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 GAA of the mighty Kerry at Croke Park and with the win over Cork on 26 August to secure a place in the 2012 All Ireland Football Final, it looks like Jim won't have to worry about that review after all. Players listed in Bold indicates that they were voted Footballer of the Year Squad as per Roscommon v Donegal, 2018 All-Ireland Quarter-Final Group Stage Round 2, 21 July 2018 The following players have also been called up to the Donegal panel during the current season. Though hurling clubs are present in Donegal, there has been limited success for Donegal's hurlers