in 1305 by Richard de Burgo, the "Red Earl" of U~ster. The castle saw much strife during three centuries. There is a 9-hole golf course and an excellent bathing beach. The entire dist.rict contains many items of historical ii!J.terest. LIFF10RD ·Lifford is the county town of Donegal and as such is the seat of the County Council meetings. It is situated on the western bank of the Foyle, which first takes its name at the meeting of the Mourne and Finn rivers a f e w yards a.lbove Lifford bridge. It is eleven miles from Derry City and ha.If a mile frv:tl the junction station (Strabane) of the G.N.R. aind C.D.1R. Situat- €d at Lifford is, as w'eu as the County Council offices, the headnuarters of the county lihrary. Prior endo·wed schools consist of primary, secondary and commer· cial departments. The offices of the County Re_gistrar and under· shed.ff are also situated here. The town. thoueh small, is a fliouriishing business cen~re. The Catho:ic Clonleigh parish church is at MurloE! and the Presbyterian church at Ballindrait. Ln the town i8 the Clonlei,gh (Church of Ireland) Parish Church. LETTERKENNY Letterkenny, (Leitir Ceanainn - The Hillside of the O'Canno.~s) o:i rising ground overlonking Lough Swilly is a .rapidly expanding 1township, with an ever increasing tempo of comme~cial P·ctivity. It has, in recent years, forged steadily forward to leading place amongst the towns of Donegal. Ecclesiastical capital of the Raphoe Diocese, 1a.nd main nerve-centre of public administraition in the county, it now claims to be Donegal's capital. It's present importance as a business 1and distributing centre dates back, some 1hirty years ago, to the e·stablishme.nt of the land Customs fr.:mtier, which diverted to the Cathedral Town a big volume of the trade which previously went to Derry City. The town's 1advance in 1the industrial sphere has been notewo.rlhy. Flourishing industries of the moment include a hosiery factory; two foundries; a c10nfectionery factory; a mineral waters firim; bacon-curing; three major bakeries, and a variety of milling plants. The considerable employment provided benefits mainly fetnale workers; openings for men have been few, since the termination of the housing schemes recently sponsored by the Urban and County Councils. A Town Development Association, set up to explore the possibilil y of securing a major industry rthat would absorb the many workless men i.n the town and district, has been energetically applying itself to the problem, for many munths past. About the middle of March, Messrs Nestles, Ltd., .of London, concluded an agreement for the acquisition of a site, half 1a mile from Letterkenny, on which it was proposed to build a milk products factory, and on 2nd ,June the new factory went into operation. It giveE promise of a big employment port:entilal, when in full production. iFarmers all over East Donegal supply the milk. Later, the manufacture of tins for the fiiim's products, will also be started on 352.
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