Donegal Township is the name of some places in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania Donegal Township, Butler County, Pennsylvania Donegal Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania Donegal Township, Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania See also East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania West Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania Geodis Category Pennsylvania township disambiguation pages de Donegal Township ... more details
Infobox Ireland disused station name Donegal other name image File Old Railway Station, Donegal Town geograph.org.uk 910976.jpg 250px caption Railway station buildings in Donegal, now the Donegal Railway Centre locale Donegal borough County Donegal latitude 54.65673 longitude 8.10855 gridref line West Donegal Railway owner County Donegal Railways Joint Committee platforms years 16 September 1889 events Station opens years1 1 January 1960 events1 Station closes Donegal railway station served Donegal in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The station opened on 16 September 1889 on the West Donegal Railway line from Stranorlar to Donegal . It closed on 1 January 1960. ref cite web title Donegal station work Railscot Irish Railways url http www.railscot.co.uk Ireland Irish railways.pdf accessdate 2012 04 27 ref It is now the home of the Donegal Railway Centre . Routes Disused Rail Start Rail line previous Clarbridge Halt railway station Clarbridge Halt next Terminus route West Donegal Railway br Stranorlar to Donegal col 00008B Rail line previous Terminus next Killymard Halt railway station Killymard Halt route Donegal Railway Company br Donegal to Killybegs col 00008B Rail line previous Terminus next Hospital Halt railway station Hospital Halt route Donegal Railway Company br Donegal to Ballyshannon col 00008B end References reflist DEFAULTSORT Donegal Railway Station Category Disused railway stations in County Donegal Category Railway stations opened in 1889 Category Railway stations closed in 1960 Ireland railstation stub ... more details
Mullaghduff is a townland in the parish of Kincasslagh , County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The townland name is an anglicisation of the Gaelic placename Mullach Dubh which means The Black Hilltop , which possibly derives from the blackish soil which covers the hill. coord missing County Donegal Category Townlands of County Donegal Category County Donegal geography stubs Donegal geo stub ... more details
Infobox company name Donegal Railway Company logo fate taken over successor County Donegal Railways Joint Committee foundation 1892 defunct 1906 location city Stranorlar , Donegal location country Ireland area served County DonegalDonegal industry railway The Donegal Railway Company DR was an RailGauge 36 railway in Ireland . History The company was formed in 1892 by a merger of the Finn Valley Railway and the West Donegal Railway . One of the first acts of the new company was to convert the former Finn Valley Railway from Strabane to Stranorlar to RailGauge 36 gauge, which it completed on 16 July 1894 ref The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland, William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 ref Further new lines were built with a Government grant of 300,000 formatnum Inflation UK 300000 1892 CURRENTYEAR r 0 as of CURRENTYEAR , Inflation fn UK Stranorlar and Glenties convert 24 mi , opened 1895 station Stranorlar, Ballybofey, Glenmore, Cloghan, Ballinamore, Fintown, Shallogans and Glenties DonegalDonegal Town to Killybegs convert 19 mi , opened 1893 station DonegalDonegal Town , Killymard, Mountcharles , Doorin Road, Inver , Port, Dunkineely , Bruckless , Ardara Road and Killybegs Other extensions followed later Strabane to Derry convert 14 mi , opened 1901 station Strabane , Ballymagorry , Ballyheather, Donemana, Cullion, Newbuildings New Buildings and Derry Victoria Road DonegalDonegal Town to Ballyshannon convert 16 mi , opened 1903 Station DonegalDonegal Town , Drumbar, Laghey , Bridgetown, Ballintra, Rossnowlagh, Creevy and Ballyshannon In 1906 it was obtained by the joint interest of the Great Northern Railway Ireland Great Northern Railway of Ireland and the Midland Railway Northern Counties Committee which set up a new company, the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee . Footnotes Reflist ... in County Donegal Category Transport in County Tyrone ... more details
unreferenced date June 2011 Orphan date June 2011 Kilclooney Irish Cill Clunaidh, meaning ....... is a townland in the northwest of Ireland in coastal County Donegal . It is situated appromitaly 1 mile from Narin beach. Kilclooney is famous for the Megalothic Dolmen Tombs. It has a population of about 130. Coord missing County Donegal Category Townlands of County Donegal Donegal geo stub ... more details
