Donegal

[ don-i-gawl, don-i-gawl ]

noun

1. a county in the N Republic of Ireland. 1,865 sq. mi. (4,830 sq. km). : Lifford.
2. Also called Donegal tweed. a plain or herringbone tweed with colored slubs.

Donegal

/ ˌdʌnɪˈɡɔːl; ˈdɒnɪˌɡɔːl; ˌdɒnɪˈɡɔːl /

noun

1. a county in NW Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic: mountainous, with a rugged coastline and many offshore islands. County town: Lifford. Pop: 137 575 (2002). Area: 4830 sq km (1865 sq miles)

Example Sentences

I was born in Limerick city but grew up in a small town in County Donegal—remote, windy, lots of rain.

From The Daily Beast

It has more than verified all predictions as to its usefulness, and has proved a blessing to north-west Donegal.

From Project Gutenberg

Did n't you see the waiter running out of the room with the napkin in his mouth when you tried to say Donegal?

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The Marquis of Donegal promptly evicts all tenants who cannot pay.

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"Now, then, down wid him," whispered the proprietor of the Donegal Shades.

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In some parts of Donegal it is wine, not beer, that the Danes are said to have made.

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