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Donegal
[ don-i-gawl, don-i-gawl ]
noun
- a county in the N Republic of Ireland. 1,865 sq. mi. (4,830 sq. km). : Lifford.
- Also called Donegal tweed. a plain or herringbone tweed with colored slubs.
Donegal
/ ˌdɒnɪˈɡɔːl; ˈdɒnɪˌɡɔːl; ˌdʌnɪˈɡɔːl /
noun
- a county in NW Republic of Ireland, on the Atlantic: mountainous, with a rugged coastline and many offshore islands. County town: Lifford. Pop: 137 575 (2002). Area: 4830 sq km (1865 sq miles)
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I was born in Limerick city but grew up in a small town in County Donegal—remote, windy, lots of rain.
It has more than verified all predictions as to its usefulness, and has proved a blessing to north-west Donegal.
Did n't you see the waiter running out of the room with the napkin in his mouth when you tried to say Donegal?
The Marquis of Donegal promptly evicts all tenants who cannot pay.
"Now, then, down wid him," whispered the proprietor of the Donegal Shades.
In some parts of Donegal it is wine, not beer, that the Danes are said to have made.
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