est ships afloat, is shortly to be reconstructed at .a cost of £60,000. 1Ramelton Thdving market town in centre of thriving agricu~tural distric.t. Nearby Killydonnell has a 16th century Franciscan church. The Lennon, which flows through ·the town, is repu.ted to be one of the finest rivers irt the county, for the rod fisherman. Salmon and sea trout are usually in nlentifnl supply. Carrigar't - Progressive tourist centre with many attractions for cross-Channel visitors. Portnablagh, Ma;rblehill .. and Dunfanaghy -- Summer mecca of cross-Channel tourists. Dunfanaghy has a branch of the Irish Countrywomen's Association. Five firstc~ass hotels in the d'istrict. Falcarragh Only Donegal home of Franciscan Community of nuns. Ballyconnell Con-. vent, of the,, Loreto Order, runs an approve.d secondary college for girls going on for the teaching profession. A knitting factory, recently enlarged, employs a large number of girls. These include an 18-hole golf DUNGL.OE course, game shooting, and boat- Known as the capital of the ing trips in Mulroy Bay. Four Rosses, Dungloe (An Cloichan. large hotels. Energetic local De- Liath- The G· r ·e y Stepping velopment Association. T h e Stones), is a thriving little town country around has many anti- of ap·proximately 600 population. quities of archaeo~ogkal and his- A market and fair town for the torical interest. lR o s s e s, it is a tourist Downings Sea-fishing vil-. centre, especia!:y for anglers. lage with a magnificent beach. That it is ·a &ood business town Milford - Favourite tourist is shown bv the fact that two rendezvous. Excellent fishing. hanks have· branches there. Bakery and · flour mills provide There are two Churches, Cathmuch local employment. olic (St. Peters) and Church of Ireland. The · post office ·transIiilmacrenan S a 1 m o n acts all postal business. It is the fishing in Lennon. St. Columba · headquarters of the Templefounded an Abbey here. It has crone Co-operative Society Ltd., also the . remains of a 15·th ce!la prosperous .and internationally tury Franciscan Friar.y_ known business founded by Mr. Churchill Birthplace of P. Gallagher, better known all· St. Columba, a.t Gartan. Unri·val- over the world as Paddy the led shooting and fishing. Glen- Cope, pioneer of the co-operative veagh estate is the only deer pre.. movement in Ireland. serve. .in Co. Doneigal. There is much in the district Cree$1ough - iL a k e fishing. to interest the sightseer. On the Three miles away, is the Capu- coast is a geological curiosity in chin Friary, at Ard Mhuire. Doe the form of a remarkable landCastle, Ma·cSweeney's strong- s:ip known . locally as the ''Talhold, half an hour's walk away. amh Briste" i('Broken Earth). Not Sand from Muckish mountain is far off -is the .headland of. Croghy exported for glass-making. where there are fine cliffs and 355.
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