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Definitions for donegal
ˈdɒn ɪˌgɔl, ˌdɒn ɪˈgɔldone·gal

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Wiktionary

  1. Donegalnoun

    County in the Republic of Ireland.

  2. Donegalnoun

    Town in the county of Donegal

Wikidata

  1. Donegal

    Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. The name was historically written in English as Dunnagall or Dunagall Donegal gave its name to County Donegal, although Lifford is now the county town. Until the early 1600s, Donegal was the 'capital' of Tír Chonaill, a Gaelic kingdom controlled by the O'Donnell Clan of the Cenél Conaill. Donegal sits at the mouth of the River Eske and Donegal Bay, which is overshadowed by the Bluestack Mountains. The town is bypassed by the N15 and N56 roads. The centre of the town, known as The Diamond, is a hub for music, poetic and cultural gatherings in the area.

The Nuttall Encyclopedia

  1. Donegal

    a county in the NW. of Ireland, in the province of Ulster, the most mountainous in the country; is mossy and boggy, and is indented along the coast with bays, and fringed with islands.

Etymology and Origins

  1. Donegal

    Gaelic for the “fortress of the west”--viz. Donegal Castle, held by the O’Donnels of Tyrconnel.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of donegal in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of donegal in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of donegal in a Sentence

  1. Emma Tinker:

    Amazon's long-term commitment to procure 100 % of the power from our wind farms in Cork, Donegal, and Galway enabled Invis to finance these projects and build them without the need for government subsidies, saving energy consumer tens of millions of euros, these projects represent a significant proportion of wind projects in construction in Ireland today, and support jobs and investment in this critical sector as the country moves towards meeting 80 % of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

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  • Ellen McDonald
    Ellen McDonald
    in Irish it means fort of the foreigners
    LikeReply4 years ago

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