Townawilly
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Townawilly is a parish in the Barony of Tirhugh within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Raphoe in County Donegal, Ireland. The parish includes most of Donegal Town, with the parish running along the shores of Lough Eske, just to the north-east of the town. The mountainous area known locally as ‘Townawilly’, ranging approximately from the south-eastern portion of Lough Eske to farther north in the Bluestack Mountains ('the Croaghs'), gives its name to the larger parish. The spelling of this placename can also be found as 'Tawnawully', after the Irish Tamhnach 'a Mhullaigh. This translates approximately as 'highland meadow' or 'arable hilltop'.