A lecture and launch of a book of essays on the Great Famine in Donegal is to take place on Saturday, March 9. Last May, the 2023 National Famine Commemoration in County Donegal took place on the former site of the Milford workhouse. As part of the programme surrounding the national commemoration, Donegal County Council’s […]
Funeral of Danny Blair to take place tomorrow
By Dionne Meehan JUST one short week after launching his book detailing his cancer diagnosis, treatment and prognosis, Daniel (Danny) Blair sadly passed away yesterday. Danny passed away at his home at Upper Dore, Bunbeg. Advertisement The father of two was originally from Glasgow, but had made Donegal his home with his wife Anne and […]
Year long community project results in new book on history of Ray
RAY Community Group are set to launch ‘Ray Remembered: A Photographic History of Ray and District’ in Ray Community Centre on Wednesday, February 15 at 7.30pm. The publication of this book is the centrepiece and culmination of a year-long community history project, launched by the group in early 2022. Over the past twelve months, almost one thousand […]
Donegal writer pens novel on assassination of Collins
THE assassination of rebel leader, Michael Collins is the focus of a new novel by Donegal writer Sean Hillen. In this historical fiction a mysterious diary found in the attic of an old stone cottage in Donegal reveals long-held secrets about the killing, exactly one hundred years ago. Sean Hillen, former foreign correspondent for The […]
Lost Séamus Ó Grianna book to be officially launched
‘Báire na Fola’, a lost book by famous Irish author Séamus Ó Grianna, is to be launched at a special event in Áislann Rann na Feirste this Saturday from 7pm. Handwritten notes by the now deceased author were found in an attic in Dublin two years ago have been edited by Professor Nollaig Mac Congáil, […]
Detailed history of County Council charted in new book
A new book chronicling the history of Donegal County Council will be launched tomorrow. The publication is the work of retired teacher and guidance counsellor Vincent Breslin. Vincent is the son of Cormac Breslin, a former Fianna Fáil politician who served as a TD from 1937 to 1977 and as Ceann Comhairle of Dáil Éireann from 1967 to […]
Donegal Down Syndrome community celebrated in beautiful new book
‘See Me’ is a book created to celebrate the beautiful faces and stories of children and adults in Donegal with Down Syndrome. Speaking to the Donegal News, Sandra Devenney, General Manager of McElhinneys Department Store in Ballybofey said she came up with the idea as she wanted to do more for Donegal Down Syndrome. Sandra’s […]
New recipe book to help the people of Ukraine
A RATHMULLAN grandmother took great pride in her grandson’s new bread recipe book which he created to help ease the situation of people in Ukraine. Mrs Annie Green of Ray received a copy of appropriately named ‘Knead Peace – Baking for Ukraine’ recently written by her grandson Andrew who lives in Totnes in Devon. She […]
Donegal inspires novel full of tragedy and romance
WHILE nursing in Dublin author Sally Hanan took her first trip to Donegal in the 1980s. Little did she know years later the county would inspire her to publish her first novel. Sally has penned ‘My Heart Went Walking’, a book set against the sweeping landscape of rural Ireland and Dublin City in the 1980s […]
Donegal tales from the heart of the GAA
PJ Cunningham’s new book ‘Grassroots: The Second Half’ explores a gold mine of tales from the world of the GAA, spanning over 150 years. It follows the publication of a successful first volume last year. The stories are down to earth; some are heart breaking, others uplifting. One thing they all have in common is […]