</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−4.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1951</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">131,530</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−3.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1956</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">122,059</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−7.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1961</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">113,842</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−6.7%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1966</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">108,549</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−4.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1971</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">108,344</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">−0.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1979</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">121,941</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+12.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1981</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">125,112</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+2.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1986</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">129,664</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+3.6%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">1991</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">128,117</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−1.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">1996</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">129,994</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+1.5%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2002</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">137,575</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.8%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2006</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">147,264</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+7.0%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2011</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">161,137</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+9.4%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">2016</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">159,192</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px;border-bottom:1px solid #bbbbbb">−1.2%</td></tr><tr><th style="text-align:center;padding:1px">2022</th><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">167,084</td><td style="text-align:right;padding:1px">+5.0%</td></tr><tr><td colspan="3" style="border-top:1px solid var(--color-base, #000000);font-size:85%;text-align:left"><sup id="cite_ref-cso2016_55-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-cso2016-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Largest_towns">Largest towns</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Largest towns"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Letterkenny is by far the largest settlement in Donegal, with a population of just over 22,000. It is the largest town in the <a href="/wiki/Border_Region" title="Border Region">Border Region</a> and the <a href="/wiki/List_of_urban_areas_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of urban areas in the Republic of Ireland">21st largest urban area</a> in the Republic of Ireland. </p><p>Under <a href="/wiki/Central_Statistics_Office_(Ireland)" title="Central Statistics Office (Ireland)">CSO</a> classification, an "Urban Area" is a town with a population greater than 1,500. As of the 2016 Census, Donegal is the most rural / least urbanised county in Ireland, with less than one-third of the population (27.3 per cent) living in urban areas and over 70 per cent in rural areas. <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1274038083">.mw-parser-output .bar-chart{margin:0.5em;background-color:var(--background-color-neutral-subtle,#f8f9fa);border:1px solid #c0c0c0;border-spacing:0px}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart tbody{display:table;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart caption{display:block;font-weight:bold}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th,.mw-parser-output .bar-chart td{padding:3px;text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart tr:not(:first-child):hover{background-color:var(--background-color-base,#ffffff)}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="col"]:not(.bar-chart-label-type){width:15em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart th[scope="row"]:not(.bar-chart-total){font-weight:normal}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar{height:1.25em;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#cedff2;height:1.25em;margin:0 0 0 0;z-index:0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-comment{font-size:90%;padding-left:1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-numbers{position:relative;top:-1.4em;height:1.25em;padding:0 0 0 2em;z-index:10;width:40em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-caption{border-top:1px solid #aaa}@media(min-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-left{float:left;clear:left;margin:0.5em 1em 0.5em 0}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-right{float:right;clear:right;margin:0.5em 0 0.5em 1em}.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-center{margin:0.5em auto}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{background-color:#74497e}}@media print{.mw-parser-output .bar-chart-bar-line{border:dashed 1pt grey}}</style> </p> <table class="bar-chart"> <caption>Largest towns in Donegal (2022 Census) </caption> <tbody><tr> <th scope="col" class="bar-chart-label-type">Town </th> <th scope="col" style="width: 30em">Population </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Letterkenny" title="Letterkenny">Letterkenny</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:27.1em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">22,549</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:8.4em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">6,971</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ballybofey" title="Ballybofey">Ballybofey</a>/<a href="/wiki/Stranorlar" title="Stranorlar">Stranorlar</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:6.5em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">5,406</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:3.3em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">2,768</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Donegal_Town" class="mw-redirect" title="Donegal Town">Donegal Town</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:3.3em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">2,749</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Bundoran" title="Bundoran">Bundoran</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:3.1em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">2,599</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Ballyshannon" title="Ballyshannon">Ballyshannon</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">2,246</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Convoy,_County_Donegal" title="Convoy, County Donegal">Convoy</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:2em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">1,702</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:1.9em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">1,613</span></span></div> </td></tr> <tr> <th scope="row"><a href="/wiki/Muff,_County_Donegal" title="Muff, County Donegal">Muff</a> </th> <td><div class="bar-chart-bar" style="width: 30em;"><div class="bar-chart-bar-line" style="width:1.7em;"></div><span class="bar-chart-bar-numbers" style="width: 30em;"><span class="nowrap">1,418</span></span></div> </td></tr> </tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Irish_language">Irish language</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Irish language"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Irish" title="Ulster Irish">Ulster Irish</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg/220px-Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg/330px-Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg/440px-Bunbeg_-_R258_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1177841.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption>Road signs in Irish in the <a href="/wiki/Gweedore" title="Gweedore">Gweedore</a> <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The Donegal <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a> (Irish-speaking area) is the second-largest in Ireland. The version of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a> spoken in County Donegal is <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Irish" title="Ulster Irish">Ulster Irish</a>. </p><p>Of the Gaeltacht population of 24,744 (16% of the county's total population), 17,132 say they can speak Irish.<sup id="cite_ref-62" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-62"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>62<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There are three Irish-speaking parishes: <a href="/wiki/Gweedore" title="Gweedore">Gweedore</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cloughaneely" title="Cloughaneely">Cloughaneely</a>. Other Irish-speaking areas include <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht_an_L%C3%A1ir" title="Gaeltacht an Láir">Gaeltacht an Láir</a>: <a href="/wiki/Glencolmcille" title="Glencolmcille">Glencolmcille</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fintown" title="Fintown">Fintown</a>, <a href="/wiki/Fanad" title="Fanad">Fanad</a> and <a href="/wiki/Rosguill" title="Rosguill">Rosguill</a>, the islands of <a href="/wiki/Arranmore" title="Arranmore">Arranmore</a>, <a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Tory Island</a> and <a href="/wiki/Inishbofin,_County_Donegal" title="Inishbofin, County Donegal">Inishbofin</a>. Gweedore is the largest Irish-speaking parish, with over 5,000 inhabitants. All schools in the region use Irish as the language of instruction. </p><p>According to the 2022 Census, the number of people (aged three and over) who stated that they could speak Irish in Donegal was 59,130 (35.4% of the county's total population) compared with 56,738 in 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-Pop_Summary_2022_63-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pop_Summary_2022-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Of these 7,750 said they spoke Irish daily while 4,533 spoke Irish weekly.