Letterkenny
Sign in to saveLetterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of the Ulster province. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional economic gateway for the north-west of Ireland.
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Place details
- Locality
- Letterkenny Municipal District
- Region
- Ulster
- Country
- Éire / Ireland
- Population
- 19,274
- Timezone
- Europe/Dublin
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Key facts
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- Dialing code
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- 074 91// 0035374
- Settlement.name
- Letterkenny
- Settlement.nickname
- the Cathedral Town
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- LetterkennyMontage.JPG
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- From top, left to right: St Eunan's Cathedral, An Grianán Theatre, the Market Square, St Eunan's College, Polestar Roundabout (also known as the Port Roundabout), Letterkenny Institute of Technology.
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- Letterkenny COA.png
- Settlement.shield_size
- 200px
- Settlement.motto
- Ubique Urbem Reminiscar "Remember the town wherever I am"
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- Ireland
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- left
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human settlement
- Official name
- Letterkenny
- Country
- Republic of Ireland
- Population
- +19274
- Area
- +47.76
- Elevation
- +52
- Time zone
- UTC±00:00
- Body of water
- Swilly
- Official website
- www.letterkenny.ie
- Image
- Letterkenny Town View.jpg
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Article
37 sectionsContents
- Toponymy
- History
- Geography
- Climate
- Architecture
- Demographics
- Education
- Economy
- Retail
- Industry
- Media
- Local government
- National government
- Policing and crime
- Culture
- Literature
- Leisure and amusement
- Notable people
- Sport
- Association football
- Gaelic football
- Rugby football
- Other sports
- Transport
- Air
- Rail
- Bus
- Road
- Taxi
- Environment
- Tidy Towns
- Air quality
- Water quality
- Twins
- See also
- Footnotes
- External links
Letterkenny ( , meaning "hillside of the O'Cannons"), nicknamed the Cathedral Town, is a large town in County Donegal, Ireland, on the River Swilly in the north-west of the Ulster province. Along with the nearby city of Derry, Letterkenny is a regional economic gateway for the north-west of Ireland.
Letterkenny began as a market town at the start of the 17th century, during the Plantation of Ulster. A castle once stood near where the Cathedral of St Eunan and St Columba, County Donegal's only Catholic cathedral, stands today. Letterkenny Castle, built in 1625, was located south of Mt Southwell on Castle Street. County Donegal's largest third-level institution, Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Letterkenny, is located in the town, as are St Eunan's College, Highland Radio, and a Hindu temple. Letterkenny was also the original home of Oatfield Sweet Factory, a confectionery manufacturer; the factory closed and was demolished in 2014. In 1798, Theobald Wolfe Tone was arrested at Laird's Hotel in the town. In 2015, Letterkenny was judged as the tidiest town in Ireland.