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The ___MASK15___ is the second largest of the world ' s oceans with a total area of about . It covers approximately 20 percent of the Earth ' s surface and about 29 percent of its water surface area . It separates the " Old World " from the " New World ". The Church ___MASK40___ Ireland is a Christian church in Ireland and an autonomous province ___MASK40___ the Anglican Communion . It is organised on an all - Ireland basis and is the second - largest Christian church on the island after the Roman Catholic Church . Like other Anglican churches , it has retained elements ___MASK40___ pre - Reformation practice , notably its episcopal polity , while rejecting the primacy ___MASK40___ the Bishop ___MASK40___ Rome . Nevertheless , in theological and liturgical matters , it incorporates many principles ___MASK40___ the Reformation , particularly those espoused during the English Reformation . The church self identifies as being both Catholic and Reformed . Within the church , differences exist between those members who are more Catholic - leaning ( high church ) and those who are more Protestant - leaning ( low church or evangelical ). For historical and cultural reasons , the Church ___MASK40___ Ireland is generally identified as a Protestant church . The Church ___MASK40___ Ireland is the second - largest in the Republic ___MASK40___ Ireland , with around 130 , 000 members , and the third - largest in ___MASK67___ Ireland , with around 260 , 000 members . An inlet is an indentation ___MASK40___ a shoreline , usually long and narrow , such as a small bay or arm , that often leads to an enclosed body ___MASK40___ salt water , such as a sound , bay , lagoon , or marsh . In sea coasts , an inlet usually refers to the actual connection between a bay and the ocean and is often called an " entrance " or a recession in the shore ___MASK40___ a sea , lake , or river . A certain kind ___MASK40___ inlet created by glaciation is a fjord , typically but not always in mountainous coastlines and also in montane ___MASK20___ . The ___MASK75___ Eske ( Irish : " Abhainn na hIascaigh "; also " Eask ") is a ___MASK75___ in the ___MASK61___ ___MASK40___ Ireland in ___MASK37___ in Ulster , beginning at Lough Eske in southeast ___MASK37___ before flowing mainly westwards to the town ___MASK40___ Donegal and into the Atlantic via Donegal Bay . A parish is a church territorial unit constituting a division within a diocese . A parish is under the pastoral care and clerical jurisdiction ___MASK40___ a parish priest , who might be assisted by one or more curates , and who operates from a parish church . Historically , a parish often covered the same geographical area as a manor ( its association with the parish church remaining paramount ). Tyrconnell or Tirconnell was a political state in ___MASK61___ ___MASK28___ until 1601 . It lay in the area now more commonly referred to as ___MASK37___ , although the kingdom and later principality of Tyrconnell was larger than that , including parts of Sligo , Leitrim ( in present - day Republic of ___MASK28___ ), Tyrone , Fermanagh and a southern part of Londonderry ( in present - day Northern ___MASK28___ ). According to Geoffrey Keating , it included the baronies of Carbury ( in County Sligo ), Rosclogher ( in County Leitrim ), and Magheraboy ( mainly Toorah or Tuath Ratha ) and Firlurg ( in County Fermanagh ). As such it had a size varying between that of Corsica ( 8 , 680 km ) and Lebanon ( 10 , 452 km ). ___MASK28___ , also described as the Republic ___MASK40___ ___MASK28___ ('), is a sovereign state in north - western Europe occupying about five - sixths ___MASK40___ the island ___MASK40___ ___MASK28___ . The capital and largest city is Dublin , which is located on the eastern part ___MASK40___ the island , and whose metropolitan area is home to around a third ___MASK40___ the country ' s 4 . 75 million inhabitants . The state shares its only land border with ___MASK67___ ___MASK28___ , a part ___MASK40___ the United Kingdom . It is otherwise surrounded by the ___MASK15___ , with the Celtic Sea to the south , Saint George ' s Channel to the south - east , and the Irish Sea to the east . It is a unitary , parliamentary republic . The legislature , the ', consists ___MASK40___ a lower house , ', an upper house , ', and an elected President (') who serves as the largely ceremonial head ___MASK40___ state , but with some important powers and duties . The head ___MASK40___ government is the ' ( Prime Minister , literally ' Chief ', a title not used in English ), who is elected by the Dáil and appointed by the President , and appoints other government ministers . Lifford ( historically anglicised as " Liffer ") is the county town ___MASK40___ ___MASK37___ , Ireland . It is the administrative capital ___MASK40___ the county and the seat ___MASK40___ Donegal County Council , although the town ___MASK40___ Letterkenny is often mistaken for fulfilling this role . The word diocese is derived from the Greek term "" meaning " administration ". When now used in an ecclesiastical sense , it refers to a territorial unit ___MASK40___ administration . In the Western Church , the