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
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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’
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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 […]
Donegal Vintage Club annual rally
THE Donegal Vintage Club are holding their annual Vintage Rally on Saturday, August 16. The event, which will be held at Drumbarnett, Manorcunningham by kind permission of Colm Dillon Car Sales, is expected to attract a large crowd and a large number of exhibitors showing various items including vintage cars, tractors, lorries, stationary oil engines, […]
The Fahan man who built O’Connell Bridge in 1880
A SPECIAL talk will take place next week on the life and achievements of William Doherty who built O’Connell Bridge in 1880. William J Doherty was born in Donegal in 1834 and lived in Castletown, Fahan, at different times. The present owners of the property, the Lamberton family, have spent some time in renovating a […]
Japanese calligrapher in Letterkenny gives Irish names a new life
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by Evelyn Cullen SINCE becoming an Irish citizen on Valentine’s Day this year, an occasion reported by this paper, Kazuko Uchida from Yokohama in Japan, has wasted no time in weaving her native culture into Irish life in the most unique way. Kazuko, who has lived in Letterkenny for the past seven years, recently launched her new […]