DONEGAL has one of the highest figures for new passport applications this year, new figures show.
After the country’s four biggest cities and the three satellite counties around the capital, no county had more passports issued than Donegal.
Only big cities Dublin (93,223 passports), Cork (35,257), Galway (16,543), and Limerick (12,524) followed by the commuter belt of Kildare (17,571), Meath (14,774), and Wicklow (10,736) had more.
Of the 25 remaining counties on the island, Donegal had the most.
It had some 9,891 new passports issued to it between January and June, according to the figures from the Department of Foreign Affairs.
Neighbours like Leitrim (1,923), Mayo (7,813), and Sligo all had less (4,053) all had less.
Of Donegal’s neighbours in the North, some 8,019 were issued in Derry; 5,769 in Tyrone; and 1,935 in Fermanagh.
Over 50,000 passports were issued in the North, with over 500,000 issued in total across Ireland during the first half of the year.
Meanwhile, Justice Minister Helen McEntee announced that all Irish passports issued from June 2026 have a newly designed passport featuring an Irish wolfhound.
Justice Minister Helen McEntee unveiled the new Irish Wolfhound passports.
All Irish passports issued from June 2026 have a newly designed passport, featuring an Irish wolfhound.