Coonty Dunnygal
| Coonty Dunnygal Contae Dhún na nGall / Contae Thír Chonaill
Coontie Dunnygal / Coontie Dinnygal |
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| Motto: Mutuam habeatis caritatem (Latin) '(Maintain among you) Mutual Love (or Charity)' |
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| Coordinates: 54°55′01″N 8°00′00″W / 54.917°N 8.000°W | |||
| Kintra | Ireland | ||
| Province | Ulster | ||
| Dáil Éireann | Donegal North–East, Donegal Sooth–Wast |
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| Coonty seat | Lifford | ||
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| - Tot | 4,841 km2 (1,869.1 sq mi) | ||
| Aurie rank | (4t) | ||
| Indwallers(2011)[1] | 161,137 | ||
| - Rank | (10t) | ||
| Code | DL | ||
| Wabsteid | donegal.ie | ||
| Coontie Dunnygal[2][3] an Coontie Dinnygal[4] are Ulster Scots spellins. | |||
Coonty Dunnygal (Inglis: County Donegal, Erse: Contae Dhún na nGall or Contae Thír Chonaill) is Ireland's northmaist coonty. It ligs in the wast o the Stewartrie o Ulster in the nor'-wast o the iland. It is ane o thrie coonties in the Stewartrie o Ulster that isna pairt o Northren Ireland. Maugre o it bein the maist northren coonty in aw Ireland, an maugre its gey strang Ulster identitie, the coonty is pairt o the Republic o Ireland. Coonty Dunnygal is the mukkilest coonty in Ulster.
The coonty wis named eftir the toun o Dunnygal, whilk cums frae the Erse, meinin "the stranghaud o the ootlanders (Vikings)". The toun wis the auld stranghauld o the O'Donnell clan anaw. Whan first shapit, it wis whyls cried Coonty Tyrconnel or Tirconnel (Erse: Tír Chonaill) eftir baith the auld Tír Chonaill kingrik an the Tyrconnel yerldom that follaed it. Houaniver, cryin the hail coonty Tír Conaill is teknicalie wrang as the Inishowen hauf-iland (Erse: Inis Eoghain) is historicalie sindrie frae Tír Chonaill.
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