Lifford

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Lifford
Leifear
Lifford
Lifford (Ireland)
Red pog.svg
Coordinates 54 ° 50 '8 "  N , 7 ° 28' 40"  W Coordinates: 54 ° 50 '8 "  N , 7 ° 28' 40"  W.
Basic data
Country Ireland

province

Ulster
county Donegal
height 6 m
surface 3.7 km²
Residents 1626 (2016)
density 434.8  Ew. / km²
Telephone code +353 / 74
Website www.donegalcoco.ie (English)

Lifford ( Irish : Leifear ) is a city in the north of the Republic of Ireland and the capital of County Donegal . Although Letterkenny is the county's largest city and has twelve times the population, Lifford is the county’s administrative center.

The place

Lifford is located in the far east of the county, directly across from Strabane in County Tyrone , Northern Ireland, which is eleven times larger than its twin town , to which Lifford is connected by the Lifford Bridge over the River Foyle . The population of Lifford was determined in the 2016 Census to be 1626 people, with a slight overhang of female residents. In the entire Parish of Clonleigh, of which Lifford is a part, the population in 2011 was 3,357. Lifford is the seat of Donegal County Council .

Street scene in Lifford

Lifford is located in the Finn Valley in the east of the county and developed around a castle built in the 16th century by Manghus Ó Domhnaill. Later, until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922, it was a British army garrison .

traffic

From Lifford the N15 lead via Donegal Town and Ballyshannon to Sligo in the southwest and the N14 to Letterkenny in the northwest. Lifford is connected to Derry and Omagh in Northern Ireland via Strabane via the A5 and further south-east via Monaghan via the N2 to Dublin .

Public transport is handled by Bus Éireann , which connects Lifford several times a day with Busáras in Dublin and Dublin Airport, as well as Letterkenny in the north and Ballybofey on the N15 in the west.

The city had been a stopping point for one of County Donegal's two narrow-gauge railways since 1909 . Lifford has not been connected to rail services in Ireland since 1960 .

Sports

The local Lifford Celtic FC became known nationwide as the youth club of Shay Given.

sons and daughters of the town

Web links

Commons : Lifford  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Map of Ireland (can be enlarged greatly)
  2. ^ Lifford (Town) on citypopulation.de, accessed on October 2, 2018