Infobox Ireland disused station name Bridgetown other name image caption locale Laghey borough County Donegal latitude longitude gridref line West Donegal Railway owner County Donegal Railways Joint Committee platforms years 21 September 1905 events Station opens years1 1 January 1960 events1 Station closes Bridgetown railway station served Laghey in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The station opened on 21 September 1905 on the Donegal Railway Company line from Donegal to Ballyshannon . It closed on 1 January 1960. ref cite web title Bridgetown Donegal station work Railscot Irish Railways url http www.railscot.co.uk Ireland Irish railways.pdf accessdate 2012 04 27 ref Routes Disused Rail Start Rail line previous Laghey railway station Laghey next Ballintra railway station Ballintra route Donegal Railway Company br Donegal to Ballyshannon col 00008B end References reflist coord missing County Donegal DEFAULTSORT Bridgetown Railway Station Category Disused railway stations in County Donegal Category Railway stations opened in 1905 Category Railway stations closed in 1960 Ireland railstation stub ... more details
Unreferenced date October 2006 The Seven Sisters Lang ga Na Seacht Deirfi racha is a mountain chain in northwest County Donegal , Ireland . It is part of a larger mountain range called the Derryveagh Mountains . The Seven Sisters, from southwest to northeast, are as follows Errigal 751 m Mackoght aka Wee Errigal 555 m Aghla More 584 m Ardloughnabrackbaddy 603 m Aghla Beg 564 m Crocknalaragagh 471 m Muckish 666 m Mountains and hills of County Donegal Coord missing County Donegal Category Mountains and hills of County Donegal Donegal geo stub no Seven Sisters Donegal ... more details
File Old Railway Station, Donegal Town geograph.org.uk 910976.jpg thumb Former station in Donegal, now the home of the museum The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre commemorates the operations of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee County Donegal Railways Committee which operated two narrow gauge railway s in County Donegal from 1863 until 1959. The centre, opened in 1995 and housed in the old station house in DonegalDonegal Town , was restored by the County Donegal Railway Restoration Society. Today, it operates as a visitor attraction comprising a museum, information centre and shop. On display are rolling stock, historical artefacts and an audio visual presentation on the railways history. Rolling stock The centre owns several items of rolling stock, some awaiting restoration. Class 5 Locomotive , Drumboe built 1936, awaiting restoration. Restored Series 2 Carriage 28 from 1893. Railcar 15, built 1936, awaiting restoration. Trailer vehicle Trailer 5, built 1929, awaiting restoration. Sources http www.donegalrailway.com Website of the County Donegal Railway Restoration Society http www.Donegaltown.ie Donegal Town Website http www.irishtourist.com details the donegal railway heritage centre.shtml Heritage Centre web page Kits for many of the passenger coaches and locomotives are produced by Worsley Works http worsleyworks.co.uk website Museums and Galleries in Ireland Heritage railways in the Republic of Ireland Euro rail stub coord missing County Donegal Category Heritage railways in the Republic of Ireland Category Transport in County Donegal Category 3ft gauge railways Category Railway museums in the Republic of Ireland Category Museums in County Donegal ... more details
About Inishbofin, Co. Donegal Inishbofin, Co. Galway Inishbofin, Galway File inisbofinne.jpg 250px thumb Inishbofin as seen from Machaire Rabhartaigh, with Tory Island visible in the distance, October 2011. Inishbofin Inis B Finne in Irish language Irish , meaning Island of the White Cow is an island off the coast of Machaire Rabhartaigh Magheraroarty , County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is a 120 hectare 300 acre land mass long known as a fishing and farming village, a place where generations of inhabitants have spoken Irish. The current population numbers about 36. ref http www.oileain.ie en TheIslands AboutIslands The Islands facts and figures from Comhdh il Oile in na h ireann ref There are no pubs or shops on the island. There is a boat service to and from it but no regular ferry. References Reflist External links http inishbofin.webs.com Inishbofin Island The Island Website with information on the island and its history. http www.oileain.ie en TheIslands map inisbofinne Inis B Finne information from Comhdh il Oile in na h ireann http irishislands.info dlbofin.html Inishbofin, Donegal a first hand account &ndash with photographs &ndash of one American s visit County Donegal Category Islands of County Donegal Category Gaeltacht places in County DonegalDonegal geo stub br Inis B Finne D n na nGall eu Inishbofin Donegal konderria fr Inishbofin Donegal ga Inis B Finne Contae Dh n na nGall nn Inishbofin i Donegal ru ... more details