<sup id="cite_ref-Pop_Summary_2022_63-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Pop_Summary_2022-63"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>63<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Government_and_politics">Government and politics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: Government and politics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Local_government">Local government</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: Local government"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Donegal_County_Council" title="Donegal County Council">Donegal County Council</a> has been in existence since 1899 and has responsibility for local administration. It is headquartered at the <a href="/wiki/County_House,_Lifford" title="County House, Lifford">County House</a> in Lifford. Elections to the County Council take place every five years. Thirty-seven councillors are elected using the system of <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> by means of the <a href="/wiki/Single_transferable_vote" title="Single transferable vote">single transferable vote</a> (STV). The county is divided into the following <a href="/wiki/Local_electoral_area" title="Local electoral area">local electoral areas</a>: <a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a> (5 seats), <a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a> (4), Donegal (6), <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a> (6), Letterkenny (7), Lifford–Stranorlar (6) and Milford (3).<sup id="cite_ref-64" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-64"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>64<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Donegal County Council has three representatives on the <a href="/wiki/Northern_and_Western_Regional_Assembly" class="mw-redirect" title="Northern and Western Regional Assembly">Northern and Western Regional Assembly</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-si573_20-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-si573-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Council elections are held every 5 years, with the next election due to be held in June 2029. The <a href="/wiki/2024_Donegal_County_Council_election" title="2024 Donegal County Council election">2024 Donegal local election</a> had a voter turnout of 54.7%. The highest turnout was at Milford (63.1%) and the lowest was at Letterkenny (51.4%).<sup id="cite_ref-65" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-65"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>65<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <table class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%;"> <caption>Results of the <a href="/wiki/2024_Donegal_County_Council_election" title="2024 Donegal County Council election">2024 Donegal County Council election</a> </caption> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="2">Party </th> <th>Seats </th> <th><abbr title="First preference votes percentage">FPv%</abbr> </th> <th>% Change since <a href="/wiki/2019_Donegal_County_Council_election" title="2019 Donegal County Council election">2019</a> </th> <th>Seat Change since 2019 </th></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #66BB66;" data-sort-value="Fianna Fáil"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10</td> <td style="text-align:right;">22.8%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 6.6%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #326760;" data-sort-value="Sinn Féin"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">10</td> <td style="text-align:right;">21.9%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.5%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #f90606;" data-sort-value="100% Redress"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/100%25_Redress" title="100% Redress">100% Redress</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">4</td> <td style="text-align:right;">9.7%</td> <td><i>New</i></td> <td><i>New</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #6699FF;" data-sort-value="Fine Gael"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Fine_Gael" title="Fine Gael">Fine Gael</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">3</td> <td style="text-align:right;">10.5%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 8.0%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 3 </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #CC0000;" data-sort-value="Labour Party (Ireland)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(Ireland)" title="Labour Party (Ireland)">Labour</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">1</td> <td style="text-align:right;">2.0%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Decrease"><img alt="Decrease" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/11px-Decrease2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/17px-Decrease2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/ed/Decrease2.svg/22px-Decrease2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 0.7%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Steady"><img alt="Steady" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/11px-Steady2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/17px-Steady2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/96/Steady2.svg/22px-Steady2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="width: 2px; color:inherit; background-color: #DDDDDD;" data-sort-value="Independent politician (Ireland)"> </td> <td scope="row" style="text-align: left;"><a href="/wiki/Independent_politician_(Ireland)" title="Independent politician (Ireland)">Independent</a> </td> <td style="text-align:right;">9</td> <td style="text-align:right;">28.5%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 2.3%</td> <td><span typeof="mw:File"><span title="Increase"><img alt="Increase" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/11px-Increase2.svg.png" decoding="async" width="11" height="11" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/17px-Increase2.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b0/Increase2.svg/22px-Increase2.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="300" /></span></span> 1 </td></tr></tbody></table> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Former_districts">Former districts</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Former districts"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Until 2014, there were town councils in Letterkenny, <a href="/wiki/Bundoran" title="Bundoran">Bundoran</a>, Ballyshannon and Buncrana. The town councils were abolished in June 2014 when provisions of the <a href="/wiki/Local_Government_Reform_Act_2014" title="Local Government Reform Act 2014">Local Government Reform Act 2014</a> was commenced<sup id="cite_ref-66" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-66"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>66<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and their functions were taken over by Donegal County Council. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="National_elections">National elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: National elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/D%C3%A1il_constituency" class="mw-redirect" title="Dáil constituency">Dáil constituency</a> of <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal (Dáil constituency)">Donegal constituency</a> (5 <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TDs</a>) covers almost the entire county, with the exception of a small area in southern Donegal around Bundoran and Ballyshannon, which is part of the <a href="/wiki/Sligo%E2%80%93Leitrim_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Sligo–Leitrim (Dáil constituency)">Sligo–Leitrim constituency</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-ea_2017_67-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-ea_2017-67"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>67<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-68" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-68"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>68<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Historically, the county was represented in the <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_Ireland" title="Parliament of Ireland">Parliament of Ireland</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Borough_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="Donegal Borough (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">Donegal Borough</a> constituency, which lasted from 1613 to 1800, when the Irish Parliament was abolished. Following the <a href="/wiki/Acts_of_Union_1800" title="Acts of Union 1800">Act of Union</a>, the county was represented in <a href="/wiki/Parliament_of_the_United_Kingdom" title="Parliament of the United Kingdom">Westminster</a> through the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)">Donegal</a> constituency until 1885. Following this, the county was broken up into four separate constituencies – <a href="/wiki/North_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="North Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)">North Donegal</a>, <a href="/wiki/South_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="South Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)">South Donegal</a>, <a href="/wiki/East_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)">East Donegal</a> and <a href="/wiki/West_Donegal_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="West Donegal (UK Parliament constituency)">West Donegal</a> – which persisted until independence. The <a href="/wiki/Government_of_Ireland_Act_1920_(Parliamentary_and_D%C3%A1il_constituencies)" class="mw-redirect" title="Government of Ireland Act 1920 (Parliamentary and Dáil constituencies)">Government of Ireland Act 1920</a> reformed the four constituencies into a single entity covering "the administrative county of Donegal". This was broken up into <a href="/wiki/Donegal_East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal East (Dáil constituency)">Donegal East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donegal_West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal West (Dáil constituency)">Donegal West</a> from 1937 to 1977, and into <a href="/wiki/Donegal_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)">Donegal North-East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donegal_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)">Donegal South-West</a> from 1981 to 2016. </p> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-traditional center"> <li class="gallerycaption">Donegal's current representatives (<a href="/wiki/2024_Irish_general_election" title="2024 Irish general election">2024 General Election</a>)</li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pearse_Doherty,_August_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin"><img alt="Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Pearse_Doherty%2C_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Pearse_Doherty%2C_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Pearse_Doherty%2C_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/136px-Pearse_Doherty%2C_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Pearse_Doherty%2C_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/181px-Pearse_Doherty%2C_August_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1641" data-file-height="2176" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pearse_Doherty" title="Pearse Doherty">Pearse Doherty</a>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin"><img alt="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn, Sinn Féin" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg/90px-P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg/135px-P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg/180px-P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn_2020.