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County Donegal (Contae Dhún na nGall) is in Northwest Ireland and Lakelands Region and is the northernmost county in Ireland, stretching further north than any part of Northern Ireland. It's a large county but mostly hill and forest, with a population in 2016 of 159,192. Historically part of Ulster, Donegal was one of its three counties that joined the Republic of Ireland, while the other six are in Northern Ireland. So it's referred to as part of "the south" in spite of being so far north.
County Donegal (Irish: Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster. It is named after the town of Donegal (Dún na nGall, meaning 'fort of the foreigners') in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconnell (Tír Chonaill, meaning 'Land of Conall'), after the historic territory of the same name, on which it was based. Donegal County Council is the local council and Lifford the county town.
The population was 159,192 at the 2016 census.