Glenties
Glenties
Na Gleannta | |
|---|---|
Town | |
Main street in Glenties | |
| Coordinates: 54°47′51″N 8°16′57″W / 54.7975°N 8.2825°W | |
| Country | Ireland |
| Province | Ulster |
| County | County Donegal |
| Government | |
| • Dáil Éireann | Donegal |
| • EU Parliament | Midlands–North-West |
| Elevation | 78 m (256 ft) |
| Population (2022) | 927 |
| Time zone | UTC+0 (WET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+1 (IST (WEST)) |
| Irish Grid Reference | G818944 |
Glenties (Irish: Na Gleannta, meaning 'the glens') is a town in County Donegal, Ireland. It is situated where two glens meet, north-west of the Bluestack Mountains, near the confluence of two rivers. Glenties is the largest centre of population in the parish of Iniskeel. Glenties has won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition five times in 1958, 1959, 1960, 1962 and 1995. As of the 2022 census, the population was 927.