The modern urban centre of Letterkenny
began as a market town at the start of the 17th century,
during the Plantation of Ulster.
An ancient castle once stood near where the Cathedral
of St. Eunan and St. Columba, Donegal's only Roman Catholic cathedral, stands
today. Letterkenny Castle, built in 1625, was located south of Mount Southwell
on Castle Street. Donegal and the north-west's premier third-level institution,
the Letterkenny Institute of
Technology (LYIT), is located in
the town, as are Saint Eunan's
College, Highland Radio, and the
only
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