Leagan Gaeilge Shíos
 The County Arts Centre, Letterkenny |
Letterkenny [meaning 'the wet hills of the O'Cannons'] is situated at the head of the River Swilly which flows into Lough Swilly, the deepest sea estuary in Europe. Letterkenny grew rapidly in the 19th and 20th centuries and is now the largest industrial and commercial centre in Donegal with a population of 15,000. St. Eunan's Cathedral is one of the oldest buildings in Letterkenny and was built between 1890-1901. The Lettekenny Institute of Technology offers National Diploma and Degree Courses to 2,000 students. Letterkenny is home to the County Arts Centre; the County Library; the County Museum and An Grianan Theatre and also plays hosts an International Folk Festival each summer. |
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Tá Leitir Ceanainn [Leitir Ceanainn - cnoic fliucha
clann Uí Chadhnain]
suite ag ceann abhainn an tSuilí a ritheann isteach i
Loch Suilí, an inbhear farraige is doimhne sa domhan.
D'fhás an baile mór seo go han-ghásta sa naoú haois déag
agus sa fichiú haois.
Faoi láthair is ea Leitir Ceanainn an t-ionaid tionsclaíocht agus trádálach is mó i gCo.Dhún na nGall. Tá daonra de 15,000 sa cheantar seo ag an bhomaite. Tá ardeaglais Naomh Adamhnán ar cheann de na foirgneamh is seine sa bhaile mhór agus tógadh é idir 1890-1901. Foirgneamh níos nua-aimseartha i radharc tíre an bhaile mhór nó Institiúid Teicneolaíochta Leitir Ceanainn. Cuireann an t-Institiúid cursaí Teastas Naisiúinta agus cursaí Céime ar fáil do 2,000 míc léinn. Tá Ionad Ealaíne Co.Dún na nGall le fáil i Leitir Ceanainn chomh maith le Leabharlann an Chondae, Músaem an Chondae agus An Grianán, amharclann úr agus cuireann Leitir Ceanainn Féile Idirnaisiúnta Tíre ar siúl gach samhradh. © |