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Donegal history lovers encouraged to tune in online to Dublin Festival of History

Donegal history lovers are encouraged to tune in online to Dublin Festival of History, as the festival goes online for the first time in 2020. The festival, an initiative of Dublin City Council, will take place from this Friday, September 11 to ...

08 Sept 2020 at 17:00

Local News

Donegal Railway Heritage centre meeting the challenge of Covid-19

The Donegal Railway Heritage Centre located at the old train station in Donegal Town may be closed to the public at present, but that does not mean they are taking any kind of a break. And they suggest that it might be a good time to catch up ...

19 Mar 2020 at 11:21

Local News

Adomnán, Adhamhnán, Eunan - Life and afterlife of a Donegal Saint

A fascinating new book will be on sale from this week on the life of St Eunan (Adomán, Adhamhnán), the famous Donegal Saint, described as a classic 'all-rounder', when he was alive in the seventh century. And such was his effect of his own ...

02 Jun 2021 at 12:27

Letterkenny/Milford MD

'You could not put your nose out on the road, it would get taken clean off you' - councillor declares

A frustrated councillor has repeated his call for traffic lights to be erected at one of Donegal’s busiest intersections. Cllr John O’Donnell says that speed through the village of Kilmacrennan is a major issue. And he fears that unless ...

12 Jul 2022 at 17:23

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Mystery surrounds old Bundoran book from 1896

Respected Ballyshannon historian Anthony Begley has come across snippets from a book from 1896, entitled, "Bundoran and its neighbourhood" by T.C. Connolly. A respected author himself and past President of the Donegal Historical ...

22 Jan 2023 at 10:15

Local News

GAA legends Brian McEniff and Seamie Granaghan share handball memories on new RTE series on bridges

A unique part of Donegal history that involves both a now defunct one wall handball alley and one of the busiest bridges in the county will be featured on RTÉ television this evening, Monday. Droichid na hEireann, is a six part ...

06 Feb 2022 at 14:30

Local News

Donegal Museum Curator wants your story of the Donegal experience during Covid-19 pandemic

While we realise it or not, we are all part of a Donegal social history that will be studied at length in the future and you are now being asked to become part of that story by recording your experiences through the Covid-19 ...

07 May 2020 at 12:09

South Donegal

More than 500 people attend 70th anniversary of Franciscan Friary opening in Rossnowlagh

Donegal was full of excitement and wholesome appreciation on Sunday when upwards of 500 people from the length and breadth of the country attended the special ceremony and Mass commemorating the 70th anniversary of the ...

27 Jun 2022 at 13:47

Local News

New guide to help history and heritage groups in Donegal plan for the future

Local history and heritage groups in County Donegal are being invited to access a new guide to help secure the future of their volunteer organisation. Succession Planning: A Guide for Community Archives and Heritage ...

26 Jul 2024 at 12:29

Glenties MD

Funding to conserve historic Killybegs port related records saved from 1922 fire

Anyone with a rudimentary knowledge of Irish history will probably know that many of the country's most important documents were destroyed in a fire at the Four Courts in the early stages of the Irish Civil War in ...

12 May 2022 at 18:00

Local News

Cross Border funding for Donegal and Derry Railway heritage projects

The Donegal Railway Museum has been awarded a grant from the Shared Island Civic Society Fund towards two cross-border railway heritage conferences, one in Donegal Town and the other in Derry, as well as the ...

07 May 2024 at 14:24

South Donegal

Rossnowlagh's Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Summer School draws closer

The 2024 Mícheál Ó Cléirigh Summer School is drawing closer and takes place on the weekend of the 10-12 May. This year’s theme is Words, Language and lore / Focail, Teanga agus Seanchas. The early decades ...

15 Apr 2024 at 12:08

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