County Donegal

A county in the north-west of Ireland.

• Area: 4,841 square kilometres (1,868 square miles)
• Population: 129,994 (1996 estimate)
• Capital: Lifford[?]
• Largest town: Letterkenny[?]
• Highest point: Errigal[?], 752 metres (2467 feet)
• Lowest point: Atlantic Ocean, 0 metres (0 feet)

Geography is mostly low mountains, with deeply indented coastline, forming natural loughs[?].

Climate is temperate, and dominated by the gulf stream, with cool damp summers, and mild wet winters.

Like other areas of Western Ireland, Donegal has a distinctive fiddle tradition.

Donegal is also a place in Pennsylvania. See Donegal, Pennsylvania.