Talk:County Donegal

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[edit] Dún na nGall / Tír Chonaill

Is the preferred Irish version of the county's name Dún na nGall? I know in my (all-Irish) primary school we learned that the name was Tír Chonaill, even though the English name obviously originated as Dún na nGall. Maybe I'm out of date, as I note that Donegal County Council use Comhairle Chontae Dhun na nGall [1] --Ryano 12:41, 4 November 2005 (UTC)

My advice recently was that the spelling used in Irish for counties for the new style tables be that as specified in Placenames (Provinces and Counties) Order 2003[2] as this is the legal definition of the Irish name and takes precidence over other variations. It uses Donegal/County Donegal Dún na nGall/Contae Dhún na nGall respectively. Tír Chonaill would appear to originate from County Tyrconnel, and could be due an article in itself if sufficent material can be found. Djegan 19:10, 4 November 2005 (UTC)
Tir Conaill, as traditionally understood, strictly speaking does not include Inishowen. Tir Conaill is certainly an older name, and in more common use by far in spoken Irish; I imagine that the use of Donegal for the area, rather than just for the town, follows the official establishment of the county. However, there are also plenty of cases of Dun na nGall being used in real spoken Irish; one that immediately comes to mind is the song 'Gleanntain Ghlasa Ghaoth Dobhair", which includes the lines "slan slan go foill le Dun na nGall, an contae glas gan smal." Palmiro | Talk 23:53, 31 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Coontie Dinnygal

Does the Ulster Scotched Coontie Dinnygal have any official currency in the Republic? 84.135.250.141 12:55, 21 January 2007 (UTC)

I'm from Donegal and have never heard it before, anyhow. Dun 13:08, 21 August 2007 (UTC)


What do you mean, 'official currency'? It's the Ulster-Scots name for the county, simple as that... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 80.76.205.225 (talk) 12:11, 2 November 2007 (UTC)


[edit] Notable people

Does anyone agree that the 'Notable natives' section of this article is too long and too messy?? I think so, and I'll clean it up next week. So leave a comment if you feel strongly about this.

--MaxPride (talk) 13:09, 11 May 2008 (UTC)

  • Perhaps delete the ones who don't seem to have their own articles. Tameamseo (talk) 13:04, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Just refined the list to those who are actually 'famous' natives and would be known outside the county, and indeed removing some of thosw who would not be known in the county itself. Obviously if you have plans for devloping it better work away - just did it so that in the short run it didn't account for about 1/3 of the entire atricle! Will try to ensure that all those removed are part of the category though. - Donegal92 (talk) 15:06, 13 May 2008 (UTC)
Good edits, Donegal92. I readded Tommy Tiernan and Brian McEnifff, as it seems to me both are fairly well known outside the county. I'm not from Donegal, but I'm well aware of both. Tameamseo (talk) 18:05, 14 May 2008 (UTC)
Sorry - the list was so long I didn't see them! - Donegal92 (talk) 22:35, 14 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Introduction

The intro of this article is a bit long and filled with some 'Orange' statements w/o citation. Needs a shave! 89.100.20.244 (talk) 19:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)