Donegal

Names prominent in this county include: Begley, Boyle, Bradley, Breslin, Brodar, Brolloghan, Cannan, Cannon, Clements, Clery, Coyle, Crean, Crossan, Dallaghan, Daugherty, Dermond, Derry, Dever, Devers, Devitt, Doherty, Donell, Donelly, Donnel, Donnell, Duffy, Dunlevy, Dunlevy, Fadden, Farren, Gallagher, Gilbride, Gillespie, Glinchy, Gonigle, Gormley, Grath, Harkan, Hayes, Kenny, Kernaghan, Laverty, Loughlin, Lynch, MacCoyle, MacCrossan, MacDevitt, MacDunlevy, MacFadden, MacGillespie, MacGlinchy, MacGonigle, MacGrath, MacLoughlin, MacMenamin, MacNelis, MacNulty, MacRoarty, MacSweeney, MacSweeny, MacWard, McBride, McClean, McCloskey, McCool, McCoyle, McCrossan, McCrossan, McDavett, McDevitt, McDunlevy, McFadden, McGettigan, McGillespie, McGinty, McGlinchy, McGonigal, McGonigle, McGowan, McGrath, McHugh, McLeach, McLoughlin,  McMenamin, McNelis, McNulty, McRoarty, McSweeney, McSweeny, McTeigh, McWard, Menamin, Mulhall, Mullholland, Mulligan, Mulvany, Nelis, Nulty, O'Boyle, O'Caigley, O'Clery, O'Curran, O'Doherty, O'Donnell, O'Dornin, O'Dorrian, O'Duffy, O'Duvan, O'Friel, O'Gormley, O'Hagarty, O'Kernaghan, O'Leany, O'Quinn, O'Rafferty, O'Sheeran, O'Shiel, O'Begley, O'Boyle, O'Breslin, O'Brolloghan, O'Cannan, O'Clery, O'Dallaghan, O'Dermond, O'Derry, O'Dever, O'Doherty, O'Donell, O'Donnel, O'Donnell, O'Duffy, O'Farren, O'Friel, O'Gallagher, O'Gormley, O'Harkan, O'Kenny, O'Kernaghan, O'Laverty, O'Lynch, O'Mooney, O'Mulhall, O'Mullholland, O'Mulligan, O'Pattan, O'Shiel, O'Shryhane, O'Toner, Pattan, Roarty, Roddy, Shiel, Shryhane, Sweeney, Sweenster, Sweeny, Swoid, Toner, Ward

Fiercely beautiful, Donegal is Ireland’s northernmost county. (Although Ireland is further south than most of the countries where the Northern Lights may be viewed, on very rare occasions the Northern Lights can be seen over the Donegal coastline.) Once part of the historical Kingdom of Ulster, Donegal faces the Atlantic. Jagged bays --particularly Donegal Bay and Gweebarra Bay-- and long loughs dotted with islands cut deep into the county. (The islands in Lough Derg were important sites in the early Christianization of Ireland and still draw pilgrims more than 1500 years after the first mission was established.) With too many mountains and hills to make farming easy, Donegal is blessed with rich fisheries. With a history as rough as its coastline Donegal became part of the third (and first primarily Scottish) Plantation in the early 1600s. - notes by Sarah Nagle

One of a series of Irish District tartans designed (and copyrighted) by Polly Wittering of the House of Edgar in 1995. This is not an 'officially sanctioned' District tartan but has proven popular.