County Donegal in the herbaria of the following institutions: the Ulster Museum, Belfast; Trinity College, Dublin; NUI Galway, and the Natural History Museum, London. Records of flowering plants include "Dactylorhiza purpurella" (Stephenson and Stephenson) Soó. The animals included in the county include the European badger ("Meles meles" L.). There are habitats for the rare corn crake ("Crex crex") in the county. At various times in its history, it has been known as County Tirconaill, County Tirconnell or County Tyrconnell (). The former was used as its official name during 1922–1927. This is in reference to both the old "túath" of Tír Chonaill
Helen Meles She is known for her successful transition from ex-war combatant with the group to prominent singer. In 2007, Helen married Eritrean saxophonist Issac Asefaw. Helen Meles Helen Meles (born 1968s ) is a prominent Eritrean singer and actress. She has released several albums and appeared in many top-rated Eritrean films. Helen hails from the Tigrayan people. She began her musical career early, at the age of eight, when she joined the Kassala, Sudan-based Red Flowers band (ቀያሕቲ ዕምባባ). The group was formed by the Eritrean People's Liberation Front (EPLF)'s local education branch. With the band, she performed in different parts