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Donegal Castle

Donegal Castle is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in in , the northern province in Ireland. The castle was the stronghold of the O'Donnell clan, Lords of Tír Conaill and one of the most powerful Gaelic families in Ireland from the 5th to the 16th centuries.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—5:15 PM
  • Type: Museum
  • Description: castle in Donegal County, Ireland

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Donegal Town Church of Ireland and Donegal Railway Heritage Centre.

Church
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Museum
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The commemorates the operations of the County Donegal Railways Committee which operated two narrow-gauge railways in from 1863 until 1959. is situated 290 metres northeast of Donegal Castle.

Building
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is a building.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Donegal Town and Laghy.

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is a town in in northwest Ireland. With a population of 2700 in 2022, it's neither the county town — that's tiny Lifford — nor the county's largest - that's Letterkenny.

Village
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or Laghey is a village and townland in , , between and Donegal Town. It is one of three villages that make up the parish of Drumholm, formerly a civil and parish, now only used as a division of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe. is situated 4½ km south of Donegal Castle.

Village
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is a small village in , Ireland. It is situated in the south of the county on the R262 regional road, 7 miles west of . The local Catholic church is St. Mary's, located on the main street. is situated 9 km west of Donegal Castle.

Donegal Castle

Latitude
54.65504° or 54° 39′ 18″ north
Longitude
-8.11065° or 8° 6′ 38″ west
Elevation
30 metres (98 feet)
Operator
Office of Public Works
Open location code
9C6HMV4Q+2P
Open­Street­Map ID
way 201896412
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­museum
Geo­Names ID
12511218
Wiki­data ID
Q3662597
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In Other Languages

From Basque to Ukrainian—“Donegal Castle” goes by many names.
  • Basque: “Donegal gaztelua”
  • Danish: “Donegal Castle”
  • German: “Caisleán Dhun na nGall”
  • German: “Donegal Castle”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Dhún na nGall”
  • Italian: “castello di Donegal”
  • Italian: “Castello di Donegal”
  • Italian: “Donegal castle”
  • Italian: “Donegal Castle”
  • Korean: “도니골성”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Donegal”
  • Russian: “Замок Донегол”
  • Ukrainian: “Замок Донегол”

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