A CARRIGART woman has proven it’s never too late to follow a creative dream, with the publication of her first book at the age of 78-years-old. Teresa McGinley, who has long held a love for storytelling, told the Donegal News that creative writing has been a hobby of hers since her retirement. Over the years […]
Unique book fair being held in Letterkenny next month
Letterkenny Community Centre will hold its first fundraising book fair next month. All money raised from the event on Sunday, September 7, will be used to support the centre’s work. The fair will be held from 2pm to 6pm. Advertisement A spokesperson for the centre said they were keen to hear from people who would […]
Donegal memories in National Museum book on rural life
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A BEAUTIFUL compilation of memories about rural life in times gone by has just been reprinted for a third time due to its ongoing success. ‘Happy Days and Hard Times’ is a collection of memories, stories and images, compiled by the National Museum of Ireland, and it includes a wonderful submission from Donegal where one […]
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, […]
‘19 Days’ marks Ivan’s venture into fiction
Letterkenny’s Ivan Fuery has a new offering to the literary world
Launch of book on Great Famine in Donegal
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, […]