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Ireland Gazeteer
County Donegal on 1837

Divisions, Towns, Population, &c.

Donegal is divided into six baronies; Tyrhugh on the south, Bannagh and Boylagh on the west, Kilmacrenan on the north-west, Inishowen on the north-east, and Raphoe on the east and centre.

Ballyshannon (pop. 3,775), Killybeggs (.pop. 724), and Donegal (pop. 830), were erected into corporations in the reign of James I: these corporations are now extinct. Lifford, which is the assize town of the county, is governed by a charter of the 27th February, 10th James I.

This corporation still possesses some property, and has a court of record with jurisdiction to the amount of five marks, but no criminal jurisdiction.

The vicinity of Strabane has prevented Lifford from increasing; the court-house and county gaol constitute the greater part of the town: pop. 1,096.

The other towns are Letterkenny, pop. 2,168; Rathmelton, pop. 1,783 ; Buncrana, pop. 1,059: Ballybofey, pop. 874; and Stranorlar, pop. 641. Donegal is represented in the imperial parliament by two county members.

POPULATION TABLE

Date

Houses

Families

Families chiefly employed in:

Persons

Agriculture

Trade, Manufacture, Handicraft

Other

Males

Females

Total

1792

23,521

-

-

-

-

-

-

140,000

1821

44,800

48,030

-

-

-

120,559

127,711

248,270

1831

50,171

52,739

38,178

7,204

7,357

141,845

147,304

289,149