Lifford
Lifford is a town in east Donegal, right next to the border with Northern Ireland. It is the county town with Donegal County Council based here. Lifford lies in the Finn Valley area where the River Finn meets the River Mourne to create the River Foyle. There are five primary schools in the town although for second level education students must travel to the likes of Raphoe, Stranorlar or Strabane in Co Tyrone. Local points of interest include Lifford Courthouse, which is now a museum and Cavanacor House which is the ancestral home of the 11th Preisdent of the United States, James Knox Polk. There are both Catholic and Church of Ireland churches in the town as well as a community hospital. Lifford is known as the ‘Gateway to Donegal’ because...
