Tributes to founder of Donegal Association in Sydney


THE death occurred after a short illness on Monday of Rose Doherty, Sydney, Australia and formerly from Barnes, Termon. Mrs Doherty (83) passed away from alzheimers disease less than six months after the death of her husband John Joe who was from Ray, Manorcunningham. Before travelling to Australia with John Joe in 1959 Rose McGarvey […]


Death of John Joe Doherty in Sydney


THE death occurred after a short illness on Sunday evening of John Joe Doherty, Sydney, Australia and formerly from Ray, Manorcunningham. John Joe (84) spent his early days as a butcher in Patterson’s Butcher’s Shop in Main Street, Letterkenny, before travelling with his girl-friend Rose McGarvey from Termon to Australia in 1958. The couple married […]