Letterkenny Community Heritage Group launch exhibition in County Museum


By Paddy Walsh An exhibition of photographs chronicling the decade old history of the Letterkenny Community Heritage Group was launched in the fitting surroundings of the Donegal County Museum on Monday evening. Marking the anniversary of an organisation that has done so much to preserve the past through a variety of events and publications, the […]

Letterkenny Community Heritage Group to host exhibition in County Museum 


THE Letterkenny Community Heritage Group are set to launch an exhibition in the Donegal County Museum tonight, Monday, September 4 at 7pm. The exhibition is being launched in a bid to celebrate the past 10 years and what they have achieved in that time. Speaking to the Donegal News ahead of the exhibition, a spokesperson […]

Online talk to mark the introduction of the border


DONEGAL County Museum in Letterkenny will host an online talk commemorating the introduction of the land border, which came into effect a century ago. Historian Dr Cormac Moore will deliver the talk, ‘Land Border in Ireland – 100 Years On’, on Tuesday, April 4 at 7pm. Dr Moore, author of ‘Birth of the Border: The Impact […]

Donegal County Museum Needs your Help with ‘From Conflict To Division- Donegal


Donegal County Museum is looking for objects and materials connected to the final years of the Decade of Centenaries, for its exhibition ‘From Conflict To Division- Donegal 1919-1925’. This major exhibition focuses on the years 1919-1925 in Donegal. Exhibition topics range from the War of Independence and the Civil War to Partition and the work […]

Donegal’s love story reveals link to Jane Austin


Donegal County Museum and Donegal County Archives  has announced that the photo album associated with Jane Austen’s nieces, who lived in County Donegal, has gone on display in Donegal County Museum in time for Valentine’s Day.   The photo album was acquired by Donegal County Archives in 2020 from its then owner Karen levers.  The […]

Local views sought on cultural quarter project


A SERIES of brightly coloured graphics will start popping up on the pavements of Letterkenny over the next two weeks. The ‘breadcrumbs’ form the first step in an ambitious project which is looking to reconnect the three cultural institutions in the town, namely Donegal County Museum, An Grianán Theatre and the Regional Cultural Centre. Banner […]