Its Irish name Na Cealla Beaga means 'little cells', a reference to early monastic settlements.

[2] The town is situated at the head of a scenic harbour and at the base of a vast mountainous tract extending northward.

With the assistance of a Killybegs chieftain, MacSweeney Bannagh, the Girona's personnel were fed, her rudder repaired, and she set sail for Scotland, but was wrecked off the Antrim coast with the loss of nearly 1,300 lives.

[5] Killybegs is a natural deepwater harbour with a depth of 12 metres at low water spring tide at the new €50 million pier completed in 2004.

The harbour is home to all the largest Irish midwater pelagic trawlers and a modest whitefish fleet, but it handles many other types of shipping as well.

The finished processed fish is exported to markets in Africa, the Middle East and Europe by freezer ships.

[10] The present two-storey building opened in 1987 provides facilities for students, teachers and members of the community.

[14] St Catherine's has a range of extracurricular activities, the school has had success in English, Irish and science debates.

[26][27] It consists entirely of fine golden sand and receives large numbers of day-trippers during the peak of the tourist season.

Tours are conducted daily and visitors can watch smaller carpets being made and try making a knot.

[30] Killybegs Rowing Club can often be seen training in the harbour during the summer months and hold an annual regatta on the last weekend of July.

Thomas Colin MacGinley ('Kinnfaela'): The Cliff Scenery of South-Western Donegal 1867 (Reprinted by the Four Masters Press 2000); General Biology 1874.