Donegal tweed manufactured for centuries it took on its modern form in the 1880s, largely due to the pioneering work of English philanthropist Alice Rowland Hart. While the weavers in County Donegal produce a number of different tweed fabrics, including herringbone and check patterns, the area is best known for a plain-weave cloth of differently-coloured warp and weft, with small pieces of yarn in various colours woven in at irregular intervals to produce a heathered effect. Such fabric is often labelled as "donegal" (with a lowercase "d") regardless of its provenance. Along with Harris Tweed manufactured in the Scottish Highlands, Donegal is
Donegal News employment for the north of Donegal with many Donegal families also moving across the border, which led to papers such as the "Derry Journal" and the "Derry People", building up a loyal readership in both jurisdictions. Throughout its history, the paper has remained under the control of the Lynch family, who's North West of Ireland Printing and Publishing Company is the largest newspaper group in Ireland still family controlled. The Monday edition was launched in November 2006 and is first paper in the County with all the weekend news and sport. In 2002 the paper was renamed as the "Donegal