Letterkenny, Ireland Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

LETTERKENNY is the largest town in Donegal by some way, with a current population exceeding eleven thousand and the only traffic lights in the whole of the county. It has been the county's commercial focus ever since Derry was partitioned into the North and has undergone massive redevelopment in recent years with a refurbished town centre, huge new shopping malls and a growing industrial sprawl beyond its boundaries. Although it sits at the mouth of Lough Swilly, there's no water in sight, and the most notable visual element is the huge nineteenth-century Cathedral of Saints Eunan and Columba at the top … more »