A skilled craftsman who served his time in the BIM boatyard in Killybegs in the early 1970s is using his expertise and creativity to build model fishing trawlers. Frankie Kennedy is now working on a model of the Rós Inbhir, a 50-foot trawler built in 1953 in Killybegs Boatyard. It will be a present for […]
COMPETITION: Altan pays tribute to Frankie at Temple Bar TradFest
COURTESY of the Temple Bar Tradfest, the Donegal News is delighted to be able to give away two tickets to Altan’s concert at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin, on Saturday, January 25.
Tributes and memories of Frankie Kennedy and the winter school
TODAY (Friday), December 27, marks the opening of the last ever Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy. Although the torch is being passed on to a new group of organisers who will over the winter school, it will be a bittersweet event for everyone involved.
Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy launch live on RnaG
THE 20th and final Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy will be launched on Rónán Beo@3 on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta live from Tigh Hiúdaí Beag in Gaoth Dobhair on December 4 at 3 pm.
Frankie Kennedy School organisers say ‘time to pass on torch’
AFTER twenty years Scoil Gheimhridh Frankie Kennedy in Gaoth Dobhair will take place for the last time before a new group of organisers takes over the winter school.
It’s a good new life in Gaoth Dobhair for Howard
JUST over a year ago a popular visitor to West Donegal decided spontaneously to leave the hectic life in Los Angeles behind him and stay.
Music lovers give Gaoth Dobhair welcome boost
HUNDREDS of visitors flocked to West Donegal for the Frankie Kennedy Winter School providing an economic boost for the area.
Frankie Kennedy Winter School launched in Belfast
THE Frankie Kennedy Winter School 2012 was officially launched on the Rónán Beo@3 programme on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on Thursday, 29 November, live from Queen’s University Belfast.
Launch of Frankie Kennedy Winter School live on RnaG
THE Frankie Kennedy Winter School 2012 will be officially launched on the Rónán Beo@3 programme on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta on Thursday, November 29, broadcast live from Queen’s University Belfast.