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FRANCISCAN FRIARY, DONEGAL TOWN The ruins of the Franciscan friary in Donegal town are located at the point where the River Eske joins Donegal Bay. The friary was founded as a Franciscan Observant house in 1474 by Red Hugh O’Donnell (1429-1509), chief of Tír Conaill and his mother Nuala O’Conor. Its proximity to the impressive O’Donnell Castle highlights the connection between the friars and their lords. It is even reputed that a subterranean tunnel was discovered in the nineteenth century that

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