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1013" data-file-height="1352" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/P%C3%A1draig_Mac_Lochlainn" title="Pádraig Mac Lochlainn">Pádraig Mac Lochlainn</a>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Sinn_F%C3%A9in" title="Sinn Féin">Sinn Féin</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charles_Ward,_Dec_2024_(54192956252)_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charles Ward, 100% Redress"><img alt="Charles Ward, 100% Redress" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charles_Ward%2C_Dec_2024_%2854192956252%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/93px-Charles_Ward%2C_Dec_2024_%2854192956252%29_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="93" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charles_Ward%2C_Dec_2024_%2854192956252%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/139px-Charles_Ward%2C_Dec_2024_%2854192956252%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/14/Charles_Ward%2C_Dec_2024_%2854192956252%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/185px-Charles_Ward%2C_Dec_2024_%2854192956252%29_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1027" data-file-height="1328" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Charles_Ward_(Irish_politician)" title="Charles Ward (Irish politician)">Charles Ward</a>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/100%25_Redress" title="100% Redress">100% Redress</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Pat "the Cope" Gallagher, Fianna Fáil"><img alt="Pat "the Cope" Gallagher, Fianna Fáil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg/120px-Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg" decoding="async" width="120" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg/180px-Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/03/Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg/240px-Pat_the_Cope_Gallagher_MEP_1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3335" data-file-height="3335" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Pat_%22the_Cope%22_Gallagher" title="Pat "the Cope" Gallagher">Pat "the Cope" Gallagher</a>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></i></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 155px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 150px; height: 150px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Charlie_McConalogue_2024_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Charlie McConalogue, Fianna Fáil"><img alt="Charlie McConalogue, Fianna Fáil" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Charlie_McConalogue_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/90px-Charlie_McConalogue_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="90" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Charlie_McConalogue_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/136px-Charlie_McConalogue_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Charlie_McConalogue_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg/181px-Charlie_McConalogue_2024_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="758" data-file-height="1004" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"><a href="/wiki/Charlie_McConalogue" title="Charlie McConalogue">Charlie McConalogue</a>, <br /> <i><a href="/wiki/Fianna_F%C3%A1il" title="Fianna Fáil">Fianna Fáil</a></i></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Referendums">Referendums</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Referendums"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" style="float:right; margin:1em; font-size:95%;"> <caption>Outlier Votes in Referendums </caption> <tbody><tr style="background:lightgrey;"> <th>Proposal </th> <th>Donegal Result </th> <th>National Result </th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1958" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1958">3 (1958)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;">61.2% <i>Yes</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"><b>51.8%</b> <i>No</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Third Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968">3 (1968)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;">51.4% <i>Yes</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"><b>60.8%</b> <i>No</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_1968" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 1968">4 (1968)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;">51.2% <i>Yes</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"><b>60.8%</b> <i>No</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thirteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Thirteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">13 (1992)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">60.1% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>62.4%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fourteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" class="mw-redirect" title="Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">14 (1992)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">58.4% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>59.9%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Fifteenth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Fifteenth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">15 (1995)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">59.3% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>50.3%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">25 (2002)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;">68.8% <i>Yes</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;"><b>50.4%</b> <i>No</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">28 (2009)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">50.8% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>67.1%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thirtieth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">30 (2012)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">55.3% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>60.4%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">31 (2012)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">58.0% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>58.0%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">36 (2018)</a> </td> <td style="background-color:#FFE8E8;">51.9% <i>No</i> </td> <td style="background-color:#DDFFDD;"><b>66.4%</b> <i>Yes</i> </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>Donegal voters have a reputation nationally for being "conservative and contrarian", and have often voted against amendments to the <a href="/wiki/Irish_constitution" class="mw-redirect" title="Irish constitution">Irish constitution</a> which received broad support in the rest of Ireland.<sup id="cite_ref-69" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-69"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>69<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Conversely, voters in the county have also supported several referendums which were not enacted. The trend first emerged in 1958, when voters in Donegal overwhelmingly voted to alter the <a href="/wiki/Electoral_system" title="Electoral system">electoral system</a> from <a href="/wiki/Proportional_representation" title="Proportional representation">proportional representation</a> to <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post</a> in a referendum which was defeated nationally. </p><p>In 1968, voters in the county backed two separate bills which were also widely rejected nationwide. The first vote was to allow rural constituencies to elect a disproportionate number of <a href="/wiki/Teachta_D%C3%A1la" title="Teachta Dála">TDs</a>. Thirty-four constituencies voted against the amendment and four voted in favour, two of which were <a href="/wiki/Donegal_North-East_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal North-East (Dáil constituency)">Donegal North-East</a> and <a href="/wiki/Donegal_South-West_(D%C3%A1il_constituency)" title="Donegal South-West (Dáil constituency)">Donegal South-West</a>. In the second vote, both Donegal constituencies again voted for the introduction of a <a href="/wiki/First-past-the-post_voting" title="First-past-the-post voting">first-past-the-post</a> system, which was rejected. </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill,_2009_map_(results_by_constituency).png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill%2C_2009_map_%28results_by_constituency%29.png/150px-Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill%2C_2009_map_%28results_by_constituency%29.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="191" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill%2C_2009_map_%28results_by_constituency%29.png/225px-Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill%2C_2009_map_%28results_by_constituency%29.