ATLANTIC Technological University (ATU) was proud to recognise Pat McArt, renowned journalist, author, and former Editor of the Derry Journal, as one of the recipients of its inaugural ATU Alumni Awards. Pat McArt received the Alumni Award in Design, Education and Humanities, in recognition of his outstanding contributions to Irish journalism and public life. With a […]
New book from Fr Eamonn offers a time for reflection
ST MARY’S Church in Convoy hosted a prayerful and uplifting gathering for the launch of Fr Eamonn Kelly’s latest book, Nine Visits to the Divine Mercy Alcove. The event featured prayer, hymns, and excerpts from the book, allowing attendees to experience the grace of Divine Mercy. Throughout the afternoon, they recited the Divine Mercy Chaplet, […]
Author found peace in Donegal
by Kate Heaney EDNA O’Brien, internationally acclaimed author, found the peace of West Donegal an escape from the frenetic world of London society and writing. She owned a house near Carrickfin for almost 20 years, and according to her friend and poet Anne Enright when the builders left the site every evening, “the cement blocks they […]
Rathmullan writer wants to shine light on struggles women face
AN award winning Rathmullan writer is using her platform to shine a light on the struggles women face in a 21st century society. Talented writer and lecturer in Writing and Communications at ATU Donegal, Karen Quinn, is highlighting the difficulties women face in her new short story ‘MENopause’ which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on Friday afternoon […]
The day Brendan Behan came to town
The sixth Annual Letterkenny Cathedral Quarter Literary Festival will commemorate the 60th anniversary of the visit of the writer to Letterkenny.
Donegal author looks back to ‘difficult days’
“I hope without bias, people will read and learn what it was like to live through those difficult days from both sides of the divide.”
West Donegal author Malachy Doyle celebrates 100th children’s book
CRUIT Island-based Malachy Doyle says he has come full circle in latest children’s publication.
Friend of Donegal and author Mary O’Brien for book signing
WHEN Mary O’Brien (nee McMahon) was two years old she fell asleep in her father’s field in a little farm in Fivemiletown in Tyrone; unseen by the driver of a horse drawn harvester she became mangled in a harvester.