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| Donegal
has an intriguing history and this is reflected in the abundance of
archaeological sites which include Burt castle, O Doherty’s
Keep, Doe Castle, Donegal castle and the Franciscan Friary. One of
Donegal's most famous historical landmarks is Grianan Aileach which
is where these apartments get their name from. An Grianan fort is 5,000 years old and it is where the lords of Ulster watched over their kingdom. Eoghan, for whom the Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal is named (Inis-Eoghainn or the Island of Owen), established his kingdom centered at the Grianan of Aileach, an ancient hill-fort by legend said to have been a fortress of the Tuatha de Danann kings of Ireland, the mythical precursors to the Milesian invaders of Ireland. Tir-Eoghainn, now Tyrone, also received its name from this son of Nial (Country of Owen). For over 700 years the kings of Aileach ruled the north of Ireland from this fortress situated in the southern part of the Inishowen peninsula in Co. Donegal between Loughs Swilly and Foyle, until its destruction in 1101 by Muirchertach O'Brien, the King of Munster, in retaliation for the destruction of the palace of Kincora in 1088 by Domnall MacLochlainn, the High King of Ireland |
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