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill%2C_2009_map_%28results_by_constituency%29.png/300px-Twenty-eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland_Bill%2C_2009_map_%28results_by_constituency%29.png 2x" data-file-width="864" data-file-height="1100" /></a><figcaption>Second referendum on the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a></figcaption></figure> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Twenty-third_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">23rd Amendment</a> permitting the State to join the <a href="/wiki/International_Criminal_Court" title="International Criminal Court">International Criminal Court</a> in 2001 received the lowest support in Donegal, with just 55.8% of voters backing the proposal, compared with 64.2% nationally. Donegal is the only county to have voted against the <a href="/wiki/Treaty_of_Lisbon" title="Treaty of Lisbon">Treaty of Lisbon</a> twice, in 2008 and 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-70" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-70"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>70<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Voters in the county also rejected both the Fiscal Treaty and the referendum on <a href="/wiki/Thirty-first_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-first Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">children's rights and state care</a> in 2012. </p><p>On the issue of <a href="/wiki/Abortion" title="Abortion">abortion</a> and <a href="/wiki/Right_to_life" title="Right to life">right to life</a> vs <a href="/wiki/Abortion-rights_movements" class="mw-redirect" title="Abortion-rights movements">pro-choice</a>, Donegal has consistently been the most conservative county in Ireland. In 1992, two referendums on the issue were held. The first was an amendment which specified that the State could not limit the freedom of travel of women seeking abortions abroad. The second specified that the distribution of information about abortion services available in other countries was not unlawful. In contrast to the rest of Ireland, Donegal voted decisively against these amendments. </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Twenty-fifth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_Bill_2001" title="Twenty-fifth Amendment of the Constitution Bill 2001">twenty-fifth</a> amendment in 2002 to tighten the ban on abortion in Ireland received the most support in Donegal. Nationally, 50.42% of voters voted against the amendment, whereas 68.8% of voters in Donegal voted in favour of it. In May 2018, Donegal was the <a href="/wiki/Thirty-sixth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-sixth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">only county</a> in Ireland to vote against the repeal of the <a href="/wiki/Eighth_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Eighth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">Eighth Amendment of the Constitution</a> which had acknowledged the right to life of the unborn.<sup id="cite_ref-71" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-71"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>71<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In October 2018, 48.5% of voters in Donegal voted against <a href="/wiki/Thirty-seventh_Amendment_of_the_Constitution_of_Ireland" title="Thirty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland">repealing the offence</a> of publishing or uttering <a href="/wiki/Blasphemous" class="mw-redirect" title="Blasphemous">blasphemous</a> matter, the highest of any county and significantly above the national total of 35.15%. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="European_elections">European elections</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: European elections"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The county is in the <a href="/wiki/Midlands%E2%80%93North-West_(European_Parliament_constituency)" title="Midlands–North-West (European Parliament constituency)">Midlands–North-West</a> constituency (5 seats) for elections to the <a href="/wiki/European_Parliament" title="European Parliament">European Parliament</a>. Two candidates from Donegal contested the <a href="/wiki/2024_European_Parliament_election_in_Ireland" title="2024 European Parliament election in Ireland">2024 European Parliament election in Ireland</a>. They were <a href="/wiki/Peter_Casey" title="Peter Casey">Peter Casey</a> and Senator <a href="/wiki/Niall_Blaney" title="Niall Blaney">Niall Blaney</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. 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Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.</span> <span class="date-container"><i>(<span class="date">October 2022</span>)</i></span><span class="hide-when-compact"><i> (<small><a href="/wiki/Help:Maintenance_template_removal" title="Help:Maintenance template removal">Learn how and when to remove this message</a></small>)</i></span></div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The Freedom of Donegal is an award that is given to people who have been recognised for outstanding achievements on behalf of the people and County Donegal. Such people include <a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Donnell" title="Daniel O'Donnell">Daniel O'Donnell</a>, <a href="/wiki/Phil_Coulter" title="Phil Coulter">Phil Coulter</a>, <a href="/wiki/Shay_Given" title="Shay Given">Shay Given</a>, <a href="/wiki/Packie_Bonner" title="Packie Bonner">Packie Bonner</a>, <a href="/wiki/Paddy_Crerand" title="Paddy Crerand">Paddy Crerand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Seamus_Coleman" class="mw-redirect" title="Seamus Coleman">Seamus Coleman</a>, the <a href="/wiki/Clannad" title="Clannad">Brennan family</a> and <a href="/wiki/Jim_McGuinness" title="Jim McGuinness">Jim McGuinness</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-72" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-72"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>72<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In 2009 the members of the 28th <a href="/wiki/Infantry" title="Infantry">Infantry</a> <a href="/wiki/Battalion" title="Battalion">Battalion</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Defence_Forces_(Ireland)" title="Defence Forces (Ireland)">Irish Defence Forces</a> were also awarded the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the County</a> from <a href="/wiki/Donegal_County_Council" title="Donegal County Council">Donegal County Council</a> "in recognition of their longstanding service to the County of Donegal". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=21" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg/220px-Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg/330px-Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg/440px-Donegal_Carrickfin_Airport_-_Terminal_entrance_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1174804.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Donegal_Airport" title="Donegal Airport">Donegal Airport</a>, which is located in <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a> region</figcaption></figure> <p>An extensive rail network used to exist throughout the county and was mainly operated by the <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal_Railways_Joint_Committee" title="County Donegal Railways Joint Committee">County Donegal Railways Joint Committee</a> and the <a href="/wiki/Londonderry_and_Lough_Swilly_Railway" title="Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway">Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway</a> Company (known as the L. & L.S.R. or the Lough Swilly Company for short). All these lines were laid to a 3-foot gauge, while the connecting lines were all laid to the Irish standard gauge of <span class="nowrap">1,600 mm</span> (<span class="nowrap">5 ft 3 in</span>). This meant that all goods had to be transhipped at Derry and <a href="/wiki/Strabane" title="Strabane">Strabane</a>. Like all narrow gauge railways, this became a handicap after <a href="/wiki/World_War_I" title="World War I">World War I</a>, when road transport began to erode the railways' goods traffic. </p><p>By 1953, the Lough Swilly had closed its entire railway system and become a bus and road haulage concern. The County Donegal lasted until 1960 as it had largely dieselised its passenger trains by 1951. By the late 1950s, major work was required to upgrade the track, and the Irish Government was unwilling to supply the necessary funds, so 'the Wee Donegal', as it was affectionally known, was closed in 1960. The <a href="/wiki/Great_Northern_Railway_(Ireland)" title="Great Northern Railway (Ireland)">Great Northern Railway</a> (the G.N.R.) also ran a line from <a href="/wiki/Strabane" title="Strabane">Strabane</a> through The Laggan, a district in the east of the county, along the River Foyle into Derry. However, the railway network within County Donegal was completely closed by 1960.<sup id="cite_ref-73" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-73"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>73<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Today, the closest railway station to the county is <a href="/wiki/Derry_~_Londonderry_railway_station" title="Derry ~ Londonderry railway station">Waterside Station</a> in the City of Derry, which is operated by <a href="/wiki/NI_Railways" title="NI Railways">NI Railways</a> (N.I.R.). Train services along the <a href="/wiki/Belfast%E2%80%93Derry_railway_line" class="mw-redirect" title="Belfast–Derry railway line">Belfast–Derry railway line</a> run, via <a href="/wiki/Coleraine_railway_station" title="Coleraine railway station">Coleraine railway station</a>, to <a href="/wiki/Lanyon_Place_railway_station" title="Lanyon Place railway station">Belfast Lanyon Place</a> and <a href="/wiki/Belfast_Grand_Central_station" title="Belfast Grand Central station">Belfast Grand Central</a> stations. </p><p>County Donegal is served by both <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Airport" title="Donegal Airport">Donegal Airport</a>, located at Carrickfinn in <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a> in the west of the county, and by <a href="/wiki/City_of_Derry_Airport" title="City of Derry Airport">City of Derry Airport</a>, located at <a href="/wiki/Eglinton,_County_Londonderry" title="Eglinton, County Londonderry">Eglinton</a> to the east. The nearest main international airport to the county is <a href="/wiki/Belfast_International_Airport" title="Belfast International Airport">Belfast International Airport</a> (popularly known as Aldergrove Airport), which is located to the east at <a href="/wiki/Aldergrove,_County_Antrim" title="Aldergrove, County Antrim">Aldergrove</a>, near <a href="/wiki/Antrim,_County_Antrim" title="Antrim, County Antrim">Antrim Town</a>, in <a href="/wiki/County_Antrim" title="County Antrim">County Antrim</a>, 92 km (57 mi) from Derry City and 127 km (79 mi) from Letterkenny. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Culture_and_religion">Culture and religion</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=22" title="Edit section: Culture and religion"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png/220px-Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png/330px-Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png/440px-Grianan_of_Aileach_scenic_view_01.png 2x" data-file-width="1920" data-file-height="1080" /></a><figcaption>The <a href="/wiki/Iron_Age" title="Iron Age">Iron Age</a> fortress <a href="/wiki/Grianan_of_Aileach" title="Grianan of Aileach">Grianan of Aileach</a> (<a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish</a>: <i lang="ga">Grianán Ailigh</i>).