Letterkenny
Letterkenny is the largest town in County Donegal, with a population of 22,500 in 2022. It's a workaday place, frankly not scenic, but with lots of accommodation and other visitor amenities.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
- Type: Town with 22,500 residents
- Description: town in County Donegal, Ireland
- Also known as: “Cathedral Town” and “Letterkenny, Donegal”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba and An Grianán Theatre.
Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba
Church
St Eunan's Cathedral, or the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba as it is also known, is a cathedral in the parish of Conwal and Leck, part of the Diocese of Raphoe.
An Grianán Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Paul McGuckin, CC BY 2.0.
An Grianán Theatre is the largest theatre in County Donegal. Located in Letterkenny's Port Road district, its current director is Patricia McBride. With a seating capacity of 383, the theatre provides a range of programming including drama, comedy, music, pantomime, and family shows as well as workshops and classes.
Donegal County Museum
Museum
Photo: DevelopedMadness, Public domain.
Donegal County Museum is a county museum in County Donegal in Ireland. Located on the High Road in Letterkenny, the museum building was completed in 1843 as the Warden's House of the Letterkenny Workhouse.
Letterkenny
- Categories: human settlement and locality
- Location: County Donegal, Ulster, Northwest Ireland and Lakelands, Ireland, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.9518° or 54° 57′ 7″ northLongitude
-7.7354° or 7° 44′ 8″ westPopulation
22,500Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)IATA airport code
LTRUnited Nations Location Code
IE LTROpen location code
9C6JX727+PROpenStreetMap ID
node 52219455OpenStreetMap feature
place=townGeoNames ID
2962961Wikidata ID
Q952497
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Letterkenny” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “لتركني”
- Arabic: “ليتركيني”
- Basque: “Letterkenny”
- Breton: “Leitir Ceanainn”
- Bulgarian: “Летъркени”
- Catalan: “Letterkenny”
- Cebuano: “Letterkenny”
- Chinese: “莱特肯尼”
- Chinese: “萊特肯尼”
- Czech: “Letterkenny”
- Danish: “Letterkenny”
- Dutch: “Letterkenny”
- Egyptian Arabic: “لتركنى”
- Esperanto: “Letterkenny”
- French: “Letterkenny”
- German: “Letterkenny”
- Hebrew: “לטרקני”
- Indonesian: “Leitir Ceanainn”
- Indonesian: “Letterkenny”
- Irish: “Leitir Ceanainn”
- Italian: “Letterkenny”
- Japanese: “レターケニー”
- Japanese: “レタケニー”
- Lithuanian: “Leterkenis”
- Macedonian: “Летеркени”
- Manx: “Littyr Kennain”
- Piemontese: “Letterkenny”
- Polish: “Letterkenny”
- Portuguese: “Letterkenny”
- Romanian: “Letterkenny”
- Russian: “Леттеркенни”
- Serbian: “Leterkeni”
- Serbian: “Letterkenny”
- Serbian: “Летеркени”
- Silesian: “Letterkenny”
- Slovak: “Letterkenny”
- Slovenian: “Letterkenny”
- Spanish: “Letterkenny, Donegal”
- Spanish: “Letterkenny”
- Swedish: “Leitir Ceanainn”
- Swedish: “Letterkenny”
- Ukrainian: “Леттеркенні”
- Urdu: “لیٹرکینی”
- Welsh: “Letterkenny”
- “Letterkenny”
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