UK former constituency infobox Name Donegal Type County Year 1801 Abolition 1885 members Two Next East Donegal UK Parliament constituency East Donegal , North Donegal UK Parliament constituency North Donegal , South Donegal UK Parliament constituency South Donegal and West Donegal UK Parliament constituency West DonegalDonegal was a UK Parliament constituency in Ireland , returning two Members of Parliament MPs . Boundaries This constituency comprised the whole of County Donegal . In 1885, it was divided into separate constituencies of East Donegal UK Parliament constituency East Donegal , North Donegal UK Parliament constituency North Donegal , South Donegal UK Parliament constituency South Donegal and West Donegal UK Parliament constituency West Donegal . Members of Parliament Constituency created 1801 class wikitable Year First member Second member 1801 Henry Vaughan Brooke rowspan 2 Arthur Gore, 3rd Earl of Arran Viscount Sudley 1802 rowspan 4 Sir James Stewart, 7th Baronet Sir James Stewart, Bt 1806 Henry Vaughan Brooke 1808 Henry Conyngham Montgomery Henry Montgomery 1812 rowspan 3 George Vaughan Hart 1818 Henry Francis Conyngham, Earl of Mount Charles Earl of Mount Charles 1825 Francis Conyngham, 2nd Marquess Conyngham Earl of Mount Charles 1831 rowspan 2 Sir Edmund Samuel Hayes, 3rd Baronet Sir Edmund Hayes Edward Conolly 1849 rowspan 2 Thomas Conolly 1823 1876 Thomas Conolly 1860 rowspan 3 James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn Viscount Hamilton 1876 William Wilson Donegal MP William Wilson 1879 rowspan 2 Sir Thomas Lea, 1st Baronet Thomas Lea 1880 John Kinnear Irish politician John Kinnear Constituency abolished 1885 Elections Expand list date August 2008 References The Parliaments of England by Henry Stooks Smith 1st edition published in three volumes 1844 50 , 2nd edition edited in one volume by F.W.S. Craig Political Reference Publications 1973 Parliamentary ... d 2 date March 2012 Donegal constituencies Category Historic constituencies in County Donegal Category ... more details
File Burnfoot, Inishowen geograph.org.uk 126074.jpg thumb 250px Burnfoot village. Burnfoot Irish place name Bun na hAbhann is a small village on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It lies within the townland of Ballyederowen. It has a few local shops and a pub. It has a population of 398 2006 census . There is a small industrial estate which, among other firms, houses E&I Engineering, a major local employer with over 300 employees. coord 55 03 27 N 7 24 15 W display title Commonscat Burnfoot, Donegal References GEOnet 1501219 Category Towns and villages in County Donegal Donegal geo stub County Donegal ga Bun na hAbhann ru ... more details
Infobox GAA club club gaa Four Masters, Donegal Town irish Na Ceithre M istir, Baile Dh n na nGall crest founded province Ulster county Donegal nickname colours Blue and White grounds coordinates coord 54 39 17.21 N 8 07 19.08 W display it region IE type landmark pattern la pattern b pattern ra leftarm FFFFFF body 0000CC rightarm FFFFFF shorts FFFFFF socks 0000CC f3 5 Four Masters GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association club are located in Donegal town in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . Four Masters G.A.A. Club is based in the parishes of Townawilly and Killymard, Donegal Town. Four Masters is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Donegal having won 5 Donegal Senior Football Championship s ref cite web url http www.fourmastersgaa.com title http www.fourmastersgaa.com roll.htm Football accessdate 2009 05 06 ref The GAA club under Warwickshire County Board in Coventry , England , is named after the Four Masters club in Donegal. ref name Four Masters GFC Club History That club was unable to register as a Donegal Club but reserved the Four Masters name. ref name Four Masters GFC Club History http www.fourmastersgaa.co.uk history.htm Four Masters GFC Club History . fourmastersgaa.co.uk. Retrieved on 14 June 2009. ref References reflist External links http fourmasters.donegal.gaa.ie Official Four Masters GAA Club Website http www.independent.ie sport gaelic football gaa results 67308.html GAA results Irish Independent Donegal clubs Category Gaelic Athletic Association clubs in County Donegal Category Gaelic football clubs in County Donegal Ulster GAA club stub ... more details
