DONEGAL FACTS & TRIVIA

Errigal, the highest mountain in Donegal

~ Donegal is Ireland's most northerly county (of all 32 counties)

~ The population of County Donegal (as of the 2011 Census) is 161,137

~ We are the only county of the 26 counties of Ireland that borders only one other county (Leitrim)

~ We border three northern Ireland counties: Tyrone, Derry, and Fermanagh

~ We have 3 peninsulae (Inishowen (the largest peninsula in Ireland), Fanad and Rosguill

~ Our highest mountain is Errigal (751 meters/2,464 ft)

~ Our longest river is the Erne (also the 2nd longest river in Ireland) which runs through Ballyshannon

~ Ballyshannon is the oldest town in Ireland

~ Tory Island, 11km/7 miles off the north coast of Donegal is the only place in Ireland which still has it's own king

~ Killybegs in south west Donegal is the largest fishing port in Ireland

~ The smallest fishing harbour in Europe can be found at Bunbeg in the Donegal Gaeltacht area of Gweedore, west Donegal

~ Donegal has won the All Ireland (GAA) Sam Maguire Cup twice: the first time in 1992 and the second in 2012

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