Donegal | |
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State | Ireland |
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Capital | Lifford |
Surface | 4,841 km² |
Inhabitants | 146.956 (2006) |
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Donegal County is a term that indicates a region ofUlster and also an administrative division of the Republic of Ireland.
To know
Territories and tourist destinations
Urban centers
- Lifford - County seat.
- Ardara - Center of textiles where looms and consequently tweeds and sweaters abound.
- Ballyshannon - A town with many Georgian houses.
- Bunberg - Center on the coast.
- Bundoran - Another seaside resort not far from the previous one.
- Donegal - Town in a deep inlet.
- Dungloe - Town from where you start to explore the Rosses.
- Killybegs - A center of fishing but also of manufacturing of precious carpets that adorn some rooms of Dublin Castle.
- Letterkenny - Large town on the banks of the River Swilly.
- Malin More - Small resort with many coves and coves in the surroundings.
- Rossnowlagh - A seaside resort.
Other destinations
- Glencolumbkille - A valley where the sanctuary of San Colomba attracts many pilgrims.
- Grianan Ailigh - A 5th century circular stone building just 10km west of the city of Derry (Londonderry)., at the entrance to the Inishoven peninsula.
- Lough Derg - A lake destination of pilgrimages because, according to tradition, St. Patrick retired there in prayer with the intent of chasing away the evil spirits that infested Ireland.
- Glenveagh National Park - The park of the Birches (from glen = birch) is among the major attractions of Donegal. It covers a mountainous territory dotted with lakes and woods that attracts a large number of hikers in summer.
- Rosguill Peninsula'
- Rosses - A rocky promontory dotted with countless lakes.
- Slieve League - A stretch of coast that falls overhanging the sea, forming the most impressive cliffs in Europe, and which takes on suggestive colors in the hours before sunset.
- Tory Island - Tiny windswept island interesting for the proud character of its inhabitants who successfully opposed a government attempt to uproot them from their homes and move them to the mainland.