Infobox company name West Donegal Railway logo fate taken over successor Donegal Railway Company foundation 1860 defunct 1892 location city Stranorlar , Donegal location country Ireland area served County DonegalDonegal industry railway The West Donegal Railway WDR was an RailGauge 36 gauge railway in Ireland . History The Finn Valley Railway had reached Stranorlar in 1863. The West Donegal Railway Company was incorporated by an act of July 1879 to extend the Finn Valley Railway line south west to Donegal, a distance of 18 miles in length. Although nominally a separate company, the chairman was James Hewitt, 4th Viscount Lifford , who was also chairman of the Finn Valley Railway . The economic propects for the line were not substantial so the decision was taken to build the line to RailGauge 36 gauge. ref The Industrial Archaeology of Northern Ireland, William Alan McCutcheon, Northern Ireland. Dept. of the Environment, Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, 1984 ref Construction started on 1 August 1880 and with difficulties in raising finance, opened on 25 April 1882, 4 miles short of Donegal. It took another 7 years before the last 4 miles into Donegal could be constructed, opening in September 1889. Three tank engines were obtained from Sharp, Stewart and Company , named Alice, Blanche and Lydia. In 1892 it merged with the Finn Valley Railway into a new company, the Donegal Railway Company . Surviving vehicles Carriage no. 1 built in 1882 by the Birmingham Railway Carriage and Wagon Company preserved at the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum , Cultra, County Down. Footnotes Reflist Category Railway companies established in 1879 Category Railway companies disestablished in 1892 Category Great Northern Railway Ireland Category Defunct railway companies of Ireland Category Transport in County Donegal ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Image Ardagh House.jpg right thumb Part of the wall, ruined house at Ardagh Ardagh, Donegal Irish place name Ard th high field is a townland on the Inishowen peninsula near Ballyliffin in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It was the birth place of the philosopher John Toland 1670 1722 , a pantheism pantheist and anti Catholic polemicist. See also List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland List of towns and villages in Ireland coord 55 17 18 N 7 23 29 W source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Towns and villages in County Donegal ru sv Ardagh, Donegal ... more details
Distinguish Glen River, County Down orphan date March 2010 Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The River Glen or the Glen River divides the parishes of Glencolmcille and Kilar in the southwest of County Donegal , Ireland . It is most famous for its waterfall s, known by angling angler s as the Salmons Leap and, as the name suggests, the falls are a good place to catch salmon . The river rises in the mountain s above Ardara and empties into Teelin estuary in the shadow of Sliabh a Liag . Coord missing County Donegal Category Rivers of County Donegal Donegal geo stub ... more details
Marble Hill is a village in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . It is located northwest of Donegal on Sheephaven Bay , and is known for the popular Marble Hill Beach. ref http www.myguideireland.com marble hill beach Marble Hill Beach Ireland Vacations Ireland 2010 Bot generated title ref On June 16, 1942, during World War II , an RAF Lockheed Hudson landed on Marble Hill Beach. It took off from the beach again the next day following refuelling. References reflist http www.csn.ul.ie dan war crashes.htm Aircraft landings in Ireland 1939 46 coord 55 10 N 7 54 W display title region IE type city source GNS enwiki Category Towns and villages in County DonegalDonegal geo stub ... more details
Glen Irish place name An Gleann is a small village in County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The focus of the townlands of Glenmenagh and Glenineeny, it is within the parish of Mevagh , and the Baronies of Ireland Barony of Kilmacrenan . The village is on the crossroads between the towns of Milford, County Donegal Milford , Letterkenny , Creeslough , and Carrigart . The village once supported a schoolhouse, post office and shop, as well as historically a fair . Today however, one of the few businesses left is the historic local public house, originally a shebeen and dating from the 17th century. See also List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland List of towns and villages in Ireland coord 54 38 49 N 8 10 40 W source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Towns and villages in County DonegalDonegal geo stub County Donegal eu Glen Donegalgo konderria ru ... more details
