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Reunion and celebration at Oideas Gael Language Culture and Summer School

Oideas Gael’s annual Scoil Samhraidh Teanga and Cultúir (Language and Culture Summer School) took place in Gleann Cholm Cille last week. This special flagship event is the highlight of Oideas Gael’s course programme every year. Over the course of a ...

03 Aug 2022 at 22:08

Local News

Archaeological works will not impede Muff-Quigley's Point Greenway

Fears that archaeological works could halt the progress of the Greenway between Muff and Quigley's Point have been allayed. The matter arose at Monday's meeting of Donegal County Council when the authority had to approve the carrying out of ...

31 May 2022 at 11:45

Local News

'Bitter sweet' for ATU team as Archaeology Journal publishes Donegal man's work posthumously

The archaeology team at ATU Sligo have described the bitter-sweet moment when they cast their eyes on the latest volume of the Journal of Irish Archaeology. The journal contains a paper by the late Eugene Anderson, who is a graduate of ...

16 Nov 2022 at 17:14

Home

Fancy digging up the past?

Ever fancy digging deeper into the past to discover why certain events shaped our lives? Well, now Donegal County Museum lined up a fascinating number of events this month to hopefully answer some of your questions. It has orgainsed a ...

04 May 2023 at 11:55

What's On

Dolmen walk on 40th anniversary of Archaeological Survey of County Donegal

There are few people in Donegal who haven’t at some stage browsed the pages of the Archaeological Survey of County Donegal. This beautiful and informative book has graced the shelves of classrooms and libraries throughout the county ...

17 May 2023 at 12:56

Arts & Entertainment

Researchers in Ireland reveal answer to ancient reptile found in Italian alps

A 280-million-year-old reptile fossil that has puzzled researchers for decades is mostly fake, scientists have concluded. An analysis of the remnants of the creature, dubbed Tridentinosaurus antiquus, has revealed the material that ...

16 Feb 2024 at 11:20

Inishowen MD

Malin Well Old Church group win Adopt a Monument Scheme award

John and Ann Grant from Malin Well Old Church Conservation Group and Archaeological Society recently received an award recognising their work under the Adopt A Monument Programme. Spectacularly located along the coast of the ...

11 Oct 2023 at 11:36

Arts & Entertainment

Archaeologists dig up Roman mosaic

Syrian experts have uncovered a large intact mosaic that dates back to the Roman era, describing it as the most important archaeological discovery since the country’s conflict began 11 years ago. Journalists were shown the ...

12 Oct 2022 at 16:19

Obituaries

From builder to archaeologist - the late Eugene Anderson remembered

The funeral took place last Thursday at St Mary’s Church, Killymard of Andrew Eugene Anderson (62), Rossylongan, Donegal Town and formerly of Ardnagannagh, Crossroads, Killygordon. The previous Monday, day two of this ...

30 Jun 2022 at 14:53

South Donegal

Unique opportunity to take part in a Donegal archaeological dig!

A unique opportunity to take part in an archaeological excavation in Donegal has arrived this summer and you could be part of a great adventure. Now is your chance to test out that hidden Indiana Jones that is ...

08 Jun 2022 at 16:26

Arts & Entertainment

Woman walking on beach finds ancient mastodon tooth

A woman taking a weekend walk on a beach in California found something unusual sticking out of the sand: a tooth from an ancient mastodon. But then the fossil vanished and it took a media blitz and a ...

02 Jun 2023 at 09:43

Local News

Cash available for Donegal’s archaeological monuments

Cash is now available for the conservation of archaeological monuments in Donegal but applications for a share have to be with Donegal County Council by the end of this month. Funding of up to €100,...

03 Jan 2023 at 11:13

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