district is under the supervision ___MASK40___ a bishop ( who may have assistant bishops to help him or her ) and is divided into parishes under the care ___MASK40___ priests ; but in the Eastern Church , the word denotes the area under the jurisdiction ___MASK40___ a patriarch and the bishops under his jurisdiction administer parishes . This structure ___MASK40___ church governance is known as episcopal polity . Donegal Bay (" Bá Dhún na nGall " in Irish ) is an inlet ( or bay ) in the ___MASK61___ ___MASK40___ Ireland . Three counties  Donegal to the north and west , Leitrim and Sligo to the south  have shorelines on the bay , which is bounded on the west by the ___MASK15___ . The town ___MASK40___ Donegal and the River Eske lie at the head ___MASK40___ the bay . The Blue Stack Mountains or Bluestack Mountains , also called the Croaghgorms , are the major ___MASK33___ range in the south ___MASK40___ ___MASK37___ , Ireland . They provide a barrier between the south ___MASK40___ the county , such as Donegal Town and Ballyshannon , and the towns to the north and west such as Dungloe and Letterkenny . The road between the two parts ___MASK40___ the county goes through the Barnesmore Gap . Originally , a patriarch was a man who exercised autocratic authority as a pater familias over an extended family . The system ___MASK40___ such rule ___MASK40___ families by senior males is termed patriarchy . The term " high church " refers to beliefs and practices ___MASK40___ ecclesiology , liturgy , and theology , generally with an emphasis on formality and resistance to " modernisation ". Although used in connection with various Christian traditions , the term originated in and has been principally associated with the Anglican / Episcopal tradition , where it describes Anglican churches using a number ___MASK40___ ritual practices associated in the popular mind with Roman Catholicism . The opposite is low church . Contemporary media discussing Anglican churches tend to prefer evangelical to " low church ", and Anglo - Catholic to " high church ", though the terms do not exactly correspond . Other contemporary denominations that contain high church wings include some Lutheran , Presbyterian , and Methodist churches . ___MASK37___ ( pronounced or ) is a county of Ireland . It is part of the Border Region of the Republic of Ireland and is in the province of Ulster . It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county . Donegal County Council is the local council for the county and Lifford serves as the county town . The population of the county is 158 , 755 according to the 2016 census . It has also been known as ( County ) Tyrconnell (""), after the historic territory of the same name . The English Reformation was a series ___MASK40___ events in 16th century England by which the Church ___MASK40___ England broke away from the authority ___MASK40___ the Pope and the Roman Catholic Church . These events were , in part , associated with the wider process ___MASK40___ the European Protestant Reformation , a religious and political movement that affected the practice ___MASK40___ Christianity across all ___MASK40___ Europe during this period . Many factors contributed to the process : the decline ___MASK40___ feudalism and the rise ___MASK40___ nationalism , the rise ___MASK40___ the common law , the invention ___MASK40___ the printing press and increased circulation ___MASK40___ the Bible , and the transmission ___MASK40___ new knowledge and ideas among scholars , the upper and middle classes and readers in general . However , the various phases ___MASK40___ the English Reformation , which also covered Wales and Ireland , were largely driven by changes in government policy , to which public opinion gradually accommodated itself . ___MASK67___ Ireland (; Ulster Scots : "") is a top - level constituent unit of the United Kingdom in the northeast of Ireland . It is variously described as a country , province , region , or " part " of the United Kingdom , amongst other terms . ___MASK67___ Ireland shares a border to the south and west with the Republic of Ireland . In 2011 , its population was 1 , 810 , 863 , constituting about 30 % of the island ' s total population and about 3 % of the UK ' s population . Established by the ___MASK67___ Ireland Act 1998 as part of the Good Friday Agreement , the ___MASK67___ Ireland Assembly holds responsibility for a range of devolved policy matters , while other areas are reserved for the British government . ___MASK67___ Ireland co - operates with the Republic of Ireland in some areas , and the Agreement granted the Republic the ability to " put forward views and proposals " with " determined efforts to resolve disagreements between the two governments ". The Anglican Communion is an international association ___MASK40___ autonomous churches consisting ___MASK40___ the Church ___MASK40___ England and national and regional Anglican churches (" provinces ") in full communion with it . Full participation in the sacramental life ___MASK40___ each church is available to all communicant Anglicans . Killybegs is a town in ___MASK37___ , Ireland . It is the largest fishing port in the county and on the island of Ireland . It is located on the south coast of the county , north of Donegal Bay , near Donegal Town . The town is situated at the head of a scenic harbour and at the base of a vast mountainous tract extending northward . In the summer , there is a street festival celebrating the fish catches and incorporating the traditional " Blessing of the Boats ". It has a population of 1 , 297 A national primary ___MASK49___ is a ___MASK49___ classification in ___MASK28___ . National primary roads form the major routes between the major urban centres . There are over 5 , 300 km ___MASK40___ national primary roads . This category ___MASK40___ ___MASK49___ has the prefix " N " followed by one or two digits . Motorways are prefixed " M " followed by one or two digits . A bay is a body ___MASK40___ water connected to an ocean or lake , formed by an indentation ___MASK40___ the shoreline . A large bay may be called a " gulf ", a " sea ", a " sound ", or a " bight ". A " cove " is a smaller circular or oval coastal inlet with a narrow entrance ; some coves may be referred to as bays . A " fjord " is a particularly steep bay shaped by glacial activity . An episcopal polity is a hierarchical form ___MASK40___ church governance (" ecclesiastical polity ") in which the chief local authorities are called bishops . ( The word " bishop " derives , via the British Latin and Vulgar Latin term "* ebiscopus "/"* biscopus ", from the Ancient Greek " epískopos " meaning " overseer ".) It is the structure used by many ___MASK40___ the major Christian Churches and denominations , such as the Roman Catholic , Eastern Orthodox , Oriental Orthodox , Church ___MASK40___ the East , Anglican and Lutheran churches or denominations , and other churches founded independently from these lineages . A national secondary ___MASK49___ is a category ___MASK40___ ___MASK49___ in Ireland . These roads form an important part ___MASK40___ the national route network , but are secondary to the main arterial routes which are classified as national primary roads . National secondary roads are designated with route numbers higher than those used for primary roads , but with the same " N " prefix . Routes N51 and higher are all national secondary roads . A County town is usually the location ___MASK40___ administrative or judicial functions within the county , or it has been established over time as the " de facto " main town ___MASK40___ a county . The concept ___MASK40___ a county town eventually became detached from its original meaning ___MASK40___ where the county administration or county hall is based . In fact , many county towns are no longer part ___MASK40___ the administrative county . For example , Nottingham is administered by a unitary authority entirely separate from the rest ___MASK40___ Nottinghamshire . Many county towns are classified as cities , but all are referred to as county towns regardless ___MASK40___ whether city status is held or not . Donegal or Donegal Town is a town in ___MASK37___ , Republic of Ireland . The name was historically written in English as ' Dunnagall ' or ' Dunagall '. Donegal gave its name to ___MASK37___ , although Lifford is now the county town . Until the early 17th century , Donegal was the ' capital ' of Tyrconnell , a Gaelic kingdom controlled by the O ' Donnell dynasty of the Northern Uí Néill . Donegal sits at the mouth of the River Eske and Donegal Bay , which is overshadowed by the Blue Stack Mountains (' the Croaghs '). The town is bypassed by the N15 and N56 roads . The centre of the town , known as The Diamond , is a hub for music , poetic and cultural gatherings in the area . The O ' Donnell dynasty ( or " Ó Domhnaill " or ' Ó Domnaill '; derived from the Irish name Domhnall , which means " ruler ___MASK40___ the world ", " Dónall " in modern Irish ) were an ancient and powerful Irish family , kings , princes and lords ___MASK40___ Tyrconnell (" Tír Chonaill " in Irish , now ___MASK37___ ) in early times , and the chief allies and sometimes rivals ___MASK40___ the O ' Neills in Ulster . Bruckless ( Irish : an Bhroclais , meaning `` badger ' s den '' ) is a small village in southwest Donegal , ___MASK28___ , with a population ___MASK40___ around 200 . It lies on the N56 national secondary road which links it to Donegal Town 20 km east and to Killybegs 7 km west . The village overlooks McSwyne ' s Bay , an inlet in Donegal Bay . Bruckless is part ___MASK40___ the Roman Catholic parish ___MASK40___ Killaghtee and the diocese ___MASK40___ Raphoe . In the Church ___MASK40___ ___MASK28___ , it is covered by the parish ___MASK40___ Inver and the diocese ___MASK40___ Derry & Raphoe . The parish church , the Church ___MASK40___ Saints Joseph and Conal , is noted for its round tower , which can be seen from most parts ___MASK40___ the village , and there are numerous archaeological artifacts in the area , including early Christian cross slabs . The village pub is called Mary Murrins , and the village also has a petrol station and a small supermarket . The term " low church " refers to churches which give relatively little emphasis to ritual , sacraments and the authority ___MASK40___ clergy . The term is most often used in a liturgical context .