File Tp1web.jpg thumb Donegal fiddler, Tommy Peoples . The Donegal fiddle tradition is a type of Folk ... of coexisting traditions of playing the Musical styles violin Fiddle fiddle in County Donegal , Ireland ... Music publisher Cork University Press isbn 0 8147 8802 5 page 2 postscript None ref Donegal ... 07 19 isbn 978 0802042941 publisher University of Toronto ref The distinctness of the Donegal tradition developed due to the close relations between Donegal and Scotland , and the Donegal repertoire ... in addition to the standard tune types such as Jigs and Reels, the Donegal tradition also has Highlands influenced by the Scottish Strathspey . The distinctiveness of the Donegal tradition led to some conflict between Donegal players and representatives of the mainstream tradition when Irish ... the most famous Donegal style players are John Doherty musician John Doherty from the earlytwentieth ... in recent decades. History File Altanlivegweedore.jpg 300px thumb Donegal fiddle group Altan performing at the Frankie Kennedy Winter Music School in Gaoth Dobhair , Co. Donegal in 2007. The fiddle ... the first mention of the fiddle being in use in Donegal is from the blind harper Artur O Neill ... and fiddlers . ref name ReferenceACh2 Between the Jigs and the Reels The Donegal Fiddle Tradition C Mac Aoidh 1994 Drumlin Publications ref ref Donegal and Shetland Fiddle Music D McLaughlin, Irish ... 2 A history of Donegal Fiddle Music pp. 22 35 ref Donegal fiddlers participated in the development ... became the dominant musical forms. However, Donegal musicians, many of them being fishermen ... of Scotland Scottish repertoire such as the Strathspey which was integrated into the Donegal traidiotn as Highland tunes. The Donegal tradition derives much of its unique character from the synthesis ... The Donegal Fiddle Tradition C Mac Aoidh 1994 Drumlin Publications ref ref Donegal and Shetland ..., University College, Cork. Chapter 2 A history of Donegal Fiddle Music pp. 22 35 ref Aoidh notes ... more details
The Donegal Progressive Party was a minor party in the Republic of Ireland . The party drew its support mostly from the Ulster Unionist Unionist community in County Donegal . It was opposed to a united Ireland . At the Irish general election, 1973 1973 general election , the party s leader advised Protestants to vote for Fianna F il , as it had the most stable policy on the border question. ref James Knight and Nicolas Baxter Moore, Republic of Ireland The General Elections of 1969 and 1973 ref Throughout the 1980s, the party held a single seat on Donegal County Council , but it lost this at the 1999 local elections. Jim Devenney, the party s final representative, also contested Donegal North East D il ireann constituency Donegal North East at the Irish general election, 1992 1992 and Irish general election, 1997 1997 general elections, and stood in Letterkenny again in 2004. ref http electionsireland.org candidate.cfm?id 3937 Jim Devenney , ElectionsIreland.org ref The party was removed from the Register of Political Parties on 20 November 2009. ref name register cite book author Government of Ireland accessdate 9 December 2009 date 20 November 2009 title Iris Oifigi il url http www.irisoifigiuil.ie currentissues Ir201109.PDF location Dublin ref References Reflist Historic Irish parties Use dmy dates date May 2011 Category Irish unionism Category Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland Category Political parties disestablished in 2009 Category Politics of County Donegal Ireland politics stub ... more details
other people William Wilson William Wilson 1836 8 November 1879 was an Irish people Irish politician. He was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom United Kingdom House of Commons as Member of Parliament MP for Donegal UK Parliament constituency Donegal at a by election in 1876, and held the seat until his death three years later at the age of 43. References Rayment hc d 2 date March 2012 External links hansard contribs mr william wilson William Wilson s start s par uk s bef before Thomas Conolly 1823 1876 Thomas Conolly and br James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn Viscount Hamilton s ttl title Member of Parliament for Donegal UK Parliament constituency Donegal years Donegal by election, 1876 1876 Donegal by election, 1879 1879 with James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn Viscount Hamilton s aft after Sir Thomas Lea, 1st Baronet Thomas Lea and br James Hamilton, 2nd Duke of Abercorn Viscount Hamilton s end Persondata Metadata see Wikipedia Persondata . NAME Wilson, William ALTERNATIVE NAMES SHORT DESCRIPTION British politician DATE OF BIRTH 1836 PLACE OF BIRTH DATE OF DEATH 1876 PLACE OF DEATH DEFAULTSORT Wilson, William Category 1836 births Category 1876 deaths Category Members of the United Kingdom Parliament for Irish constituencies 1801 1922 Category UK MPs 1874 1880 Ireland UK MP stub ... more details
