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For a man who never travelled outside of his native county, fiddler Johnny Doherty enjoyed international fame long before CDs, the internet or television was invented.
Johnny was a storyteller, tinsmith, singer, and a fiddle player with a virtuosity that made him one of the stand-out musicians in the country.
His talent spread by word of mouth and many famous folk collectors, Alan Lomax, Pete Seeger and Séamus Ennis amongst them, came to find and record him.
Last weekend hundreds of musicians and lovers of traditional music gathered in Ardara to celebrate the legacy that Johnny had left behind him.
On Friday night it was standing room only in the Beehive when Steve Cooney, Yvonne Casey and Dermot Byrne gave an outstanding concert. This set the marker for the weekend and the music continued to flow throughout the whole town.
Ardara has proven once again that once you give the customers a reason to come they will indeed arrive. No doubt the upcoming matchmaking festival will do likewise.
Members of the Inishowen Palestine Solidarity Campaign are among those who will take part in the Long March for Gaza on September 13, with the public urged to join in.
The open competition is welcoming both ladies and gents, with entry priced at €20 per person
Caithorleach of Letterkenny/Milford Municipal District, Ciaran Brogan, cutting the ribbon at the event
The ESB is working to remove a pole at the bottom of Convent Road
R. Mc Cullagh Jewellers on Letterkenny Main Street
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