From the facts about Letterkenny we come to know that Letterkenny Institute of Technology is a famous institution for higher education in the town.

From the Facts about Letterkenny you will learn that it is the largest town in County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland, located 35 miles north of Donegal Town and 20 miles west of Derry in Northern Ireland. Its name when literally translated means "The Slope of the Cannon Family." The Facts about Letterkenny tells us that the current population of Letterkenny is approximately 12,000, and the total population of the areas surrounding it is estimated to be 25,000-30,000 people. Though it is largest in area, it is not the administrative center of Donegal, which is Lifford. Letterkenny is situated at the base of the picturesque Lough Swilly.

Letterkenny was originally a market in the 17th century and was the first crossing point of the River Swilly. Letterkenny achieved town status in the early 1970s when the Irish punt became the official currency of Ireland and replaced the English Pound Sterling. This led to many Irish banks that had been previously located in Derry in Northern Ireland being forced to open branches in Donegal, including in Letterkenny. Public services and industry followed the banks and this made Letterkenny being the fastest growing town in the European Union for many years.

Its proximity to the border with Northern Ireland, and its geographic isolation from the rest of the Republic of Ireland has made Letterkenny different in attitude substantially from that of either side of the border. The facts about Letterkenny inform us that the economy in the town is strongly dependent on cross-border trade, and the economic condition of the place is determined mostly by the currency exchange rate between the Euro and the English Pound.

In the past the town was connected with the once extensive narrow gauge rail network of County Donegal. This connected Letterkenny to Derry to Lifford and Strabane, to Gweedore and Burtonport, and to Carndonagh, north of Derry. The rail system was built in the late 19th century. Some of these lines were not generating any profit and was run with British government subsidies. Only a couple of decades later, political events resulted in rail companies operating across two jurisdictions where there had previously been one. This shattered the already delicate economic situation, resulting in the total closure of all parts of the rail system in the area by 1953. The railway station was converted to a bus terminus which today serves Bus Eireann. It is known from the facts about Letterkenny that there are local privately-owned bus companies such as Lough Swilly Bus.

The facts about Letterkenny inform us that the prominent buildings in Letterkenny are St. Eunan's Cathedral, St. Eunan's College, the Workhouse (now functioning as the town's museum), and St. Conal's Hospital. Letterkenny Institute of Technology is a famous institution for higher education in the town.

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