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| TOWN OF DONEGAL.- The above renowned stronghold of the ancient Irish princes of Tyrconnell - the warlike house of O'Donnell - takes its name from a dun, or fort, supposed to have been built by the Danish invaders, and called the Gaelic Dun-na-n Gall - the Fort of the Strangers. It is situated in the northwestern portion of the picturesque county of the same name, eleven miles north-northeast, of Ballyshannon, on the shallow river Eske, which falls into Donegal Bay. |
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