The members of the Letterkenny-Milford Municipal District conferred a Mayor’s Reception in honour of popular Letterkenny man Charlie Grant at the Public Services Centre, Letterkenny on Thursday evening. The award is in recognition of Charlie’s continued contribution and tireless work with the Tidy Towns Committee in Letterkenny over the past 45 years. Accepting the award […]
The Donegal scientist who helped land man on the moon
By Maddeleana M Merrigan ON July 20, 1969, the world stood still in nervous anticipation as Apollo 11 landed on the surface of the moon. Ancient civilizations used the moon’s phases to track time and tide, create calendars and plan agricultural activities. Like a trusted old friend, it has become a constant in every day life. […]
Century-old Boundary Commission findings scrapped for debt swap
AT a time of great civil unrest in 1923 it was expected in many quarters that the Boundary Commission would admit more nationalist areas in the North into the Republic. The North East Boundary Bureau had been looking at recommendations that year. In the Donegal border area the proposed list included substantial parts of Tyrone, […]
Convoy couple remembered more than 100 years after Titanic perished
WHEN Margaret McNamee of Convoy speaks about Neal and Eileen McNamee, she does so with the quiet authority of a woman who has carried this story her whole married life. Margaret, wife of the late Tommy McNamee and her family are the guardians of one of Donegal’s most remarkable connections to the Titanic disaster. Tommy’s uncle, Neal McNamee, […]
Donegal Artists celebrate Glebe Gallery’s Easter Exhibition
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By Eilisha Devlin A RECORD-breaking number of submissions have been received by the Glebe Gallery from Donegal artists for its annual Open Easter Competition. The local artists submitted their finest work, with almost 700 submissions made to the Churchill-based gallery. Advertisement The high volume of entries this year shows significant growth for the event, with local artists rising […]
Friary’s ‘Beacon of Hope’ blends farming, faith and community
Ards brothers are looking to the future TUCKED away in the rolling landscape of Ards, a quiet transformation is taking shape. One that blends ecology, community and Franciscan spirituality into what one friar hopes will become “a beacon of hope in a world that’s kind of rapidly descending into despair.” Advertisement The Capuchin friary, with […]
Packie Keeney inaugurated as Donegal Person of the Year
By Eoin Mc Garvey in Dublin The Donegal Association in Dublin never fail to impress and Saturday night was no different when the ballroom in the Bonnington Hotel was packed for the presentation of the 2025 Donegal Person of the Year award to Ardara native Packie Keeney. Born and raised in Ardara, and later making […]
The Way We Were
Ava Maguire delves into the archives to bring you the news and images from yesteryear. March 27, 1976 Annagry factory beats British and continental firms for £170,000 contract Advertisement GPE, the Plastics Engineering Company with headquarters in Annagry, has been awarded a contract for the manufacture of the effluent discharge pipeline for the giant Ashai Textile […]
Ukrainian family rebuilds life and business in Ramelton
By Jonathan Magee A UKRAINIAN family who fled war and rebuilt their lives in Donegal have opened a new business in Ramelton. Karina Iakymchuk, her husband, Andrii and their three young sons, Stepan, Yehor and Ostap, arrived in Ireland three years ago after Russia invaded Ukraine. Advertisement The family had been living in the Kharkiv […]
‘Everywhere I go, I still hear stories about him’
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Breandán Ó Luachráin is the nephew of Caoimhín Mac Brádaigh who was killed in Milltown Cemetery on March 16, 1988. He now lives in Donegal where his uncle is fondly remembered. THIS year I turned the same age as my uncle, Caoimhín Mac Brádaigh, who was 30 years old when he was killed in Milltown […]