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Donegal Abbey was founded by King Hugh Roe O'Donnell in 1474 Approaching Donegal Town by sea. There is archaeological evidence for settlements around the town dating to prehistoric times, including the remains of ringforts and other defensive earthworks.
Donegal Abbey was founded in 1474 by Finola O'Donnell (née O'Connor, also known as Nuala O'Donnell), and her husband Hugh Roe O'Donnell.Finola was a member of a powerful family of princes in Leinster, [4] while Hugh was the king of Tyrconnell, what is now County Donegal. [5]
The oldest rocks on mainland Donegal are a quartzo-feldspathic paragneiss found around Lough Derg, which have been dated to 1.713 billion years ago. [ 47 ] Donegal is the most seismically active part of Ireland.
HMS Donegal, a 74-gun ship of the line; HMS Donegal, a 101-gun screw-driven first rate ship of the line; SS Donegal, Midland Railway passenger ferry ship launched in 1904 and sunk in 1917
Pages in category "History of County Donegal" The following 23 pages are in this category, out of 23 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
Gartan, Donegal, Ireland Iona, various in Donegal Abbot of Iona: 9 June Columbanus: 543 – 23 November 615 Leinster, Kingdom of Meath Ireland Various places in Europe Abbot of Luxeuil, France and Bobbio, Italy 25 November [75] Comgall mac Sétnai: 6th century (511/16–602) Ulster saint 10 May [20] Comgán mac Dá Cherda: 7th century (d. 645 ...
Donegal Castle (Irish: Caisleán Dhún na nGall) is a castle situated in the centre of Donegal Town in County Donegal in Ulster, 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.
He founded the important Abbey of Iona on the Scottish island of the same name, ... Co, Donegal from 1985 until 1999, and from Buncrana from 1999 until 2007. The ...