''Donegal on Sunday'' was a local tabloid newspaper published in
County Donegal
County Donegal ( ; ga, Contae Dhún na nGall) is a county of Ireland in the province of Ulster and in the Northern and Western Region. It is named after the town of Donegal in the south of the county. It has also been known as County Tyrconn ...
,
Ireland
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. It launched in March 2004 as an edition of the ''
Sunday Journal'', published by the
Derry Journal
The ''Derry Journal'' is a newspaper based in Derry, Northern Ireland, serving Derry as well as County Donegal in the Republic of Ireland. It is operated by a Johnston Press holding company entitled Derry Journal Newspapers. The paper is publis ...
. Originally called the ''Sunday Democrat'', it was based in Letterkenny. It was part of the only local paper in Ireland to be published on a Sunday with a circulation of 6,691 in 2007. Both the ''
Donegal Democrat'' and the ''
Donegal People's Press
The ''Donegal People's Press'' (formerly ''Donegal People's Press and Derry and Tyrone News'') is a weekly local newspaper in north County Donegal, Ireland. The paper is published every Tuesday in the north of the county, and a separate edition o ...
'' are sister papers of ''Donegal on Sunday'' through
Derry Journal Newspapers
Derry Journal Newspapers (formerly Local Press Ltd) is owned by JPIMedia. Derry Journal Newspapers owns 4 local newspapers in Northern Ireland. The 4 titles are the ''Derry Journal'', the '' Sunday Journal'', ''City News'' (free title) and ''Foy ...
, a holding company of
Johnston Press.
By 2012, sales had fallen to 3,547 copies per issue, and the newspaper was closed.
[Johnston Press closes Irish weekly]
, ''Press Gazette
''Press Gazette'', formerly known as ''UK Press Gazette'' (UKPG), is a British media trade magazine dedicated to journalism and the press. First published in 1965, it had a circulation of about 2,500, before becoming online-only in 2013. Publis ...
'', 9 July 2012.
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2004 establishments in Ireland
2012 disestablishments in Ireland
Derry Journal Newspapers
Mass media in Letterkenny
Newspapers published in the Republic of Ireland
Newspapers established in 2004
Publications disestablished in 2012
Sunday newspapers published in Ireland
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