THE annual Letterkenny Busking Festival is taking place on Letterkenny’s Main Street on Saturday with its usual variety of acts. Now in its tenth year this vibrant festival has attracted talented buskers and performers from lots of different genres, creating great entertainment and a fun atmosphere for all to enjoy. The buskers start their performances […]
Surge in response to rent-a-room appeal
By Róise Collins A LEAFLET drop organised by the Students’ Union at Atlantic Technological University (ATU) Donegal has led to a surge in offers of spare rooms from local homeowners, with close to 200 applications received ahead of the new academic year. The appeal by the university urged homeowners across the county to register their […]
Deep sadness in Donegal Town following local deaths
By Róise Collins THE community of Donegal Town has been plunged into grief following the tragic passing of a local teenager and a local man in recent days. Tomorrow the funeral of teenager Dylan Ward will take place in St Mary’s Church, Killymard at 11am. Advertisement He was a third year student at Abbey Vocational School. […]
Weather: Mostly dry day with highs of 20 degrees
TODAY will be mostly dry with limited sunny spells and the chance of an odd light shower. Highest temperatures of 17 to 20 degrees in light variable breezes. Tonight will be mostly dry and cloudy with the odd isolated shower and possible patch of mist. Advertisement Lowest temperatures of 11 to 15 degrees in a […]
Deaths in Donegal, Thursday, August 21
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Dylan Ward, Donegal Town Hugh Francis Shovlin, Portnoo Advertisement Conor Porter, Raphoe Eddie McGuinness, Killybegs Mickey McCormack, Churchill Charles Sheeran, Mountcharles Tommy Lynch, Ballyshannon John Edward Coyle, Bunbeg Dylan Ward, Donegal Town The death has occurred of Dylan Ward, 30 Millrace Crescent, Donegal Town. Mr Ward passed […]
Weather: Dry morning with sunny spells
THIS morning will be dry with sunny spells, though there is the chance of an odd light shower. Long spells of sunshine will develop for most through the day, though it will likely remain cloudier in the northwest. Highest temperatures of 17 to 21 degrees in light to moderate northeast winds. Advertisement Tonight will be […]
Deaths in Donegal, Wednesday, August 20
The following deaths have taken place in Donegal: Mickey McCormack, Churchill Vera Owens, Letterkenny Advertisement Charles Sheeran, Mountcharles Tommy Lynch, Ballyshannon John Edward Coyle, Bunbeg Peter Paul Ward, Burtonport Mary Teresa (Mamie) McLaughlin (née Catterson), Castlefin Margaret Flood (née Caldwell), Ballyshannon Mickey McCormack, Churchill The death has occurred of Mickey McCormack, Glendowan, Churchill. Mr McCormack […]
The way we were
Aoife Doherty delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. August 2, 1975 Twenty-five contesting the coveted Mary from Dungloe title Advertisement AN original entry of 250 girls was reduced to 25 for the grand final of the 8th InternationalMary from Dungloe contest, which will be held in the Ostan, […]
Night of music in aid of the Donegal branch of the Alzheimer’s Society
by Paddy Walsh JUST months before dementia was carrying her closer to the end, Nellie O’Donnell was listening to her daughter, Evelyn, singing. “She was very ill at the time and I was singing some old songs that she had heard her father sing. And then I would stop during a song and she’d come […]
‘Rosemount the jewel in the crown of old Letterkenny’
By Paddy Walsh RESIDENTS of one of Letterkenny’s most iconic areas have called for recognition and support in their efforts to preserve and protect it. Once known as Major’s Lane, but for close to two centuries marching to the name of the much better known Rosemount, the area is steeped in history and has continued […]