Derry,officially Londonderry,is the largest city in County Londonderry,the second-largest in Northern Ireland and the fifth-largest on the island of Ireland. The old walled city lies on the west bank of the River Foyle,which is spanned by two road bridges and one footbridge. The city now covers both banks.
Strabane is a town in County Tyrone,Northern Ireland.
Lifford is the county town of County Donegal,Ireland,the administrative centre of the county and the seat of Donegal County Council,although the town of Letterkenny is often mistaken as holding this role.
Buncrana is a town in County Donegal,Ireland. It is beside Lough Swilly on the Inishowen peninsula,23 kilometres (14 mi) northwest of Derry and 43 kilometres (27 mi) north of Letterkenny. In the 2022 census,the population was 6,971,making it the second most populous town in County Donegal,after Letterkenny,and the largest in Inishowen.
Greencastle is a commercial fishing port located in the north-east of the Inishowen Peninsula on the north coast of County Donegal in Ulster,Ireland. The port is on the western shores of Lough Foyle. Nowadays,given the decline in the fishing industry,it resembles more closely a 'typical' Donegal holiday village. It is located a few miles from Moville and is about 20 miles from Derry.
Edward Fullerton was a Sinn Féin councillor from Inishowen in County Donegal,Ireland. He was killed at his Buncrana home in May 1991 by members of the Ulster Defence Association (UDA).
Ballynagalliagh is a townland in County Londonderry,Northern Ireland. It lies within Derry and Strabane district.
Donegal County Council is the authority responsible for local government in County Donegal,Ireland. As a county council,it is governed by the Local Government Act 2001. The council is responsible for housing and community,roads and transportation,urban planning and development,amenity and culture,and environment. It has 37 elected members. Elections are held every five years and are by single transferable vote. The head of the council has the title of Cathaoirleach (chairperson). The county administration is headed by a chief executive,John McLaughlin. The county town is Lifford.
The Mayor of Derry City and Strabane District Council is an honorary position bestowed upon a Citizen of Derry City &Strabane District in Northern Ireland,who is in practice a member of Derry and Strabane District Council,chosen by their peers on the council to serve a one-year term. The mayor is the chairperson of the council as well as the city's first citizen. The current mayor is Lilian Seenoi-Barr of the SDLP.
Republican Action Against Drugs (RAAD) was an Irish republican vigilante group active mainly in Derry and the surrounding area,including parts of counties Londonderry and Tyrone in Northern Ireland,and parts of County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It targeted those who it claimed were drug dealers. The group's methods included shooting the alleged dealers in the arms and legs;pipe bomb or arson attacks on the property of alleged dealers;and warning,threatening or banishing the alleged dealers.
Derry City and Strabane is a local government district that was created on 1 April 2015 by merging the City of Derry District and Strabane District. It covers most of the northwest of Northern Ireland. The local authority is Derry City and Strabane District Council.
Pádraig Mac Lochlainn is an Irish Sinn Féin politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Donegal constituency since the 2020 general election,and previously from 2011 to 2016 for the Donegal North-East constituency. He previously served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from 2016 to 2020.
The A38 links Strabane,County Tyrone and the A5 through the meadows of the river Foyle and over Lifford Bridge to Lifford,the County Town of County Donegal,where it links into the N14 and the N15. The N15 continues into County Donegal to Stranorlar,Ballybofey,Donegal Town,Ballyshannon,Bundoran and then leaves County Donegal,before heading to Sligo. The N14 continues through Rossgeir and Drumbeg to Letterkenny,connecting to the N13,which makes its way to Buncrana,Inishowen and Derry.
Gary Donnelly is an Irish republican politician and an independent member of the Derry and Strabane District Council since 2014.
Alderman Maurice Devenney is a Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) politician who was a Derry and Strabane Councillor for the Sperrin DEA from 2019 to 2023. Devenney also briefly served as a Member of the Northern Ireland Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from 2014 to 2015.
Elisha McCallion is an Irish former Sinn Féin politician who served as a Senator for the Industrial and Commercial Panel from April 2020 until October 2020. She previously served as Mayor of Derry from 2015 to 2016,a Member of Parliament (MP) for Foyle from 2017 to 2019,and as a Member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Foyle from March to June 2017.
Ireland's greenways are off-road routes for walkers,cyclists and other non-motorised transport in Ireland,which are often created as rail trails on abandoned sections of the Irish rail network. In the Republic of Ireland,several greenway initiatives have been centrally funded by the Irish government. In Northern Ireland,greenways are typically part of the collective British National Cycle Network (NCN).
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council took place on 24 May 2019 as part of the 2019 Irish local elections. County Donegal was divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV).
An election to all 37 seats on Donegal County Council was held on 7 June 2024 as part of the 2024 Irish local elections. County Donegal is divided into 7 local electoral areas (LEAs) to elect councillors for a five-year term of office on the electoral system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote (PR-STV). Candidates must be nominated by 12 noon on Saturday,18 May 2024.
Lilian Seenoi-Barr is a Kenyan-born politician and councillor for Derry City and Strabane District Council,where she represents the Social Democratic and Labour Party. On 29 April 2024,Seenoi-Barr made history after being selected as the next First Citizen of Derry City and Strabane,and consequently as Northern Ireland's first black mayor.
