By Eoin McGarvey NÉILLIDH Phaidí Boyle would have easily come to mind to anyone walking past Teach Niall Ó Dónaill in Loch an Iúir last Sunday afternoon as the sound of various musical instruments filled the frosty air. Musicians, friends, relatives and neighbours came together to remember the late great Mín Doire na Slua musician, […]
‘We were always going to have a Donegal wedding’
NEWLYWEDS Katie and Luke, who are both school teachers, tied the knot on April 12 at St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church in Annagry. Katie Rodgers who is a native of Calhame in Annagry and her husband Luke Gleeson who is from Sligo, celebrated their special day with a reception at An Chúirt. Though […]
Revived arcade serves as new home to Dungloe’s creative community
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At this time of year, rural towns across Donegal come alive with laughter and twinkling lights. But in Dungloe, it’s not just revellers breathing life into the town; there’s something particularly special stirring. A new creative space has found its home right on the Main Street. Behind an unassuming shutter, a sheltered indoor street awaited. Dust […]
The night a Donegal man died, and came back to life
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By Sean Hillen IT was a dark and stormy night in Gortahork when Charlie Cannon died. For eight minutes. Before he came to life again. Advertisement Shocked and amazed, people around him wondered – had they just witnessed a miracle? But before answering that question, let me take a step back in time. The Loch […]
Feature Flashback: A year on and our son still has no crèche place
The Donegal News looks back at our most popular feature stories of 2025. This article was written by our reporter Róise Collins in January. FINDING childcare is an enormous challenge facing families across Donegal. This week research by Early Childhood Ireland revealed that there are more than 1,300 children on waiting lists for crèche and […]
Feature Flashback: Sister of Creeslough victim says family cannot heal without the truth
The Donegal News looks back at our most popular feature stories of 2025. This article was written by our reporter Dionne Meehan in September. A WOMAN who lost her sister in the Creeslough explosion has said she fears her parents will die before they get any answers. Lisa Gallagher said the past three years have felt […]
Songs stirred with passion and so many of life’s stories
By Paddy Walsh It was her father’s record collection that helped inspire Tanya McCole to take up singing and the guitar and it was her father’s career as a member of An Garda Síochanna that almost directed her to a different beat entirely. Mick McCole, a native of Keadue, Kilmacrennan, was a Garda Sergeant and […]
A ‘match’ made in heaven…
SOME may say newlyweds Aoife and Ryan Mortimor are a match made in heaven, and thanks to Tinder, a match is exactly how their love story began. Aoife, from Derry City, stumbled across her future husband, Ryan, a farmer from Craigbane, on the popular dating app. And, as they say, the rest is history. Advertisement […]
Feature Flashback: Thanks for being a friend Ollie
The Donegal News looks back at our most popular feature stories of 2025. IT was close to the end of Ollie’s time in charge at Finn Harps when I was speaking to him in the lead-up to a game against Derry City. We’d finished our chat with me wishing him well for Friday night and […]
HIDDEN FROM VIEW: The fascinating history of Gortlee House
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PERCHED demurely at the bottom of De Valera Road, Gortlee House was once, like a lot of older buildings, outside of town, but now merely on the outskirts of Letterkenny. You’d notice it because of its position and the lustrous mature trees around it. But the house itself is notable, one which would not seem […]