A story of a 100 year-old spirit living on the site of a new distillery in West Donegal was revived earlier this week. The ‘Ghost Whiskey’ appeared at the historic Crolly Whiskey Company building just months after it became the first to successfully distil whiskey in Donegal for more than 180 years. Spirits were first […]
1,000 a day now getting vaccinated in Donegal
AN acceleration of the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out in Donegal has resulted in 1,000 people getting their first dose each day this week. It is expected that all people aged between 50-59 in Donegal, who have registered for the vaccine online, will have been offered their first dose of the vaccine in the vaccination centre at […]
Album features songs handed down through generations
LETTERKENNY native John Tunney recently released an album – The Immigrant: A Stone on the Cairn of Tradition. As well as some classic traditional songs, handed down from his father and others, there are some wonderful original songs, including one of his own which won the All-Ireland Fleadh competition. He is joined on various tracks […]
Meet Donegal’s global stadium and arena designer
A DONEGAL man is leading the development of the UK’s biggest entertainment arena. Construction of Manchester’s Co-op Live, the 23,500-capacity arena, started last week and OVG, the developer, is investing over £350m to create one of the most sustainable live entertainment arenas in Europe. Declan Sharkey (36), from Falcarragh, is a Senior Principal at Populous, […]
Tributes to founder of Donegal Association in Sydney
THE death occurred after a short illness on Monday of Rose Doherty, Sydney, Australia and formerly from Barnes, Termon. Mrs Doherty (83) passed away from alzheimers disease less than six months after the death of her husband John Joe who was from Ray, Manorcunningham. Before travelling to Australia with John Joe in 1959 Rose McGarvey […]
Renovations unveil hidden messages in Killybegs home
HUGH O’Donnell’s home in Killybegs is so full of history that it can literally be seen coming through the skirting boards. Recent renovations at his St Catherine’s Road unveiled a message on one such board, written in pencil, which dates back to a time when the house was first built almost seventy years earlier. “Some […]
Daniel O’Donnell is eager to get back on the road
DANIEL O’Donnell is looking forward to getting back on the road later this year. Like many musicians, the country music legend has completed a year without touring but now he’s hopeful for the light at the end of the tunnel. Recently, his management company announced dates again with a tour of the UK in October […]
Young woman highlights importance of organ donation
ELIZABETH Ferry was a 14-year-old student in Errigal College when she was diagnosed with ESKD (End Stage Kidney Disease). The shock diagnosis of kidney failure catapulted the young teenager’s life and that of her family into a world of uncertainty around her health. Six months of dialysis, six nights a week for 11 hours each […]
Letterkenny artist competing for major prize
SARA, a painting by Letterkenny artist Mantas Poderys has made it through to the second round of the UK’s Jackson’s Painting Prize 2021. The portrait is one of 400 works from artists all over the world which has made the longlist. Now in its sixth year, Jackson’s Painting Prize attracted 8,674 painting and drawing submissions […]
Anxious for ‘road map’ to help industry through crisis
FOR more than a decade Donal Cox has been in charge at Lough Eske Castle, Donegal’s only five-star hotel. Sitting on 43 acres of woodland outside Donegal town, the 97 bedroom hotel has yet to re-open this year while the doors remained locked for six months of 2020. It’s been a frustrating time for the […]