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Assume there's a wild gale in Ireland (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

donegal

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'ireland' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'assume there's a wild gale in' is the wordplay.
'assume' becomes 'don' (I've seen this in another clue).
'there's a wild' is an anagram indicator.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'gale' with letters rearranged gives 'egal'.
'don' put inside 'egal' is 'DONEGAL'.

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(Other definitions for donegal that I've seen before include "County of NW?Ireland" , "Irish town" , "Ireland's northmost county" , "County of NW Ireland" , "Lean dog (anag) - Irish county" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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