</figcaption></figure> <p>The variant of the <a href="/wiki/Irish_language" title="Irish language">Irish language</a> spoken in County Donegal shares many traits with <a href="/wiki/Scottish_Gaelic" title="Scottish Gaelic">Scottish Gaelic</a>. The Irish spoken in the Donegal <i><a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a></i> (Irish-speaking area) is of the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Irish" title="Ulster Irish">Ulster dialect</a>, while <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a> (parts of which only became English-speaking in the early 20th century) used the East Ulster dialect. <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Scots_dialects" class="mw-redirect" title="Ulster Scots dialects">Ulster Scots</a> is often spoken in both the <a href="/wiki/River_Finn_(County_Donegal)" class="mw-redirect" title="River Finn (County Donegal)">Finn Valley</a> and The Laggan district of East Donegal. Donegal Irish has a strong influence on learnt Irish across Ulster. </p><p>Like other areas on the western seaboard of Ireland, parts of County Donegal have a distinctive <a href="/wiki/Donegal_fiddle_tradition" title="Donegal fiddle tradition">fiddle tradition</a> which is of world renown. County Donegal is also well known for its songs which have, like the instrumental music, a distinctive sound. Donegal musical artists such as the bands <a href="/wiki/Clannad" title="Clannad">Clannad</a>, <a href="/wiki/The_Pattersons" title="The Pattersons">The Pattersons</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Altan_(band)" title="Altan (band)">Altan</a> and solo artist <a href="/wiki/Enya" title="Enya">Enya</a>, have had international success with traditional or traditional flavoured music. Donegal music has also influenced people not originally from the county including folk and pop singers <a href="/wiki/Paul_Brady" title="Paul Brady">Paul Brady</a> and <a href="/wiki/Phil_Coulter" title="Phil Coulter">Phil Coulter</a>. Singer <a href="/wiki/Daniel_O%27Donnell" title="Daniel O'Donnell">Daniel O'Donnell</a> has become a popular ambassador for the county. <a href="/wiki/Popular_music" title="Popular music">Popular music</a> is also common, the county's most acclaimed rock artist being the Ballyshannon-born <a href="/wiki/Rory_Gallagher" title="Rory Gallagher">Rory Gallagher</a>. Other acts to come out of Donegal include folk-rock band <a href="/wiki/Goats_Don%27t_Shave" title="Goats Don't Shave">Goats Don't Shave</a>, Eurovision contestant <a href="/wiki/Mickey_Joe_Harte" title="Mickey Joe Harte">Mickey Joe Harte</a> and indie rock group <a href="/wiki/The_Revs" title="The Revs">The Revs</a>. In more recent years, bands such as in Their Thousands and Mojo Gogo have featured on the front page of <i><a href="/wiki/Hot_Press" title="Hot Press">Hot Press</a></i> magazine. </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg/220px-Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg/330px-Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg/440px-Dunlewy_-_Derelict_church_with_walled_yard_and_gate_-_geograph.org.uk_-_1190473.jpg 2x" data-file-width="639" data-file-height="426" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Errigal" title="Errigal">Errigal</a> towers over <a href="/wiki/Gweedore" title="Gweedore">Gweedore</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cloughaneely" title="Cloughaneely">Cloughaneely</a>. The former <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a> church (now ruined) at <a href="/wiki/Dunlewey" title="Dunlewey">Dunlewey</a> can be seen in the foreground.<sup id="cite_ref-Willie_Cumming_p._96_74-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willie_Cumming_p._96-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The church was built in the early 1850s.<sup id="cite_ref-Willie_Cumming_p._96_74-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Willie_Cumming_p._96-74"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>74<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_(3777308805).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_%283777308805%29.jpg/220px-Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_%283777308805%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="97" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_%283777308805%29.jpg/330px-Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_%283777308805%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/43/Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_%283777308805%29.jpg/440px-Trawbreaga_Stitch_02_%283777308805%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5119" data-file-height="2252" /></a><figcaption>Five Finger Strand, <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a>.</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg/220px-Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg/330px-Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg/440px-Cutting_the_peat_on_the_side_of_Lough_Fad_-_geograph.org.uk_-_51748.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="429" /></a><figcaption>Cut <a href="/wiki/Peat" title="Peat">turf</a> between <a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a> and Redcastle.</figcaption></figure> <p>County Donegal has a long literary tradition in both Irish and English. The Irish <a href="/wiki/Navvy" title="Navvy">navvy</a>-turned-novelist <a href="/wiki/Patrick_MacGill" title="Patrick MacGill">Patrick MacGill</a>, author of many books about the experiences of Irish migrant <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/itinerant" class="extiw" title="wikt:itinerant">itinerant</a> labourers in <a href="/wiki/Great_Britain" title="Great Britain">Britain</a> at around the start of the 20th century, such as <i>The Rat Pit</i> and the autobiographical <i>Children of the Dead End</i>, is from the <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a> area. The MacGill Summer School in <a href="/wiki/Glenties" title="Glenties">Glenties</a> is named in his honour and attracts national interest as a forum for the analysis of current affairs.<sup id="cite_ref-75" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-75"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>75<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The novelist and socialist politician <a href="/wiki/Peadar_O%27Donnell" title="Peadar O'Donnell">Peadar O'Donnell</a> hailed from <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a> in west Donegal. The poet <a href="/wiki/William_Allingham" title="William Allingham">William Allingham</a> was also from Ballyshannon. Modern exponents include the <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a> playwright and poet <a href="/wiki/Frank_McGuinness" title="Frank McGuinness">Frank McGuinness</a> and the playwright <a href="/wiki/Brian_Friel" title="Brian Friel">Brian Friel</a>. Many of Friel's plays are set in the fictional Donegal town of <a href="/wiki/Ballybeg_(fictional_town)" title="Ballybeg (fictional town)">Ballybeg</a>. </p><p>Authors in County Donegal have been creating works, like the <i><a href="/wiki/Annals_of_the_Four_Masters" title="Annals of the Four Masters">Annals of the Four Masters</a></i>, in Irish and <a href="/wiki/Latin" title="Latin">Latin</a> since the <a href="/wiki/Early_Middle_Ages" title="Early Middle Ages">Early Middle Ages</a>. The Irish philosopher <a href="/wiki/John_Toland" title="John Toland">John Toland</a> was born in <a href="/wiki/Inishowen" title="Inishowen">Inishowen</a> in 1670. He was thought of as the original <a href="/wiki/Freethought" title="Freethought">freethinker</a> by <a href="/wiki/George_Berkeley" title="George Berkeley">George Berkeley</a>. Toland was also instrumental in the spread of freemasonry throughout <a href="/wiki/Continental_Europe" title="Continental Europe">Continental Europe</a>. In modern Irish, Donegal has produced a number of (sometimes controversial), authors such as the brothers <a href="/wiki/S%C3%A9amus_%C3%93_Grianna" title="Séamus Ó Grianna">Séamus Ó Grianna</a> and <a href="/wiki/Seosamh_Mac_Grianna" title="Seosamh Mac Grianna">Seosamh Mac Grianna</a> from <a href="/wiki/The_Rosses" title="The Rosses">The Rosses</a> and the contemporary (and controversial) Irish-language poet <a href="/wiki/Cathal_%C3%93_Searcaigh" title="Cathal Ó Searcaigh">Cathal Ó Searcaigh</a> from <a href="/wiki/Gortahork" title="Gortahork">Gortahork</a> in Cloughaneely, and where he is known to locals as <span title="Irish-language text"><i lang="ga">Gúrú na gCnoc</i></span> ('Guru of the Hills'). </p><p>County Donegal is known for its textiles, whose unique woollen blends are made of short threads with tiny bits of colour blended in for a heathered effect. Sometimes they are woven in a rustic herringbone format and other times in more of a box weave of varied colours. These weaves are known as <a href="/wiki/Donegal_tweed" title="Donegal tweed">donegal tweeds</a> (with a small 'd') and are world-renowned. </p><p>There is a sizeable minority of <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Protestants" title="Ulster Protestants">Ulster Protestants</a> in County Donegal, and most Donegal Protestants trace their ancestors to settlers who arrived during the <a href="/wiki/Plantation_of_Ulster" title="Plantation of Ulster">Plantation of Ulster</a> throughout the 17th century. The <a href="/wiki/Church_of_Ireland" title="Church of Ireland">Church of Ireland</a> is the largest Protestant denomination, with <a href="/wiki/Presbyterianism" title="Presbyterianism">Presbyterianism</a> second. The areas of County Donegal with the highest percentage of Protestants are The Laggan district of East Donegal, centred on <a href="/wiki/Raphoe" title="Raphoe">Raphoe</a>;<sup id="cite_ref-76" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-76"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>76<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <a href="/wiki/River_Finn_(County_Donegal)" class="mw-redirect" title="River Finn (County Donegal)">Finn Valley</a>; and areas around Ramelton, Milford and Dunfanaghy – where their proportion reaches up to 30–45 per cent. There is also a large Protestant population between Donegal Town and Ballyshannon in the south of the county. In absolute terms, Letterkenny has the largest number of Protestants (over 1,000). </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Earagail_Arts_Festival" title="Earagail Arts Festival">Earagail Arts Festival</a> is held within the county each July. </p><p>People from County Donegal have also contributed to culture elsewhere. <a href="/wiki/Francis_Alison" title="Francis Alison">Francis Alison</a> was one of the founders of the College of Philadelphia, which would later become the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Pennsylvania" title="University of Pennsylvania">University of Pennsylvania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Marquis_1607-1896_77-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Marquis_1607-1896-77"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>77<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Francis_Makemie" title="Francis Makemie">Francis Makemie</a> (originally from <a href="/wiki/Ramelton" title="Ramelton">Ramelton</a>) founded the Presbyterian Church in America. <a href="/wiki/David_Steele_(minister)" title="David Steele (minister)">David Steele</a>, from Upper Creevaugh, was a prominent <a href="/wiki/Reformed_Presbyterian_churches" class="mw-redirect" title="Reformed Presbyterian churches">Reformed Presbyterian</a>, or <a href="/wiki/Covenanter" class="mw-redirect" title="Covenanter">Covenanter</a>, a minister who emigrated to the United States in 1824. <a href="/wiki/Charles_Inglis_(bishop)" title="Charles Inglis (bishop)">Charles Inglis</a>, who was the first <a href="/wiki/Church_of_England" title="Church of England">Church of England</a> bishop of the <a href="/wiki/Diocese_of_Nova_Scotia_and_Prince_Edward_Island" title="Diocese of Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island">Diocese of Nova Scotia</a>, was the third son of Archibald Inglis, the <a href="/wiki/Rector_(ecclesiastical)" title="Rector (ecclesiastical)">Rector</a> in <a href="/wiki/Glencolmcille" title="Glencolmcille">Glencolmcille</a>. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Places_of_interest">Places of interest</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=23" title="Edit section: Places of interest"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Glenveagh_National_Park_(2579034038).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Glenveagh_National_Park_%282579034038%29.jpg/220px-Glenveagh_National_Park_%282579034038%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Glenveagh_National_Park_%282579034038%29.jpg/330px-Glenveagh_National_Park_%282579034038%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6f/Glenveagh_National_Park_%282579034038%29.jpg/440px-Glenveagh_National_Park_%282579034038%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2241" data-file-height="1500" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Glenveagh" title="Glenveagh">Glenveagh</a> National Park, the second largest in Ireland</figcaption></figure> <p>The area's attractions include <a href="/wiki/Glenveagh" title="Glenveagh">Glenveagh</a> National Park (formerly part of the Glenveagh Estate). The park is a 170 km<sup>2</sup> (about 42,000 acre) nature reserve with scenery of mountains, raised boglands, lakes and woodlands. At its heart is <a href="/wiki/Glenveagh_Castle" title="Glenveagh Castle">Glenveagh Castle</a>, a late <a href="/wiki/Victorian_architecture" title="Victorian architecture">Victorian</a> 'folly' that was originally built as a summer residence. County Donegal was voted number one on <i>The National Geographic Traveller</i> (UK) 'cool list' for 2017,<sup id="cite_ref-78" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-78"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>78<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway,_Lough_Finn_(5951398952).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway%2C_Lough_Finn_%285951398952%29.jpg/220px-Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway%2C_Lough_Finn_%285951398952%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway%2C_Lough_Finn_%285951398952%29.jpg/330px-Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway%2C_Lough_Finn_%285951398952%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway%2C_Lough_Finn_%285951398952%29.jpg/440px-Fintown_Railway_on_trackbed_of_CDR_County_Donegal_Railway%2C_Lough_Finn_%285951398952%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption>Fintown Railway on the track of <a href="/wiki/County_Donegal_Railways_Joint_Committee" title="County Donegal Railways Joint Committee">County Donegal Railways Joint Committee</a> next to <a href="/wiki/Lough_Finn" title="Lough Finn">Lough Finn</a> near <a href="/wiki/Fintown_railway_station" title="Fintown railway station">Fintown railway station</a>.</figcaption></figure> <p>The Donegal <a href="/wiki/Gaeltacht" title="Gaeltacht">Gaeltacht</a> (Irish-speaking district) also attracts young people to County Donegal each year during the school summer holidays. The three-week-long summer Gaeltacht courses give young Irish people from other parts of the country a chance to learn the Irish language and traditional Irish cultural traditions that are still prevalent in parts of Donegal. The Donegal Gaeltacht has traditionally been a very popular destination each summer for young people from <a href="/wiki/Northern_Ireland" title="Northern Ireland">Northern Ireland</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-79" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-79"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>79<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Scuba diving is also very popular with a club being located in Donegal Town. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Education">Education</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=24" title="Edit section: Education"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Higher education within the county is provided by the Letterkenny campus of the <a href="/wiki/Atlantic_Technological_University" title="Atlantic Technological University">Atlantic Technological University</a> (ATU; formerly the <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_Institute_of_Technology" title="Letterkenny Institute of Technology">Letterkenny Institute of Technology</a> (LYIT), popularly known locally as 'the Regional', established in the 1970s). In addition, many young people from the county attend third-level institutions elsewhere in Ireland, especially at <a href="/wiki/Magee_College" title="Magee College">Magee College</a> and other institutions in Derry, and also at: <a href="/wiki/Ulster_University_at_Coleraine" title="Ulster University at Coleraine">Ulster University at Coleraine</a> (UUC); <a href="/wiki/Ulster_University" title="Ulster University">Ulster University</a> at <a href="/wiki/Jordanstown" title="Jordanstown">Jordanstown</a> (UUJ); <a href="/wiki/The_Queen%27s_University_of_Belfast" class="mw-redirect" title="The Queen's University of Belfast">The Queen's University of Belfast</a> (Queen's or QUB); and the <a href="/wiki/University_of_Galway" title="University of Galway">University of Galway</a> (formerly NUI Galway). Many Donegal students also attend the <a href="/wiki/Limavady" title="Limavady">Limavady</a> Campus of the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Regional_College" title="North West Regional College">North West Regional College</a> (popularly known as Limavady Tech) and the <a href="/wiki/Omagh_College_of_Further_Education" title="Omagh College of Further Education">Omagh College of Further Education</a> of <a href="/wiki/South_West_College" title="South West College">South West College</a> (popularly known as Omagh Tech or Omagh College). </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=25" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Clgghaothdobhair.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Clgghaothdobhair.jpg/220px-Clgghaothdobhair.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="45" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Clgghaothdobhair.jpg/330px-Clgghaothdobhair.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1e/Clgghaothdobhair.jpg/440px-Clgghaothdobhair.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2045" data-file-height="420" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Gaoth_Dobhair" class="mw-redirect" title="Gaoth Dobhair">Gaoth Dobhair</a> GAA grounds.</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Gaelic_football_and_hurling">Gaelic football and hurling</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=26" title="Edit section: Gaelic football and hurling"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_Athletic_Association" title="Gaelic Athletic Association">Gaelic Athletic Association</a> (G.A.A.) sport of <a href="/wiki/Gaelic_football" title="Gaelic football">Gaelic football</a> is very popular in County Donegal. Donegal's inter-county football team have won the <a href="/wiki/All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship" title="All-Ireland Senior Football Championship">All-Ireland Senior Football Championship</a> title twice (in 1992 and 2012) and the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Senior_Football_Championship" title="Ulster Senior Football Championship">Ulster Senior Football Championship</a> ten times. <a href="/wiki/Donegal_senior_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Donegal senior football team">Donegal</a> emerged victorious from the <a href="/wiki/2012_All-Ireland_Senior_Football_Championship_Final" class="mw-redirect" title="2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final">2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final</a> on 23 September 2012 to take the <a href="/wiki/Sam_Maguire_Cup" title="Sam Maguire Cup">Sam Maguire Cup</a> for only the second time, with early goals from <a href="/wiki/Michael_Murphy_(Gaelic_footballer)" title="Michael Murphy (Gaelic footballer)">Michael Murphy</a> and <a href="/wiki/Colm_McFadden" title="Colm McFadden">Colm McFadden</a> setting up a victory of 2–11 to 0–13 over <a href="/wiki/Mayo_senior_football_team" class="mw-redirect" title="Mayo senior football team">Mayo</a>. In 2007, Donegal won only their second national title by winning the <a href="/wiki/National_Football_League_(Ireland)" title="National Football League (Ireland)">National Football League</a>. On 24 April 2011, Donegal added their third national title when they defeated <a href="/wiki/Laois_GAA" title="Laois GAA">Laois</a> to capture the National Football League Division Two, they added another Division Two title in 2019. There are 16 clubs in the <a href="/wiki/Donegal_Senior_Football_Championship" title="Donegal Senior Football Championship">Donegal Senior Football Championship</a>, with many others playing at a lower level.<sup id="cite_ref-80" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-80"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>80<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Hurling" title="Hurling">Hurling</a> (often called 'hurley' within County Donegal), handball and rounders are also played but are less widespread, as is the case in other parts of western Ulster. The Donegal county senior hurling team won the <a href="/wiki/Lory_Meagher_Cup_2011" class="mw-redirect" title="Lory Meagher Cup 2011">Lory Meagher Cup</a> in 2011 and the <a href="/wiki/Nicky_Rackard_Cup" title="Nicky Rackard Cup">Nicky Rackard Cup</a> in 2013. