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Killybegs is
Ireland’s leading fishing port and the harbour area is busy
throughout the year. Fishing provided much employment in the past
and is still a chief source employment. Another major employer in
Killybegs, was Donegal Carpets. At its peak the hand knotted carpet
factory employed as many as 80 workers the majority were women.
Carpets were made here for Buckingham Palace, the White House, Aras
an Uachtarain, and many other prestigious buildings around the
world. Today the building houses the Maritime & Heritage Museum. The
area around the deep fjord-like inlet of Killybegs has been
inhabited since prehistoric times, as evidenced by the twenty or
more ring forts that remain, most of them near the shore. The town
was named in early Christian times, the name Na Cealla Beaga
referring to a group of monastic cells. |
Killybegs Holiday Homes - Donegal, Ireland