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LETTERKENNY, a market town of Co. Donegal, Ireland, 23 M. W. by S. of Londonderry by the Londonderry and Lough Swilly and Letterkenny railway. Pop. (19or) 2370. It has a harbour at Port Ballyrane, 1 m. distant on Lough Swilly. In the market square a considerable trade in grain, flax and pro-visions is prosecuted. Rope-making and shirt-making are industries. The handsome Roman Catholic cathedral for the diocese of Raphoe occupies a commanding site, and cost a large sum, as it contains carving from Rome, glass from Munich and a pulpit of Irish and Carrara marble. It was consecrated in 19o1. There is a Catholic college dedicated to St Ewnan. The town, which is governed by an urban district council, is a centre for visitors to the county. Its name signifies the " hill of the O'Cannanans," a family who lorded over Tyrconnell before the rise of the O'Donnells.