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Rugby_Union">Rugby Union</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=27" title="Edit section: Rugby Union"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg/220px-Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="146" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg/330px-Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/22/Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg/440px-Narin_%26_Portnoo_Golf_Club_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5456" data-file-height="3632" /></a><figcaption>Narin and Portnoo Golf club, one of the many links courses in the county</figcaption></figure> <p>There are several <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby</a> teams in the county. These include Ulster Qualifying League Two side <a href="/wiki/Letterkenny_RFC" title="Letterkenny RFC">Letterkenny RFC</a>, whose ground is named after <a href="/wiki/Dave_Gallaher" title="Dave Gallaher">Dave Gallaher</a>, the captain of the 1905 New Zealand <a href="/wiki/New_Zealand_national_rugby_union_team" title="New Zealand national rugby union team">All Blacks</a> touring team, who have since become known as <a href="/wiki/The_Original_All_Blacks" title="The Original All Blacks">The Originals</a>. He was born in nearby <a href="/wiki/Ramelton" title="Ramelton">Ramelton</a>. </p><p>Ulster Qualifying League Three sides include Ballyshannon RFC, Donegal Town RFC and Inishowen RFC. Finn Valley RFC and Tir Chonaill RFC both compete in the Ulster Minor League North. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Association_football">Association football</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=28" title="Edit section: Association football"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Finn_Harps_F.C." title="Finn Harps F.C.">Finn Harps</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/League_of_Ireland" title="League of Ireland">League of Ireland</a> and play their home matches at Finn Park in Ballybofey. The club's colours are blue and white, and they go by the nickname "Harps". The club won the FAI Cup in 1973–74 which remains their highest profile achievement to date. They are the county's only League of Ireland club, with the county's other clubs playing in either the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Senior_League_(association_football)" title="Ulster Senior League (association football)">Ulster Senior League</a> or the local junior leagues.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Bundoran_Strand,_Co._Donegal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bundoran_Strand%2C_Co._Donegal.jpg/220px-Bundoran_Strand%2C_Co._Donegal.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bundoran_Strand%2C_Co._Donegal.jpg/330px-Bundoran_Strand%2C_Co._Donegal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/63/Bundoran_Strand%2C_Co._Donegal.jpg/440px-Bundoran_Strand%2C_Co._Donegal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2560" data-file-height="1920" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Bundoran" title="Bundoran">Bundoran</a> was included, in a 2012 edition of <i>National Geographic</i> magazine, in a list of the world's top 20 surf towns</figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Golf">Golf</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=29" title="Edit section: Golf"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>There are a number of golf courses such as <a href="/wiki/Ballyliffin_Golf_Club" title="Ballyliffin Golf Club">Ballyliffin Golf Club</a>, located in the Inishowen peninsula. Other courses of note are Murvagh (located outside Donegal Town) and Rosapenna (Sandy Hills) located in Downings (near <a href="/wiki/Carrigart" title="Carrigart">Carrigart</a>). The Glashedy Links was previously ranked 6th in a ranking taken by Golf Digest on the best courses in Ireland.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> The old links were ranked 28th, Murvagh 36th and Sandy Hills 38th.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (January 2025)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Cricket">Cricket</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=30" title="Edit section: Cricket"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Cricket" title="Cricket">Cricket</a> is chiefly confined to The Laggan district and the Finn Valley in the east of the county. The town of <a href="/wiki/Raphoe" title="Raphoe">Raphoe</a> and the nearby village of <a href="/wiki/St_Johnston,_County_Donegal" title="St Johnston, County Donegal">St Johnston</a>, both in The Laggan, are the traditional strongholds of cricket within the county. The game is mainly played and followed by members of the <a href="/wiki/Ulster_Protestants" title="Ulster Protestants">Ulster Protestants</a> of County Donegal. <a href="/wiki/St_Johnston_Cricket_Club" title="St Johnston Cricket Club">St Johnston Cricket Club</a> play in the <a href="/wiki/North_West_Senior_League" title="North West Senior League">North West Senior League</a>, while Letterkenny Cricket Club play in the Derry Midweek League.<sup id="cite_ref-81" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-81"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>81<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Athletics">Athletics</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=31" title="Edit section: Athletics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Athletic pursuits have been highly popular in Donegal over the years with numerous athletes from County Donegal going on to represent Ireland at the international level, with at least five winning medals at major events. Such athletes include <a href="/wiki/Danny_McDaid" title="Danny McDaid">Danny McDaid</a> in the World Cross-Country Championships in 1979, Bridie Lynch who won medals in the World Paralympic Games in 1992 and 1996,<sup id="cite_ref-Bridie_Lynch_-_Ref_for_medals_82-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bridie_Lynch_-_Ref_for_medals-82"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>82<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-Bridie_Lynch_-_Ref_for_place_of_birth_83-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Bridie_Lynch_-_Ref_for_place_of_birth-83"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>83<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gary Murray who came 8th in the <a href="/wiki/1999_European_Cross_Country_Championships" title="1999 European Cross Country Championships">European Junior Cross-Country Championship of 1999</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Mark_English_(athlete)" title="Mark English (athlete)">Mark English</a> who won medals in the European 800m Championships in 2014, 2015, 2018 and 2019. Sommer Lecky also achieved silver in the <a href="/wiki/2018_IAAF_World_U20_Championships" title="2018 IAAF World U20 Championships">World Junior High Jump 2018</a>. Other notable athletes from Donegal include <a href="/wiki/Paul_Dolan_(athlete)" title="Paul Dolan (athlete)">Paul Dolan</a>, <a href="/wiki/Caitriona_Jennings" title="Caitriona Jennings">Caitriona Jennings</a> and <a href="/wiki/Brendan_Boyce" title="Brendan Boyce">Brendan Boyce</a> each of whom has represented Ireland at the international level. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Other_sports">Other sports</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=32" title="Edit section: Other sports"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Donegal's rugged landscape and coastline lends itself to active sports like <a href="/wiki/Climbing" title="Climbing">climbing</a>, <a href="/wiki/Mountain_biking" title="Mountain biking">mountain biking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Hillwalking" class="mw-redirect" title="Hillwalking">hillwalking</a>, <a href="/wiki/Surfing" title="Surfing">surfing</a> and <a href="/wiki/Kite" title="Kite">kite</a>-flying. </p> <div class="thumb tnone" style="margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto;overflow:hidden;width:auto;max-width:1508px"><div class="thumbinner"><div class="noresize" style="overflow:auto"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Panoramic view of Errigal's summit."><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg/1500px-Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg" decoding="async" width="1500" height="167" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg/2250px-Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b1/Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg/3000px-Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3988" data-file-height="444" /></a></span></div><div class="thumbcaption"><div class="magnify"><a href="/wiki/File:Sommet_Mont_Errigal.jpg" title="File:Sommet Mont Errigal.jpg"> </a></div>Panoramic view of <a href="/wiki/Errigal" title="Errigal">Errigal</a>'s summit.</div></div></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="People">People</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=33" title="Edit section: People"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable selfref">See also: <a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_County_Donegal" title="Category:People from County Donegal">Category:People from County Donegal</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/List_of_Donegal_people" title="List of Donegal people">List of Donegal people</a></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="See_also">See also</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=34" title="Edit section: See also"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Donegal_people" title="List of Donegal people">List of Donegal people</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_monastic_houses_in_County_Donegal" title="List of monastic houses in County Donegal">List of monastic houses in County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Monuments_in_County_Donegal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Monuments in County Donegal">List of National Monuments in County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_public_art_in_County_Donegal" title="List of public art in County Donegal">List of public art in County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_townlands_of_County_Donegal" title="List of townlands of County Donegal">List of townlands of County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland">List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_abbeys_and_priories_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland#County_Donegal" class="mw-redirect" title="List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland">List of abbeys and priories in the Republic of Ireland (County Donegal)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Category:People_from_County_Donegal" title="Category:People from County Donegal">People from County Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/County_Donegal_(Parliament_of_Ireland_constituency)" title="County Donegal (Parliament of Ireland constituency)">County Donegal (Parliament of Ireland constituency)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Earagail_Arts_Festival" title="Earagail Arts Festival">Earagail Arts Festival</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/High_Sheriff_of_Donegal" title="High Sheriff of Donegal">High Sheriff of Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lord_Lieutenant_of_Donegal" class="mw-redirect" title="Lord Lieutenant of Donegal">Lord Lieutenant of Donegal</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/The_Troubles" title="The Troubles">The Troubles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_Atlantic_Way" title="Wild Atlantic Way">Wild Atlantic Way</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/B%C3%A1id%C3%ADn_Fheilim%C3%AD" title="Báidín Fheilimí">Báidín Fheilimí</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=County_Donegal&action=edit&section=35" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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Retrieved <span class="nowrap">2 June</span> 2021</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=donegaltown.ie&rft.atitle=Donegal+Town+Website+Donegal+Town+%28D%C3%BAn+na+nGall%29%2C+Donegal&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.donegaltown.ie%2F&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACounty+Donegal" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-9">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Renamed "County Tirconaill" in 1922 by a resolution of the County Council. ('Place Name Confusion – Donegal or Tirconaill', <i><a href="/wiki/The_Irish_Times" title="The Irish Times">The Irish Times</a></i>, 24 April 1924). 