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Inishowen (Irish: Inis Eoghain, meaning 'island of Eoghan') is a peninsula in the north of County Donegal in Ireland. Inishowen is the largest peninsula on the island of Ireland. [ 1 ] The Inishowen peninsula includes Ireland's most northerly point, Malin Head. The Grianan of Aileach, a ringfort that served as the royal seat of the over-kingdom ...
Coontie Dunnygal[ 4 ][ 5 ] is an Ulster Scots spelling. County Donegal (/ ˌdʌniˈɡɔːl, ˌdɒn -/ DUN-ee-GAWL, DON-; Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) [ 6 ] is a county of the Republic of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county.
The Grianan of Aileach (/ ˌɡriːnənəvˈæljə (x)/ GREE-nən əv AL-yə (kh); Irish: Grianán Ailigh [ˌɟɾʲiənˠaːnˠ ˈalʲiː]), sometimes anglicised as Greenan Ely or Greenan Fort, is a hillfort atop the 244 metres (801 ft) high Greenan Mountain at Inishowen in County Donegal, Ireland.
Moville Lower. Shrove (/ ˈʃruːv /; pronounced as 'Shroove' to rhyme with 'prove'; Irish: An tSrúibh or, originally, Srúibh Bhrain[1][2][3]) is a coastal hamlet and townland in Inishowen in the north of County Donegal in the north of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. [1][2][4][5][6] The hamlet is located a short distance to the ...
Clonmany (Irish: Cluain Maine) [ 3 ] is a village and civil parish in north-west Inishowen, in County Donegal, Ireland. The Urris valley to the west of Clonmany village was the last outpost of the Irish language in Inishowen. In the 19th century, the area was an important location for poitín distillation.
Stone. Fort Dunree (Irish: An Dún Riabhach, meaning 'Grey Fort' [1] or Dún Fhraoigh meaning "Fort of Heather") [2] is a coastal defence fortification located on the west side of the Inishowen peninsula, County Donegal, Ireland.
Malin Head. Malin Head (Irish: Cionn Mhálanna) [1] is the most northerly point of mainland Ireland, located in the townland of Ardmalin [2] on the Inishowen peninsula in County Donegal. The head's northernmost point is called Dunalderagh at latitude 55.38ºN. [3] It is about 16 kilometres (10 mi) north of the village of Malin.
Buncrana (/ ˈbʌnkrænə / bun-KRA-NA; Irish: Bun Cranncha, meaning 'foot of the (River) Crana') is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula, 23 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Derry and 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Letterkenny. [ 3 ] In the 2022 census, the population was 6,971, [ 1 ] making it ...