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The County Arms is the official coat of arms of both County Donegal and Donegal County Council. The modern County Donegal was made a shire [ 10 ] by order of the English Crown in 1585. The English authorities at Dublin Castle formed the new county by amalgamating the old Kingdom of Tír Chonaill with the old Lordship of Inishowen .
All but two county councils in the Republic have a coat of arms. In Northern Ireland, county councils were abolished in 1973, but the traditional arms are still occasionally used. The arms of the county town have sometimes been used as an unofficial symbol of a county instead of those of its county council, or when the council had no arms ...
Magee of Donegal are a textile manufacturer, clothing manufacturer and retailer, and manufacturer and retailer of home goods based in Donegal Town, County Donegal, Ireland. The company are known for their woolen Donegal tweed , but also manufacture items from linen , cashmere , silk and other materials.
The Donegal Militia wore a red coat, with facings that are variously recorded as black in 1850 [7] or white from 1860. [ 25 ] [ 40 ] The regiment's badge was the Prince of Wales's insignia of three feathers emerging from a crown with the motto 'Ich Dien', together with a scroll inscribed 'DONEGAL MILITIA' underneath.
Donegal Tweed Label in a flat cap. Donegal tweed is a woven tweed manufactured in County Donegal, Ireland. Originally all handwoven, it is now mostly machine woven and has been since the introduction of mechanised looms in the 1950s-1960s. Donegal has for centuries been producing tweed from local materials in the making of caps, suits and vests.
Marquess Conyngham, of the County of Donegal, is a title in the Peerage of Ireland.It was created in 1816 for Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham.He was the great-nephew of another Henry Conyngham, 1st Earl Conyngham, a member of a family of Scottish descent which had settled during the Plantation of Ulster in County Donegal in Ireland in the early 17th century.