[AussiePam]

I have never been to Donegal!! sigh.. Would love to go there. Got as far as the top of Galway, but no further... sigh. My first Irish language teacher was the cultural attache to the Irish Embassy in Canberra and was from Donegal - we only had her for a few months, but I guarantee all of her students still have a slight Donegal burr.. beautiful accent. Harsh in one sense but lilting at the same time.