Infobox nrhp name Donegal Mills Plantation nrhp type image Donegal Mills on Trout Run PA 1.JPG caption The mill in February, 2012 location Trout Run Rd., East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania East Donegal Township, Pennsylvania lat degrees 40 lat minutes 5 lat seconds 6 lat direction N long degrees 76 long minutes 32 long seconds 26 long direction W coord display inline,title coord parameters region US type landmark locmapin Pennsylvania built c. 1775, c. 1790, c. 1810, and 1830 architecture added January 20, 1978 area convert 3.5 acre governing body Private refnum 78002418 ref name nris NRISref 2009a ref Donegal Mills Plantation is a historic grist mill complex located at East Donegal Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania East Donegal Township , Lancaster County, Pennsylvania . The complex consists of the mill, mansion, miller s house, and bake house. The mill was built in 1775, and is a three story building. The original section of mansion was built before 1790, and is a two story, stucco ed stone building with a gable roof. The mansion was expanded about 1820, with a frame kitchen wing, and about 1830, with a stone two story addition. It features a full length, two story, porch supported by five brick and stucco columns. The miller s house was originally built about, and is a 3 1 2 story, stucco ed stone building with a gable roof. It was expanded to its present size about 1830. The bake house is a two story, gable roofed frame building. ref name arch cite ... Form Donegal Mills Plantation accessdate 2012 02 18 author Arthur C. Lord and Susan M. Zacher format ... local 255358 Donegal Mills Plantation auction Saturday.html Donegal Mills Plantation auction Saturday ... Register of Historic Places in 1978. ref name nris File Donegal Mills on Trout Run PA 2.JPG ...?v wHDP9FQ2EOI Donegal mills plantation YouTube video http www.facebook.com pages Donegal Mills Plantation 120424148026029 Donegal Mills Plantation Facebook page National Register of Historic Places ... more details
Cloghan Irish place name An Cloch n is a village located in the rural centre of County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland , on the R252 road R252 regional road convert 13 km mi abbr on northwest of the Twin Towns of Ballybofey and Stranorlar . Cloghan boasts one of the most prolific wild salmon and sea trout fishing areas in Ireland . The River Finn Finn River System includes a catchment area of about convert 195 sqmi km2 and includes up to 20 loughs as well as the River Finn and River Reelan . The area is also noted as a hunting location and has miles of hiking trails in the Bluestack Mountains that divides County Donegal, north from south. See also List of towns and villages in the Republic of Ireland List of towns and villages in Ireland External links http www.fiacharts.com Fiach Arts coord 54 50 26 N 7 56 14 W source kolossus ruwiki display title Category Towns and villages in County DonegalDonegal geo stub eu Cloghan ru ... more details
Infobox Museum name Donegal County Museum native name M saem Chontae Dh n na nGall image Donegal County Museum Interior.jpg imagesize 250px established 1987 location Letterkenny , County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland type County museum visitors director curator website Donegal County Museum lang ga M saem Chontae Dh n na nGall , located on High Road in the town of Letterkenny in Republic of Ireland Ireland , is a county museum. The building opened to the public in 1845 as the Warden s House of the Letterkenny Workhouse during the Great Famine Ireland Famine . Its purpose is to collect, record, preserve, and display the material evidence and associated information of the history of Donegal. History Letterkenny Board of Guardians held their first meeting in July 1841. At this meeting it was decided to build a workhouse in the town. The constructor of the building was Alex Deane of County Cork Cork . He agreed to complete the building, on a convert 4 acre m2 adj on site, for 5,792. The building commenced in 1842 in Tudor style architecture neo Tudor style . Stone used in the building was taken from Lord Abercorn s Quarry. The Warden s House and the Workhouse doors opened in 1845, shortly before the Famine. 