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Appletree Press. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-86281-824-1" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-86281-824-1"><bdi>978-0-86281-824-1</bdi></a>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=book&rft.btitle=Ireland%27s+Inland+Waterways&rft.pub=Appletree+Press&rft.date=2004&rft.isbn=978-0-86281-824-1&rft.aulast=Delany&rft.aufirst=Ruth&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3ACounty+Donegal" class="Z3988"></span></li> <li>Donegal CoCo. <i>Biodiversity Species List for County Donegal (with priorities)</i>, An Action of the County Donegal Heritage Plan (2007–2011), <a href="/wiki/Donegal_County_Council" title="Donegal County Council">Donegal County Council</a>, 2009</li> <li>Douglas, C, O'Sullivan, A, Grogan, H, Kelly, L, Garvey, L, Van Doorslaer, L, Scally, L, Dunnells, D, & Wyse Jackson, M, Goodwillie, R, Mooney, E. <i>Distribution, Ecology and Conservation of Blanket Bog in Ireland</i>, National Parks and Wildlife Service, 2000</li> <li><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFDundurn2000" class="citation book cs1">Dundurn (2000). <i>Inishowen: Paintings and Stories from the Land of Eoghan</i>. 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class="navbox-abovebelow" colspan="3"><div><a href="/wiki/County_town" title="County town">County town</a>: <b><a href="/wiki/Lifford" title="Lifford">Lifford</a></b></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_towns_and_villages_in_the_Republic_of_Ireland" title="List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland">Towns</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Ballybofey" title="Ballybofey">Ballybofey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ballyshannon" title="Ballyshannon">Ballyshannon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buncrana" title="Buncrana">Buncrana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bundoran" title="Bundoran">Bundoran</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carndonagh" title="Carndonagh">Carndonagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Castlefin" title="Castlefin">Castlefin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Donegal_(town)" title="Donegal (town)">Donegal Town</a></li> 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href="/wiki/Bridgend,_County_Donegal" title="Bridgend, County Donegal">Bridgend</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bruckless" title="Bruckless">Bruckless</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burnfoot,_County_Donegal" title="Burnfoot, County Donegal">Burnfoot</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burtonport" title="Burtonport">Burtonport</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrick,_County_Donegal" title="Carrick, County Donegal">Carrick</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigans,_County_Donegal" title="Carrigans, County Donegal">Carrigans</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carrigart" title="Carrigart">Carrigart</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Churchill,_County_Donegal" title="Churchill, County Donegal">Churchill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloghan,_County_Donegal" title="Cloghan, County Donegal">Cloghan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonmany" title="Clonmany">Clonmany</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Convoy,_County_Donegal" title="Convoy, County Donegal">Convoy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cranford,_County_Donegal" title="Cranford, County Donegal">Cranford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Creeslough" title="Creeslough">Creeslough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crolly" title="Crolly">Crolly</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Culdaff" title="Culdaff">Culdaff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Doochary" title="Doochary">Doochary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Downings" title="Downings">Downings</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumkeen" title="Drumkeen">Drumkeen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunfanaghy" title="Dunfanaghy">Dunfanaghy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunkineely" title="Dunkineely">Dunkineely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dunlewey" title="Dunlewey">Dunlewey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fahan" title="Fahan">Fahan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fintown" title="Fintown">Fintown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frosses" title="Frosses">Frosses</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glen,_County_Donegal" title="Glen, County Donegal">Glen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glencolmcille" title="Glencolmcille">Glencolmcille</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greencastle,_County_Donegal" title="Greencastle, County Donegal">Greencastle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inver,_County_Donegal" title="Inver, County Donegal">Inver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerrykeel" title="Kerrykeel">Kerrykeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilcar" title="Kilcar">Kilcar</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killea,_County_Donegal" title="Killea, County Donegal">Killea</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Killygordon" title="Killygordon">Killygordon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilmacrennan" title="Kilmacrennan">Kilmacrennan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Laghy" title="Laghy">Laghy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Leabgarrow" title="Leabgarrow">Leabgarrow</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lettermacaward" title="Lettermacaward">Lettermacaward</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Loch_an_I%C3%BAir" title="Loch an Iúir">Loughanure</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malin,_County_Donegal" title="Malin, County Donegal">Malin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Malin_Beg" title="Malin Beg">Malin Beg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Manorcunningham" title="Manorcunningham">Manorcunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenlaragh" title="Meenlaragh">Meenlaragh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Milford,_County_Donegal" title="Milford, County Donegal">Milford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mountcharles" title="Mountcharles">Mountcharles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moville" title="Moville">Moville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Muff,_County_Donegal" title="Muff, County Donegal">Muff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Narin,_County_Donegal" title="Narin, County Donegal">Narin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Newtown_Cunningham" title="Newtown Cunningham">Newtowncunningham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pettigo" title="Pettigo">Pettigo</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Porthall" title="Porthall">Porthall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portnablagh" title="Portnablagh">Portnablagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Quigley%27s_Point" title="Quigley's Point">Quigley's Point</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Raphoe" title="Raphoe">Raphoe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathmullan" 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<li><a href="/wiki/Castleforward_Demesne" title="Castleforward Demesne">Castleforward Demesne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Clonglash" title="Clonglash">Clonglash</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Derrybeg" title="Derrybeg">Derrybeg</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumardagh" title="Drumardagh">Drumardagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Drumrainy" title="Drumrainy">Drumrainy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gartan" title="Gartan">Gartan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gortahork" title="Gortahork">Gortahork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilclooney_More" title="Kilclooney More">Kilclooney More</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kincasslagh" title="Kincasslagh">Kincasslagh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Machaire_Rabhartaigh" title="Machaire Rabhartaigh">Magheroarty</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Meenagolan" title="Meenagolan">Meenagolan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mullaghduff,_County_Donegal" title="Mullaghduff, County Donegal">Mullaghduff</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Portsalon" title="Portsalon">Portsalon</a></li> <li><a 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title="Inishfree">Inishfree</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishkeel" title="Inishkeel">Inishkeel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishmeane" title="Inishmeane">Inishmeane</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishsirrer" title="Inishsirrer">Inishsirrer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inishtrahull" title="Inishtrahull">Inishtrahull</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Owey_Island" title="Owey Island">Owey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rathlin_O%27Birne" title="Rathlin O'Birne">Rathlin O'Birne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rotten_Island" title="Rotten Island">Rotten</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rutland_Island,_County_Donegal" title="Rutland Island, County Donegal">Rutland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tory_Island" title="Tory Island">Tory</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Other regions</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Cloughaneely" 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