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The current proprietors of Magee are Howard Temple's son Lynn and Lynn's children Charlotte and Patrick. Magee continues to be the largest and most famous producers of Donegal tweed. [4] In 2015, Donegal Bay Group purchased Robert Noble, a Scottish weaver owned by Moorbrook, Ltd., and whose sister mark, Replin, was sold to AW Hainsworth. [11] [1]
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.
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.
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Donegal (/ ˌ d ʌ n ɪ ˈ ɡ ɔː l, ˌ d ɒ n-, ˈ d ɒ n ɪ ɡ ɔː l / DUN-ig-AWL, DON-, DON-ig-awl; [2] Irish: Dún na nGall [ˈd̪ˠuːnˠ n̪ˠə ˈŋal̪ˠ], "fort of the foreigners") [3] is a town in County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. Although Donegal gave its name to the county, now Lifford is the county town. [4]
Letterkenny (Irish: Leitir Ceanainn [ˈl̠ʲɛtʲəɾʲ ˈcanˠən̠ʲ], meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, [3] [4] [5] is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of Ulster. [1]
Mountcharles (Irish: Tamhnach an tSalainn) [2] [3] [4] is a village and townland (of 650 acres) in the south of County Donegal, Ireland. It lies 6 km from Donegal Town on the Killybegs road . It is situated in the civil parish of Inver and the historic barony of Banagh. [5] The village's name is usually pronounced locally as 'Mount-char-liss'.