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Archives[edit | edit source]

Donegal County Archives
Three Rivers Centre
Station Rd
Lifford

Telephone: 074 91 53900
E-mail: info@donegalcoco.ie
Website

The Archives Service of Donegal County Council is responsible for preserving, acquiring and making accessible the recorded heritage of the county for the people of Donegal, present and future generations.

Online[edit | edit source]

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Libraries[edit | edit source]

Libraries in Donegal

Museums[edit | edit source]

Museums in Donegal

Donegal County Museum
High Road
Letterkenny, Ireland

Telephone: 074 91 24613
E-mail: museum@donegalcoco.ie
Website
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The role of Donegal County Museum is to collect, record, preserve, communicate, and display for the use and enjoyment of the widest community possible, the material evidence and associated information of the history of County Donegal.

Dunfanaghy Workhouse Heritage Centre
1-6 Church Meadows
Dunfanaghy, Ireland

Telephone: 074 91 36540
E-mail: workhousedunfanaghy@eircom.net
Website

The Dunfanaghy Workhouse is located on the outskirts of Dunfanaghy village in North West Donegal. This impressive stone building is of great historical interest. It originated as one of the grim famine workhouses of the 1840s but today is a much more pleasant place incorporating a Heritage Centre that explores local history and culture.

St Connells – Glenties Heritage Museum
Mill Rd
Glenties, Ireland

Telephone: 074 9551766
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The museum houses a unique collection of artifacts from the local area as well as historical information about the Glenties area. The aim is to preserve something of the history, customs and traditions of the area.