{"id":276,"date":"2010-09-29T14:00:07","date_gmt":"2010-09-29T14:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/?p=276"},"modified":"2012-11-03T20:46:42","modified_gmt":"2012-11-03T20:46:42","slug":"lifford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/lifford\/","title":{"rendered":"Lifford Self Catering"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_3884\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3884\" src=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/lifford-self-catering.jpg\" alt=\"Lifford Self Catering\" title=\"Lifford Self Catering\" class=\"pinthis\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3884\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/lifford-self-catering.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/09\/lifford-self-catering-300x150.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-3884\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lifford Self Catering<\/p><\/div>\n<p><strong>Lifford Self Catering<\/strong> &#8211; Lifford (Leifear) is the county town of Donegal, Ireland. It is the administrative capital of the County and the  seat of Donegal County Council. It is known as the \u2018Gateway to  Donegal\u2019, this is because it is the first town you enter in Donegal when  travelling from Dublin on the N2. Lifford is located in the Finn Valley  area of East Donegal where the River Finn meets the River Mourne to  create the River Foyle. <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a title=\"Holiday Homes in Lifford\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/towns\/holiday-cottage-lifford.php\">Holiday Homes in Lifford<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a title=\"Lifford Information\" href=\"http:\/\/www.donegalcottageholidays.com\/blog\/category\/lifford\">More Information about Lifford<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It is situated across the River Foyle from  Strabane, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland, and is connected to that town  by Lifford Bridge. Lifford has several noted buildings. One is the Old  Courthouse &amp; Museum, located across from the HQ of Donegal County Council in the Diamond area of the town. The museum houses a permanent  display of O&#8217;Donnell clan documents and artefacts, as well as minute  books from various institutes in Donegal.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>Lifford Self Catering Map<\/h3>\n<p>[mappress mapid=&#8221;2&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>YouTube Video of Lifford Area<\/h3>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/i-0OjxxnID8?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lifford Self Catering &#8211; Lifford (Leifear) is the county town of Donegal, Ireland. It is the administrative capital of the County and the seat of Donegal County Council. It is known as the \u2018Gateway to Donegal\u2019, this is because it is the first town you enter in Donegal when travelling from Dublin on the N2. 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