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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

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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

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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 pandemic. ...

07 May 2020 at 12:09

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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 Groups is a free ...

26 Jul 2024 at 12:29

Special William Allingham family Bible viewing for New Zealand relatives

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William Allingham family Bible viewing for special New Zealand visitors

As is well known through the town's annual Allingham festival as well as the famous plinth erected in his honour on the old Bridge, famous poet William Allingham and his many family connections are very much embedded into the ...

23 Nov 2023 at 14:34

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Donegal reaction to President John F Kennedy’s assassination 60 years ago

The assassination of President John F Kennedy still resonates in the minds of all who were alive at the time and bear witness to one of the greatest mysteries of the 20th century. Two things copper fasten that fateful ...

22 Nov 2023 at 16:26

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Sadness at passing of well known Donegal man

The sad news has emerged of the death of John McDermott, 61 Ashlawn, Letterkenny and formerly of 61 Ard O'Donnell, Letterkenny. He passed away following a period of ill health at the Donegal Hospice Letterkenny on ...

28 Dec 2020 at 16:13

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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 ...

22 Jan 2023 at 10:15

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Donegal Democrat down the years - A matter of Record

Something that would most certainly be loathed upon today and is also illegal, the Democrat of the day did at least manage to put the “sports” reference in quotation marks. The piece was included by a local ...

15 Jun 2023 at 11:23

Features

A matter of record - Donegal Democrat down the years

The Donegal Democrat has been reporting from the highways and byways of the county since its first publication back in June 1919. It is part of our rich historic legacy which began just before the ...

05 May 2023 at 09:53

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 ...

02 Jun 2021 at 12:27

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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 ...

12 May 2022 at 18:00

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