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Muff (from Irish Magh) is a village, civil parish and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is near the mouth of the River Foyle (where it flows into Lough Foyle) and sits close to the border between the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The village of Culmore and the city of Derry are to the south in Northern Ireland.
Raphoe ( rə-FOH; Irish: Ráth Bhoth) is a small town in County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. It is the main town in the fertile district of East Donegal known as the Laggan, as well as giving its name to the Barony of Raphoe, which was later divided into the baronies of Raphoe North and Raphoe South, as well as to the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe and the Church of Ireland (Anglican) Diocese of Derry and Raphoe. There is also a civil parish of Raphoe.
Manorcunningham, or Manor (Irish: Mainéar Uí Chuinneagáin, meaning "the manor of Fort Cownyngham") is a small village and townland in County Donegal, Ireland. It is located 7 kilometres from Letterkenny on the main road to Derry. It is known locally and throughout Donegal as just Manor.
Deele College, formerly Raphoe Vocational School, is a mixed non-denominational secondary school in Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland. The population of the school is roughly about 800 students and 50 teachers.
Killea (Irish: Cill Fhéich, meaning 'Fiach's church') is a village and civil parish in County Donegal, Ireland, located on the border with County Londonderry in Northern Ireland.
Carrickmore railway station was a relatively short-lived calling-point on the Londonderry and Enniskillen Railway between Derry and Strabane. Situated in the townland of Carrickmore, County Donegal, the station, which had opened on 19 April 1847, was closed to all traffic with effect from 1 February 1858.
Newtowncunningham railway station served Newtowncunningham in County Donegal, Ireland.
Dry Arch Park is the home ground of Bonagee United, an Irish football team. It is located close to central Letterkenny in County Donegal.
Drumardagh (Irish: Droim Ardagh) is a townland in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, Ireland. The townland is about 5 kilometres (around 3 miles) east of Letterkenny in the Laggan district of East Donegal. The townland is just outside the village of Manorcunningham. The Isle Burn flows along the eastern boundary of the townland. The Irish name means 'the Ridge (drum) on the High Place (ardagh)', and it is this elevation that gives Drumardagh its commanding views over Lough Swilly, from Glenswilly to Inch Island, and beyond to the peaks of the Fanad and Inishowen peninsulae.
Manorcunningham railway station served Manorcunningham in County Donegal, Ireland.
Pluck railway station served Pluck in County Donegal, Ireland.
Sallybrook railway station served Sallybrook in County Donegal, Ireland.
The Battle of Binnion Hill was fought in 1557 when John O’Neill, the Grandson of Con O’Neill assembled an army to attack Tirconnell, modern day County Donegal. O’Neill’s plan was to defeat Manus O'Donnell from the Kinel-Connell and thus be the only King in Ulster.
Rockhill Barracks (Irish: Beairic Chnoc na Carraige) was an Irish Army barracks located in Letterkenny, County Donegal. The barracks was closed, in early 2009, as a result of the 2008 economic recession.
Mongavlin Castle also known as Mongevlin Castle is a ruined castle on the west bank of the River Foyle, approx 3 km south of St Johnston, County Donegal, Ireland. It was once a stronghold of the O'Donnells, Lords of Tyrconnell.
Raphoe Castle, also known as the Bishop's Palace, is a ruined early 17th-century castle on the edge of Raphoe, County Donegal, Ireland. The 'castle' was built in the 1630s for The Rt. Rev. Dr John Leslie, Church of Ireland Lord Bishop of Raphoe, from stone from a ruined round tower. Bishop Leslie was besieged within the castle during the Irish Rebellion of 1641, until he was relieved by the Laggan Army. Leslie was laid siege to again during the Cromwellian conquest of Ireland, with the castle surrendering in 1650.
Lifford Courthouse is a judicial building situated in the centre of Lifford, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland.
The R264 road is a regional road in Ireland, located in County Donegal in Ulster. It runs between Raphoe and Lifford. The road passes through the village of Ballindrait, where it crosses over the Burn Dale.
The Royal and Prior School is a co-educational day and boarding school located in Raphoe, County Donegal. It was one of a number of 'free schools' created by James I in 1608 to provide an education to the sons of local merchants and farmers during the plantation of Ulster. It has four 'sister' schools: The Royal School, Armagh in Armagh, The Enniskillen Royal Grammar School in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh, The Royal School Cavan in County Cavan, and The Royal School Dungannon in Dungannon, County Tyrone.
website: https://royalandprior.ie/
Raphoe North (; Irish: Ráth Bhoth Thuaidh), or North Raphoe, is a barony in County Donegal, Ireland. Baronies were mainly cadastral rather than administrative units. They acquired modest local taxation and spending functions in the 19th century before being superseded by the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898.
The Burn Dale (Irish: An Daoil, meaning 'the Black One') is a burn or small river in the east of County Donegal in Ulster, the northern province in Ireland. The burn is also known in English as the Dale Burn, the Burn Deele, the Burndale River, the Deele River or the River Deele. In the Ulster Scots dialect, a 'burn' is a stream or small river.
The County House (Irish: Teach an Chontae, Leifear) is a municipal building in Lifford, County Donegal, Ireland.
website: http://www.donegalcoco.ie/culture/archives/aboutus/
Street address: Lifford Community Library, The Old Courthouse, The Diamond, Lifford, Co. Donegal, F93 CD6F, Ireland (from Wikidata)
Street address: Raphoe Branch Library, The Diamond, Raphoe, Co. Donegal, F93 VR88, Ireland (from Wikidata)
Street address: St Johnston & Carrigans Family Resource Centre Taobh Tíre, St Johnston, Co. Donegal, F93 VHK7, Ireland (from Wikidata)