46 paupers were admitted. A dispensary was attached to the workhouse and later became Saint Anne s Maternity Hospital. The museum first opened to the public in 1987. Due ... Donegal area. These items cover subjects such as archaeology , history, social history and folklife .... The first floor gallery contains artefacts connected to the history of County Donegal from the prehistoric ... attractions.htm Letterkenny Attractions Glebe View http www.loughfoyleferry.com donegal museum.htm ... letterkenny coord missing County Donegal Category Letterkenny Category Buildings and structures in Letterkenny Category History of County Donegal Category Museums established in 1987 Category Museums in County Donegal Category Local museums in the Republic of Ireland ireland struct stub ... more details
Otheruses2 Killea Unreferenced date December 2009 Infobox settlement name Killea other name pad top italic Cill Fh ich settlement type Town image skyline image caption pushpin map Ireland pushpin label position right pushpin map caption Location in Ireland coordinates display inline,title coordinates region IE subdivision type Country subdivision name Republic of Ireland Ireland subdivision type1 Provinces of Ireland Province subdivision name1 Ulster subdivision type3 Counties of Ireland County subdivision name3 County Donegal established title established date leader title1 D il ireann leader name1 Donegal North East D il ireann constituency Donegal North East unit pref Metric area footnotes area total km2 population as of population footnotes population total population urban 930 population density km2 auto timezone1 West European Time WET utc offset1 0 timezone1 DST Irish Standard Time IST Western European Summer Time WEST utc offset1 DST 1 latd 54.977301 longd 7.400329 coordinates format dms coordinates type dim 100000 region IE elevation footnotes elevation m blank name Irish grid reference system Irish Grid Reference blank info iem4ibx ?????? website footnotes Killea Irish place name Cill Fh ich Fiach s church is a village in Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . File Cillfheich.JPG left 250px thumb Killea. The settlement sits on the border of County Donegal and County Londonderry in Northern Ireland . In recent years, many new homes have been built in the area and the village now acts largely as a commuter village for Derry Derry City . Notable persons Kevin McHugh a footballer with Derry City FC of the League of Ireland . Matthew Crossan a footballer with Coleraine in the Irish Premier League. County Donegal Category Towns and villages in County Donegal eu Killea Donegalgo konderria ru ... more details
Infobox Newspaper name Image Logo of Donegal People s Press.png image type Weekly Newspaper format Compact newspaper Compact foundation 1931 price Tuesday 1.35, 0.95 Northern Ireland NI , 1.05 United Kingdom Britain Thursday 1.45, 1.10 NI , 1.20 Britain owners Derry Journal Newspapers headquarters Letterkenny , County Donegal political Irish nationalism Nationalist editor Michael Daly circulation Tuesday 10,059 ref http abcpdfcerts.abc.org.uk pdf certificates 14406151.pdf ABC Certificate for Donegal People s Press Donegal Democrat Tuesday ref website http www.donegaldemocrat.com www.donegaldemocrat.com The Donegal People s Press formerly Donegal People s Press and Derry and Tyrone News is a weekly local newspaper in north County Donegal , Republic of Ireland Ireland . The paper is published every Tuesday in the north of the county, and a separate edition of the paper, with some alterations, is published in the south of the county, as the Tuesday edition of the Donegal Democrat . Both editions had a combined Audit Bureau of Circulations UK ABC circulation of 10,059 for the first half of 2007. It is owned by Johnston Press through the Derry Journal Newspapers holding company, and sister titles include Donegal on Sunday and the Derry Journal History The People s Press was first published in April 1931 and was based in Lifford, the county town of Donegal. ref http www.nli.ie en NewspapersResult.aspx?TITLEID People s 20Press&TOWNID &COUNTYID &ORIGINALFILESID &STARTYRPUB &ENDYRPUB National Library of Ireland Newspaper Database ref In 1963 the paper adopted its shorter name and is now almost entirely integrated with the long established Donegal Democrat . The Democrat s base was traditionally ... county with its main Thursday broadsheet title. In 1995, the People s Press , as part of the Donegal ... . Roy Greenslade . The Guardian . Letterkenny Media in County Donegal Irish national newspapers ... published in Ireland Category Media in County Donegal Category Letterkenny Ireland newspaper ... more details
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