BY JEROME HUGHES ON the open market it should have a price tag of more than €1 million but instead a luxury 3-storey house in Raphoe has just been declared worthless by professional valuers due to its crumbling walls and foundations. The home is owned by Rosalind and Frank McBrearty. Advertisement In his hayday Frank Snr was […]
Graveyard vandalism suspect identified
by Louise Doyle A SUSPECT in one of two investigations of criminal damage at two historical graveyards in Donegal just days apart has been identified. Vandals damaged a number of headstones as well as a sign at Raymochy Abbey graveyard in Manorcunningham sometime between Friday, April 19 at 6pm and noon the following day. Advertisement The sign had been […]
Shock and hurt after headstones damaged in Raphoe
by Louise Doyle THE Dean of St Eunan’s Cathedral in Raphoe has told of her shock and distress after headstones were yet again smashed in the graveyard – the second time in a matter of months. Two headstones were smashed and another was knocked over in the incident of criminal damage, which occurred sometime between Thursday, April 18 at 6.15pm […]
Raphoe playgroup hosts community day
BY JEROME HUGHES A PRE-SCHOOL in Raphoe, facing an uncertain future due to the defective concrete blocks crisis, yesterday delved deep into its past in a desperate bid to ensure a brighter future. Years ago, cracks began to surface within the walls of Raphoe Community Playgroup, signalling underlying structural problems long before the wider defective […]
Installation of Bishop McGuckian SJ in Down and Connor
FORMER Bishop of Raphoe Alan McGuckian SJ will be installed as the new Bishop of Down and Connor on Sunday. The ceremony takes place at 3pm in Saint Peter’s Cathedral, in Saint Peter’s Square, Belfast. Following the conclusion of the Mass, and at the front door of the Cathedral, Bishop McGuckian will greet members of […]
Celebrations for Royal and Prior prom
STUDENTS from the Royal and Prior in Raphoe celebrated their prom on Wednesday night in the Silver Tassie. Check out Thursday’s edition of the Donegal News for full coverage by photographer Clive Wasson.
‘FOREVER LOVE’: A poem for Úna, Ciara and Saoirse Bowden
‘Forever Love’ “Never did we think life held such pain, That salty tears, the face does surely stain, Sitting here, now, we cry aloud for aid, Afraid somehow their memory would fade, Úna, Ciara and Saoirse, taken from us in a flash, Leaving sorrow that no earthly soap can wash, The emptiness is vast, more […]
The saddest homecoming
Yesterday Una Bowden and her two beautiful daughters were laid to rest in the saddest of homecomings. When the news broke last Tuesday afternoon that a woman and her two children had been killed in a collision in Mayo, no doubt many people said a prayer for the devastation that was to visit that family’s home. A family […]
Devastation and disbelief as mother and her two young daughters are laid to rest
By Dionne Meehan HUNDREDS gathered in St. Eunan’s Church, Raphoe, yesterday for the funeral of Úna Bowden and her daughters Ciara (14) and Saoirse (11). Úna and her two daughters were fatally injured when their car collided with a lorry on the N17 in Castlegar, outside of Claremorris, Co. Mayo last Tuesday. Advertisement Originally from […]
Mother and two daughters killed in Mayo crash to be laid to rest tomorrow
by Dionne Meehan A MOTHER and her two daughters who were killed in a crash will be laid to rest in Donegal tomorrow. Úna Bowden and her daughters Ciara (14) and Saoirse (11) were fatally injured when their car collided with a lorry on the on the N17 in Castlegar, outside of Claremorris, Co. Mayo. […]