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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 501 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.

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LETTERKENNY , a See also:

MARKET (Lat. mercatus, trade or place of trade)

market See also:

TOWN

town of Co. See also:

DONEGAL

Donegal, See also:

Ireland, 23 M. W. by S. of See also:

Londonderry by the Londonderry and Lough Swilly and Letterkenny railway. Pop. (19or) 2370. It has a See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour at See also:

PORT

Port Ballyrane, 1 m. distant on Lough Swilly. In the market square a considerable See also:

trade in See also:

GRAIN (derived through the French from Lat. granum, seed, from an Aryan root meaning " to wear down," which also appears in the common Teutonic word " corn ")

grain, See also:

FLAX

flax and See also:

PRO

pro-visions is prosecuted. Rope-making and See also:

SHIRT

shirt-making are See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries. The handsome See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

CATHEDRAL

cathedral for the See also:

DIOCESE (formed on Fr. diocese, in place of the Eng. form diocess—current until the 19th century—from Lat. dioecesis, med. Lat. variant diocesis, from Gr. Swucio•tc, " house-keeping," " administration," &miceas, " to keep house," " to govern ")

diocese of Raphoe occupies a commanding site, and cost a large sum, as it contains See also:

CARVING

carving from See also:

Rome, See also:

glass from See also:

MUNICH (Ger. Munchen)

Munich and a See also:

PULPIT (from Lat. pulpitum, a staging, platform: equivalents are Fr. chaire d'eglise, Ital. pulpito, Ger. Kanzel)

pulpit of Irish and See also:

Carrara See also:

MARBLE (from Lat. marmor, Gr. pApµapos, shining stone)

marble. It was consecrated in 19o1. There is a Catholic See also:

COLLEGE (Collegium)

college dedicated to St Ewnan. The town, which is governed by an See also:

urban See also:

DISTRICT

district See also:

COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council, is a centre for visitors to the See also:

COUNTY (through Norm. Fr. comae, cf. O. Fr. cunte, conk', Mod. Fr. comae, from Lat. comitatus, cf. Ital. comitato, Prov. comtat; see COUNT)

Its name signifies the " See also:

hill of the O'Cannanans," a See also:

FAMILY

family who lorded over See also:

Tyrconnell before the rise of the O'Donnells.

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