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In Ireland, a deceived girl (7)

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I believe the answer is:

donegal

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'in ireland' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a deceived girl' is the wordplay.
'a deceived' becomes 'done' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'girl' becomes 'gal' ('gal' can be a synonym of 'girl').
'done'+'gal'='DONEGAL'

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

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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