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Features: Irish Counties & Surnames - County Donegal

Ray Church Cross, County Donegal by Seamus McMonagle
Ray Church Cross, County Donegal, © 2015, Seamus McMonagle
COUNTY DONEGAL

Irish Name: Dún na nGall
Nickname: The Forgotten County
Motto: Mutuam habeatis caritatem (Have love for one another)
County Town: Lifford
Province: Ulster
Region: Border

Tartan: The County Donegal tartan is a traditional plaid pattern in blue and green, with bright red, yellow, and dark brown accents. It was designed by Polly Kitteridge for the House of Edgar in 1997. (Reproduction rights restricted to House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.)

  • County Donegal Tartan

County Donegal Common Surnames

(Ireland Census):
Boyle, Campbell, Doherty, Duffy, Gallagher, Kelly, MacFadden, MacGowan, McGinley, McLaughlin, O'Donnell, Sweeney, Ward

(Irish Emigrants):
Boyle, Coyle, Doherty, Gallagher, McGinley, O'Donnell, Sweeney

Next page: County Down

References: The counties of Ireland and their nicknames, 2019, Aidan Lonergan, The Irish Post; Surname Connections to the Irish Counties, RootsWeb, 2007; Irish Surnames and Their Counties, A Letter From Ireland, 2016; Counties of Ireland, Wikipedia, The Scottish Register of Tartans.
Photo credits: (Header) County Donegal tartan pattern ©1997, House of Edgar, Perth Scotland; used with express permission from House of Edgar, Macnaughton Holdings Ltd.; (Featured) Ray Church Cross, 2015, Seamus McMonagle, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 4.0, (Related Resources) Island of Ireland location map, © 2010, NordNordWest, used under Creative Commons License CC BY-SA 3.0. Edited by Susan Wallace.
Related Resources

Location map of County Donegal
Location of County Donegal
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