By Eoin McGarvey A FASCINATING chapter of local and maritime history was brought to life in Seanscoil Mhullach Dubh at the weekend as a large gathering of locals and visitors came together to recall and discuss the arrival of a Spanish Armada ship off the West Donegal coast last month. The event proved to be […]
Derry couple’s dream wedding at the Mount Errigal Hotel
This week’s Wedding of the Week couple is Kevin and Lauren Dunne, who celebrated their wedding day in the Mount Errigal Hotel NEWLYWEDS Kevin and Lauren Dunne are coming back to reality after their beautiful wedding day at the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny. The couple got married on July 31 last and are planning […]
‘A full circle moment’ at An Chúirt Hotel
This week’s Wedding of the Week couple is Noel and Kelly Sharkey, who celebrated their wedding in An Chúirt Hotel. A VERY special wedding day was recently celebrated at An Chúirt Hotel in Gaoth Dobhair when two former employees got married. Noel and Kelly Sharkey got married on April 24 last with lots of sunshine, […]
Falcarragh man raises €7,000 for Donegal cancer flights
DARING Falcarragh man Brendan Hone has raised over €7,000 for Donegal Cancer Flights and Services. This August, Brendan Hone is aiming to recreate a remarkable Magheraroarty to Tory Island windsurf crossing, 22 years after completing the original challenge. All funds raised will go to the vital Donegal Cancer Flights and Services, based at Donegal Airport. […]
Kelley enjoying normality a year on from Traitors win
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KELLEY Higgins has had a whirlwind year since winning The Traitors Ireland. Last August, the Letterkenny native made her TV breakthrough as a contestant on the first Irish season of the popular reality gameshow. Entering Slane Castle as a 23-year-old Business Graduate from Dublin City University, neither Kelley nor her fellow castmates knew what lay […]
London’s Eva O’Sullivan had ‘best week of her life’ at Mary from Dungloe
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By Eoin McGarvey ANOTHER memorable chapter has been written in the proud 59-year history of the Mary from Dungloe International Arts Festival with the crowning of London’s Eva O’Sullivan as the 2026 Mary. A deserving winner, Eva, 21, captured hearts throughout the festival, being described by a supporter as a ‘what you see is what […]
Gone fishing: A special visit back to Glen Lake
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By Brian McDaid THEY were teenagers the last time they were here together. Fifty years on, as they talked of the happiest of family days spent on this very spot, the Saturday morning sun appeared briefly and cast their shadows on the jetty below them. Advertisement It’s as if their fathers, all fishermen, all the […]
Almost 300 guests, two great live bands, and one very special singer
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This week’s Wedding of the Week is Brian and Danielle O’Donnell, who celebrated their wedding at the Mount Errigal Hotel WEST Donegal natives Danielle and Brian O’Donnell had a joyful wedding at the Mount Errigal Hotel in Letterkenny on July 10 last. Danielle is from Burtonport and Brian is from Dungloe, and they share their […]
Sadness as world’s oldest pub landlady from Donegal dies
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By Sean Murphy A DONEGAL woman known as the world’s oldest pub landlady has sadly died. Nancy Murray, from Muff, was 96 when she passed away last Tuesday, July 28. Advertisement The Donegal great-grandmother worked behind bars for over for half a century and was boss of Peveril of the Peak pub in Manchester, England, […]
Conserving Donegal’s traditional buildings
HOW to conserve traditional buildings was the subject of a free seminar in Ionad Cois Locha, Dún Lúiche on Saturday, July 4 attended by 140 people. The seminar emphasised the need to apply best practice to maintaining and restoring traditional buildings. Concerns were expressed by a number of speakers about the inappropriate renovation of vernacular […]