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Donegal MD

Ballyshannon positivity palpable as restrictions lifted

The people of Ballyshannon are an industrious lot, not least through the daily challenges lockdown and Covid-19 restrictions. You only have to cast your eye in the direction of the Mall or College Street to get that feel of positivity, which has now ...

27 Jan 2022 at 11:56

Local News

Power to the people

It really was a case of power to the people back in 1952 when the River Erne Generating Stations at Cliff and Cathaleen’s Fall, Ballyshannon began to flow into the county. Now an exhibition documenting the construction and history of the Erne ...

21 Nov 2022 at 13:56

Crime & Court

Illegal salmon fishing costs man almost €1,900 in fines and costs

A Ballyshannon man, who admitted catching four salmon illegally and fishing in a river where it was prohibited, had to pay a total of €1899.91 in total fines and costs at the district court. Niall Patton, Ashbrook Drive, Ballyshannon pleaded ...

13 May 2022 at 16:45

South Donegal

Bundoran Bradóge River request shines light on lack of Rivers authority

The staggering revelation that no central rivers agency is in charge of Donegal Rivers came up at the September monthly meeting of Donegal Municipal District. It emerged after what initially appeared to be a fairly simple request by county ...

16 Sept 2023 at 11:22

Features

Today is the Feast of St Ninnidh - but who was this Donegal-born saint?

January 18 is the Feast of St Ninnidh, a Donegal born saint who played a significant role in the spread of Christianity. With the cemetery in Bundoran called after him, St Ninnidh is perhaps best known in south Donegal and along the Erne ...

18 Jan 2023 at 16:08

Local News

History of Ballyshannon lake to be featured in new documentary ‘The Battle of Assaroe’

Award winning photographer and filmmaker Emer O’Shea was inspired to produce a new short documentary following a chance encounter at Assaroe Lake during the early days of the Covid Pandemic. The film ‘The Battle of Assaroe’ which is 21 ...

14 Feb 2024 at 12:02

Local News

Old Friends, Opportunity Knocks, Late Late Show and the Teddy Boys of Ballyshannon

To those living in south Donegal in those last halcyon years of the 1980s and early nineties, the Teddy Boys were a popular local band. They had their origins in a local Ballyshannon school band, made up of talented young musicians ...

12 Jan 2023 at 14:08

Obituaries

Ballyshannon nonagenarian described as "a man of great faith and deep love"

There was deep sadness in south Donegal following the funeral this week of Lauri MacMahon late of Station House, Donegal Road, Ballyshannon, who was one of the Erne Town's most respected and older citizens. Deceased who was born ...

02 Feb 2023 at 11:06

Local News

Man's body recovered from the River Erne following jet ski incident

A man’s body has been recovered from the River Erne close to the Cloonatrig Road at Bellanaleck in County Fermanagh. It follows an incident involving a jet ski on Saturday. Emergency services were called to the scene following ...

04 Apr 2021 at 19:01

Home

Man swam river in attempt to escape Donegal gardaí

A man dived into the river Erne in Ballyshannon to try and evade capture by gardaí early last Tuesday week morning. It is believed that he and another man had fled across the border from Belleek after a series of thefts were ...

05 Aug 2017 at 09:00

World famous Ballyshannon 'Rogan' salmon fish flies feature in new history book

Local News

World famous Donegal 'Rogan' salmon fish flies feature in new history book

Back in the day when Ballyshannon had 14 arches on its old bridge that crossed the river Erne, it was one of the greatest salmon fisheries in all of Europe. And fly tiers, Michael Rogan and family, were located at what is ...

24 Mar 2022 at 15:59

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