Coonty Donegal

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Coonty Donegal (Erse: Contae Dhún na nGall.) is a coonty locatit in the wast o the Stewartry o Ulster, in the nor'-wast o Ireland. It is ane o three coonties in the Stewartry o Ulster that daesna form pairt o Northren Ireland. Maugre o it bein the maist northren coonty in aw Ireland, an maugre its gey strang Ulster identity, the coonty is pairt o the Republic o Ireland. Coonty Donegal is the lairgest coonty in Ulster. The name 'Donegal' comes frae the Erse, meanin 'The Fort o the Ootlanders'. The coonty wis named efter the umwhile admeenistrative centre o Donegal Toun, the auld stranghauld o the O'Donnell ryal faimily in the sooth o the coonty. Whan first creatit, it wis whiles referred tae as Coonty Tyrconnel (Erse: Tír Chonaill), efter baith the auld oreeginal Tír Chonaill kinrick an the Tyrconnel earldom that succeedit it. Cryin the hail coonty Tír Conaill is technically wrang as the Inishowen Peninsula (Erse: Inis Eoghain) is historically distinct frae Tír Chonaill.