The Donegal fiddle tradition is the way of playing the fiddle fiddle that is traditional in County Donegal, Ireland.

The Donegal fiddle music has been influenced by recorded music, but this is claimed to have had a positive impact on the tradition.

Modern Donegal fiddle music is often played in concerts and recorded on albums.

Enya is an approximate transliteration of how Eithne is pronounced in the Donegal dialect of the Irish language, her native tongue.

** Galway fiddling southern Connacht, which is slower than Sligo or Donegal traditions, with a heavier emphasis on ornamentation.

It is located 301. 3km, or 162. 7 nmi west of the island of Soay, St Kilda, Scotland, and 423. 2 kilometres ( 263. 0 mi ), or 228. 5 nmi, north-west of Tory Island, County Donegal, Ireland.

* October 12 – Battle of Tory Island: A British Royal Navy squadron under Sir John Borlase Warren prevents French Republican ships commanded by Jean-Baptiste-François Bompart landing reinforcements for the Society of United Irishmen on the Donegal coast ; Irish leader Wolfe Tone is captured and later dies of wounds.

County Donegal ( or ; or Contae Thír Chonaill ) is a county in Ireland.

It is named after the town of Donegal.

Donegal County Council is the local authority for the county.

County Donegal is famous for being the home of the once mighty Clann Dálaigh, whose most famous branch were the Clann Ó Domhnaill, better known in English as the O ' Donnell Clan.

The County Arms is the official coat of arms of both County Donegal and Donegal County Council.

The version of the Irish language spoken in County Donegal is Ulster Irish.

Donegal County Council ( which has officially been in existence since 1899 ) has responsibility for local administration, and is headquartered at the County House in Lifford.

For General elections, the county is divided into two constituencies, Donegal South – West and Donegal North – East, with both having three representatives in Dáil Éireann.

County Donegal is served by both Donegal Airport, located at Carrickfinn in The Rosses in the west of the county, and by City of Derry Airport, located at Eglinton to the east.

The Irish spoken in the Donegal Gaeltacht ( Irish-speaking area ) is of the Ulster dialect, while Inishowen ( parts of which only became English-speaking in the early 20th century ) used the East Ulster dialect.

Ulster Scots is often spoken in both the Finn Valley and The Laggan district of East Donegal.

She attended Loreto Community School in Milford, County Donegal and then moved away to attend college wanting to become a classical pianist, continuing her studies in music and also studying watercolour painting.

There are also stories of medieval knights and saints who went on pilgrimages to a cave located in Station Island, County Donegal in Ireland, where they made journeys inside the earth into a place of purgatory.

There are also several smaller regional airports: George Best Belfast City Airport, City of Derry Airport, Galway Airport, Kerry Airport ( Farranfore ), Sligo Airport ( Strandhill ), Waterford Airport and Donegal Airport ( Carrickfinn ).

Partition also meant that County Donegal was now almost entirely cut off from the rest of the jurisdiction it now found itself in, the new dominion called the Irish Free State.

Donegal music has also influenced people not originally from the county including folk and pop singer Paul Brady.

Although approximately 85 % of its population is Catholic, County Donegal also has a sizeable Protestant minority.

There is also a large Protestant population between Donegal Town and Ballyshannon in the south of the county.

People from Donegal has also contributed to culture elsewhere.

The Donegal Gaeltacht ( Irish-speaking district ) also attracts young people to County Donegal each year during the school summer holidays.

Scuba Diving is also very popular with a club being located in Donegal Town.

Many Donegal students also attend the Limavady Campus of the North West Regional College ( popularly known as Limavady Tech ) and the Omagh Campus of South West College ( popularly known as Omagh Tech or Omagh College ).

Cricket is also played in County Donegal.

See also O ' Boyle Donegal

She is also associated with sites such as Toberanna (), County Tyrone ; Dunany (), County Louth ; Lissan (), County Londonderry ; and Cnoc Áine near Teelin, County Donegal.

Nemed defeated them in several battles, killing their kings Gann and Sengann, but two new Fomorian leaders arose: Conand son of Faebar, who lived in Conand's Tower on Tory Island, County Donegal, and Morc son of Dela ( note that the first generation of the Fir Bolg were also said to be sons of Dela ).

Northern Ireland also borders County Donegal, which is home to a number of the Irish Republic's traditional Gaeltacht ( Irish-speaking ) communities.

: There are also three Donegal Townships in Pennsylvania.

: There is also a Borough of Donegal in Pennsylvania.

Blaney was also a TD for Donegal ; a staunchly Republican area which bordered Derry.

Ulster Scots is spoken in east Antrim, north Down, north-east County Londonderry, the Laggan area of Donegal, and also in the fishing villages of the Mourne coast.

He also became a member of Donegal County Council.

In 1753 he was raised to the Peerage of Ireland as Baron Conyngham, of Mount Charles in the County of Donegal, and in 1756 he was created Viscount Conyngham, in Ireland, also in the Peerage of Ireland.

On clearer days it is also possible to make out Malin Head in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, and the Ayrshire coast on the other side of Ailsa Craig.