text: Sport Donegal town is home to many amateur sports clubs. The most popular sport in the area is Gaelic football and the local GAA club is Four Masters. The club also has been developing hurling. Other popular sports include association football, rugby union, basketball and track and field.
  Donegal Town was host to the final stage of the World Rally Championship on 1 February 2009.
  Media
  The town is home to the regional newspapers Donegal Democrat and Donegal Post, and previously the local Donegal Times newspaper. The Northwest Express regional newspaper is also distributed throughout the town and surrounding county, as is The Derry Journal. Ocean FM, an independent local radio station from Collooney in County Sligo, has one of its three studios in the town, which broadcasts to most of south County Donegal. Highland Radio, which is based in Letterkenny, can also be received in the town.
  Notable people
  Historical
  Donnell Óg O'Donnell (), The O'Donnell, crowned King of Tyrconnell in Raphoe Cathedral in 1258
  Hugh Roe O'Donnell I (died 1505), The O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell, builder of Donegal Castle
  Sir Hugh Doo O'Donnell (died 1537), The O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell
  Manus O'Donnell (1490–1564), The O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell, biographer of Saint Colmcille or Columba
  Sir Hugh O'Donnell (died 1601), The O'Donnell, King of Tyrconnell