Letterkenny

Letterkenny is the largest town in County Donegal, with a population of 22,500 in 2022. It's the county's commercial and transport hub, and not the most scenic place in itself, but a practical and well-equipped base for exploring the rest of Donegal.
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  • Type: Town with 22,500 residents
  • Description: town in County Donegal, Ireland
  • Also known as: “Cathedral Town”, “Leitir Ceanainn”, and “Letterkenny, Donegal”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba and An Grianán Theatre.

Church
St Eunan's Cathedral, or the as it is also known, is a cathedral in the parish of Conwal and Leck, part of the Diocese of Raphoe.

Theater building
Photo: Paul McGuckin, CC BY 2.0.
is the largest theatre in . 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.

Museum
Photo: DevelopedMadness, Public domain.
is a county museum in 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

Latitude
54.9518° or 54° 57′ 7″ north
Longitude
-7.7354° or 7° 44′ 8″ west
Population
22,500
Elevation
8 metres (26 feet)
IATA airport code
LTR
United Nations Location Code
IE LTR
Open location code
9C6JX727+PR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 52219455
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2962961
Wiki­data ID
Q952497
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Satellite Map

Discover Letterkenny from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Letterkenny” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “لتركني”
  • Arabic: “ليتركيني”
  • Asturian: “Letterkenny”
  • Basque: “Letterkenny”
  • Breton: “Leitir Ceanainn”
  • Bulgarian: “Летъркени”
  • Catalan: “Letterkenny”
  • Cebuano: “Letterkenny”
  • Chinese: “莱特肯尼”
  • Chinese: “萊特肯尼”
  • Cornish: “Leitir Ceanainn”
  • 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”
  • Latvian: “Leterkeni”
  • Lithuanian: “Leterkenis”
  • Macedonian: “Летеркени”
  • Manx: “Leitir Ceanainn”
  • Manx: “Littyr Kennain”
  • Mongolian: “Леттеркенни”
  • Piemontese: “Letterkenny”
  • Polish: “Letterkenny”
  • Portuguese: “Letterkenny”
  • Romanian: “Letterkenny”
  • Russian: “Леттеркенни”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Leitir Ceanainn”
  • 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: “Leitir Ceanainn”
  • Welsh: “Letterkenny”

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