The ''Letterkenny People'' (formerly the ''Letterkenny Listener'') is a weekly

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published in

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in northwest

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. The paper was originally distributed as the ''Letterkenny Listener'' in 2000 and took its current title in 2005. It is owned by

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, which acquired

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's titles in Ireland in 2014. The ''Letterkenny People'' is not audited by the

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but the company estimates its circulation at 5,000.Derry Journal site

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