Coontie Dunnygal

Coonty Dunnygal
Coonty Dunnygal; Contae Dhún na nGall / Contae Thír Chonaill; Coontie Dunnygal / Coontie Dinnygal
	Coat airms
	Motto(s): Mutuam habeatis caritatem (Latin); '(Maintain among you) Mutual Love (or Charity)'
	Location in Ireland
	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
Coonty seat	Lifford
Govrenment
• Teep	County Council
Area
• Total	4841 km2 (1,869 sq mi)
Area rank	(4t)
Population (2011)	161,137
• Rank	(10t)
Code	DL
Website	www.donegal.ie
	Coontie Dunnygal an Coontie Dinnygal are Ulster Scots spellins.

Coontie 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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References

↑ "County Donegal". Central Statistics Office. 2011. Archived frae the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
↑ "North-South Ministerial Council: 2006 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 27 Februar 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
↑ "North-South Ministerial Council: 2002 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.
↑ "Tourism Ireland – Yeirly Report 2009". Archived frae the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[1] "County Donegal". Central Statistics Office. 2011. Archived frae the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[2] "North-South Ministerial Council: 2006 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 27 Februar 2013. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[3] "North-South Ministerial Council: 2002 Annual Report in Ulster Scots" (PDF). Archived frae the original (PDF) on 29 August 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

[4] "Tourism Ireland – Yeirly Report 2009". Archived frae the original on 30 September 2011. Retrieved 10 September 2012.

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v t e Coonties o Ireland
The coonties are leetit per province
Connacht	Galway Leitrim Mayo Roscommon Sligo
Leinster	Carlow Dublin Region Dublin Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown Fingal Sooth Dublin Kildare Kilkenny Laois Longford Louth Meath Offaly Westmeath Wexford Wicklow
Munster	Clare Cork Kerry Limerick Tipperary North Tipperary Sooth Tipperary Waterford
Ulster	Antrim^† Armagh^† Cavan Dunnygal Doun^† Fermanay^† Londonderry^† Monaghan Tyrone^†
Italics denote non-admeenistrative coonties. Brackets denote non-tradeetional coonties. ^†denotes non-admeenistrative coonties o Northren Ireland