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Fresh ideas wanted for Glenties Museum AGM

A call has gone out for fresh faces and fresh ideas to help promote and improve activities at St Connell’s Museum and Heritage Centre in Glenties. The committee is holding its annual general meeting on Monday, April 17 in the museum building and is ...

06 Apr 2023 at 10:35

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Sad passing of the late Eamonn Monaghan, Mountcharles

South Donegal lost one of its most original and influential contributors to life in the area with the sad passing on Monday of the late Eamonn Monaghan, Drimkeelan, Mountcharles. A man of many talents - a poet, nationally renowned stone heritage ...

06 Apr 2023 at 09:27

Lifford/Stranorlar MD

2023 Frances Browne Multilingual Poetry Competition launch

The eagerly awaited launch of the 2023 Frances Browne Multilingual Poetry Competition is set to ignite the imaginations of poets around the world. The competition returns for 2023 with new categories and more chances than ever to claim a prize. ...

22 Jun 2023 at 15:40

South Donegal

Ballyshannon are hosting a William Allingham inspired St Patrick's Day Parade

Ballyshannon is hosting this year's St Patrick's Day Parade in celebration of William Allingham. This year marks the historical figure's 200th birthday. The parade will be all about William Allingham having this year's parade theme all about ...

01 Mar 2024 at 12:19

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Historical event to take place focused on Samuel Seaton’s life

The next meeting of the Ballybofey and Stranorlar District Historical Society will focus on a poet and storyteller from Killygordon. The talk will be given by Rev Raymond Blair and will focus on the life of Samuel Seaton. Samuel lived to ...

18 Apr 2024 at 17:16

National News

WATCH: RTE Late Late show rumours swirl amid Taylor Swift clues

RTE Late Late Show host Patrick Kielty has taken to social media to tease a potential guest for Friday night's show in an entertaining clip. The popular talk show returns to screens this Friday night at its usual time of 9.35pm on RTE ...

16 Apr 2024 at 19:59

Local News

Challenging topics contribute to a busy MacGill Summer School programme this year

Ukraine, Russia, Afghanistan, Irish neutrality, the pandemic, energy problems and the food crisis across the planet are just some of the many and varied topics that will come under the microscope over the coming days as the MacGill ...

22 Jul 2022 at 16:14

Glenties MD

Gaoth Dobhair's Máire Dinny Wren wins top poetry prize

Gaoth Dobhair's Máire Dinny Wren, a poet who has won many notable literary awards in the past has won first place in Comórtas Filíochta Chultúrlann McAdam Ó Fíach. The poetry awards took place in Belfast over the course of the ...

12 Dec 2022 at 13:50

Donegal Life

A Donegal poet who writes with acute clarity on some of the issues facing us today

Poet and author John O’Donnell Cotter was born in Cork and brought to live in Churchilll with his adopted parents in Donegal when he was a baby. It was at national school that John first found he had an inclination to write. ...

10 Sept 2020 at 11:55

Local News

Allingham Arts Association present an Allingham virtual concert on July 16

Please mark your calendars to tune into the Virtual Allingham Concert, a free webcast on Thursday, 16 July at 9:00 pm. Developed in association with Ballyshannon’s Abbey Arts Centre, the Virtual Allingham Concert will ...

10 Jul 2020 at 16:20

National News

Acclaimed poet Gerald Dawe dies after battling a long illness

Heartfelt tributes have been paid to the poet Gerald (Gerry) Dawe, who has died aged 72. The critically acclaimed Belfast-born poet and academic has died after battling a long illness. He died at home in the care of ...

30 May 2024 at 14:19

National News

UK to experience revamped version of Taylor Swift’s Eras tour

Taylor Swift will perform her revamped Eras tour in the UK, featuring changes to her setlist, support acts and costumes. The US superstar restructured the concert as she kicked off the European leg of her ...

07 Jun 2024 at 00:01

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