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Letterkenny Fire Station: This project is a government funded effort to educate and train Travellers in the dying skills of their culture in a modern world, through culture and art. The Chairs Market Square: 2005: Constructed from wood it is typically yellow in colour, with various etchings worked into the overall design. Blacksmiths' Ball
Like many provincial Irish towns, Letterkenny has a number of large buildings housing banks. The Bank of Ireland (1874), designed by Timothy Hevey, is one such structure in the town. Located at the edge of the Market Square on the Main Street, it was originally constructed for the (now defunct) Hibernian Bank. [citation needed]
Traffic at the Market Square in 1928 Sign in Letterkenny commemorating the arrest of Wolfe Tone The mouth of the River Swilly at Lough Swilly in Letterkenny. The modern town of Letterkenny began as a market town at the start of the 17th century, during the Plantation of Ulster. It may have been established on the site of an earlier Gaelic ...
Main Street (Irish: An Phríomhshráid) is an important thoroughfare in Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland.Sometimes claimed to be the longest street in Ireland, [1] [2] it is divided into two sections, with Lower Main Street (the south end) running from the junction at Oldtown Road to the Market Square and Upper Main Street (the north end) running from the Market Square to the junction at ...
The pulpit depicts statues of the Four Masters and the Four Evangelists. [5] The stained glass windows that illuminate the sanctuary and the Lady Chapel are by the Mayer firm of Munich. They depict thirteen scenes from the life of Jesus. [6] The ceilings are the work of Amici of Rome.
Oldtown (Irish: An Seanbhaile) [1] is a townland within the town of Letterkenny, County Donegal, Ireland. It is located in the parish of Conwal and Leck to the south of the River Swilly. As its name suggests, it is the oldest part of Letterkenny—being older than Letterkenny itself—and was the starting point of the area's development.
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The museum was originally housed in what was once the warden's house of the Letterkenny Workhouse. The workhouse was designed by George Wilkinson, built at a cost of £5,785 and £910 for fixtures and fittings, and was completed in May 1843. [1] The Donegal County Museum first opened to the public in 1987. [2]