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Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Bringing the cup back to the bog

Running into the legendary Brendan Bradley in Derry last week, and listening to our own Diarmaid Doherty commentating on Highland Radio on Saturday evening, brought back many happy memories of Finn Harps in their glory days. I still remember April ...

02 Oct 2022 at 21:00

Donegal Life

IT OCCURS TO ME: Recalling the day Dev and his Dodge limo came to Donegal

My favourite definition of democracy comes from a yarn that current political parties should pay heed to. Dev was very worried in the late 1950's that Fine Gael was making inroads in Donegal so he decided to visit us 'undercover' during the 1957 ...

23 Sept 2022 at 16:41

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: How a Donegal man broke the news of the queen's engagement

As I was saying before... On 15 August 1923, Éamon de Valera appeared at a Sinn Féin election rally at the O'Connell monument in Ennis, County Clare. The event, having been advertised in the local press, saw many thousands attend. After the ...

16 Sept 2022 at 13:55

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Garda centenary celebrations

A recent event in the Mount Errigal in Letterkenny saw the awarding of An Garda Síochána centenary medals to serving and retired members, as well as family representatives of deceased members. My mother attended and received one on behalf ...

25 Nov 2022 at 18:48

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Being there for the people

When Father John Joe Duffy was asked by RTÉ's Miriam O’Callaghan how he could even begin to console people in the face of such a tragedy as Creeslough, he simply said: “You just have to be there for people.” Those words came back to me ...

24 Dec 2022 at 11:53

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Go rest high on that mountain

The corn has been long cut in Creeslough, The grey sheaves are all lying low, The clouds have gone dark over Muckish, And behind it, the sun’s lost its glow. The wind from Sheephaven is crying, As it birls around Umerafad, The tongues ...

15 Oct 2022 at 12:17

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Coláiste na Carraige: Scéal Spóirt Scoile

These are indeed exciting times in the world of Donegal GAA. We have the new management of our county team; Mark McHugh has landed the big Roscommon job, and last Friday saw the launch of Anthony Molloy’s memoir, co-authored by Frank ...

07 Nov 2022 at 13:14

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Many prayers for Creeslough

Last Friday afternoon, Laffertys opened a new shop in Creeslough. A few weeks ago, I wrote a feature on a filling station owner in Mullingar, entitled ‘Millie’s Tears for Creeslough’. Millie Walsh rang me last week and said he had ...

17 Nov 2022 at 16:17

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: Millie's tribute to Creeslough

Many years ago, I first visited the Mullingar Scribblers to facilitate storytelling and creative writing workshops. On the way home, I called to the Maxol Station for petrol, and when the proprietor heard my accent, he shouted ...

23 Oct 2022 at 09:44

Donegal Life

It Occurs to Me: The end of 'in through'

Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure and privilege of helping to edit my cousin Christy Gillespie’s book ‘The Road to Glenlough’. It is a remarkable work of scholarship and when it is published, don’t be surprised ...

31 Oct 2022 at 15:52

Features

It Occurs To Me: The death of customer services

As I write, a court has heard that telecoms company Eir employed a deliberate policy aimed at preventing customers from logging complaints. RTÉ reports that “District Court Judge Anthony Halpin branded the company "a ...

20 Apr 2024 at 11:00

Features

It Occurs To Me: Rory’s winning matches

Big Danny from Doocharry hugged me so hard, I had to count my ribs afterwards! Eoin from Letterkenny was caught between us, but he survived and commenced hugging everybody available! The setting was The Irish Viking ...

15 May 2024 at 14:53

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