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Ten of these fires took place on the night of 1 May, while six took place on 30 April and three took place on 29 April.
A wildfire at Lough Eske in the county on 1 May saw three fire brigades, from Donegal town, Stranorlar and Ballyshannon, attend the fire.
Donegal Town Fire Brigade was alerted at 10pm on the night and was at the scene 10 minutes later.
After tackling the blaze for over four hours, the incident was closed down at 2am on 2 May.
Spate of wildfires
It comes following a spate of wildfires across the country over the past number of weeks.
Last week, Cork firefighters battled a number of wildfires in Gougane Barra in west Cork where thousands of acres of farmland were reportedly burned.
Meanwhile, Dublin firefighters were last night battling a gorse wildfire on Howth Head. Four units attended the scene from four different depots and a drone was dispatched to monitor the situation.
Forecast
News of the 19 fires in Donegal over the weekend comes as the country is experiencing a spell of warm and dry weather.
The dry and settled spell is set to continue up to, and including, next weekend. Temperatures will range between 15 and 21 degrees, getting hotter towards the weekend.
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