May 3rd 2018
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Justice at last for the “Lost at Sea” Campaign Burtonport by Margaret Gallagher
After a gruelling decades-long campaign, the Byrne family from Bruckless are finally set to receive compensation under the “Lost at Sea” Scheme. On the night of the 31st October 1981 five men drowned off Burtonport. Francis Byrne (40) a boat owner from St John’s Point, lost his life along with his 16 year old son Jimmie and three other crew members, Desmond McGovern, Mayo; Jimmy Lafferty, Antrim; and Tony O’Brien, Dublin, when their trawler MFV Skifjord sank after striking a reef between Burtonport and Arranmore Island during stormy weather. Four other crew members, Gerry Laverty, Dunkineely; John McGuinness, Killybegs; Eamon Mullin, Killybegs and the boat’s chef Standish O’Grady, Dublin survived by swimming half a mile through rough seas to a small island. It was an awful tragedy to hit the local fishing community and Winnie Byrne was left a young widow suffering the
Memorial to Skifjord in Burtonport
immeasurable loss of her husband and son. The family income was gone and Winnie faced the challenge of bringing up eight young children on her own. The Byrne family had previously suffered other terrible losses on the seas over the years - Francis Byrne’s father James and uncle Danny had died in a fishing tragedy off St John’s Point 26 years previously and his uncle Anthony drowned aged 18 near Killala, Co. Mayo. The Byrne family was denied a grant under the 2001 “Lost at Sea” Scheme, which was set up by former Fianna Fail Fisheries Minister Frank Fahy to help fishing families who had lost boats at sea to get back into the industry. Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed officially announced this week that the family will finally receive their entitlement under the scheme following a tireless campaign by Danny Byrne over the years. Emily O’Reilly, European Ombudsman,
Danny Byrne
said she was delighted for the family and paid tribute to Danny Byrne for keeping the campaign alive all these years when hope seemed to have been lost. She said, “It is extraordinary and fantastic for them to get this compensation after that length of time. People forget there was a huge tragedy at the root of this.” The Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has confirmed that the Government will make an ex-gratia payment to the Byrne family. Talking to The Eye on Donegal Danny Byrne, who was only 8 years old at the time of the tragedy, said “At long last a fishery minister has kept his word and done the right thing - which was to implement the Ombudsman’s Special Report on the “Lost at Sea Scheme” - for this my family and I are eternally grateful to former MEP Jim Higgins, European Ombudsman, Emily O’Reilly, to Minister Michael Creed and to the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Many said it couldn’t be done, but they have done it.”
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The Circuit of Donegal Challenge Two Donegal men, Joe Coyle, Mountcharles and Thomas Given, Copany will once again try and raise over €50,000 as they attempt a seven day event which will see them walk, cycle and kayak their way around the county.
The charity event, which takes place between June 11 and 17th, will raise much needed funds for Pieta House North West and Jigsaw Donegal. In 2016 Joe and Thomas organized a similar three day event and raised a phenomenal €56,000 for Pieta House and have been planning this year’s event ever since. The seven day pilgrimage across Donegal
will see the two men kick it off by cycling 90km from Mountcharles to Raphoe and on to Muff. Day two will see them cover 30km by walking from Muff to Buncrana, take the ferry across the Swilly and walk from Rathmullan to Milford. On day three they will kayak from Mulroy Bay to Meevagh Boat Yard and on day four they will walk seven beaches including Murder Hole, Trabeg, Tramore, Marble Hill, Killahoey, Falcarragh and Magheroarty. On day five Joe and Thomas will move to the islands and walk Inishboffin, Tory, Inishmean, Gola, Owey, Arranmore and Inishfree. On day six they will make their way by foot from Dungloe to Ardara before cycling from Ardara to
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Mountcharles via Killybegs for their final day. For the men to raise their fundraising target they need to get the people of Donegal to get involved and raise as much money as possible. Half of the money they raised before was through bucket collections so they are asking for organizers and volunteers to help again this year. Bucket collectors are needed to stand in every village in Donegal and also need organizers to help them. A bucket collection will take place on June 16th and 17th. Sponsor cards and money boxes are available, you can contact Joe Coyle on 087 2579931.
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Sarah makes the Top 10!
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Sarah Gillespie from Donegal Town has been named as one of the Ten Outstanding Young People in Donegal this year at the recent JCI awards in association with AIB.
Local Chef and Food Blogger Zack Gallagher appeared on stage as a panelist last week at the Good Food Ireland #TourRoir18 International Food, Tourism & Culture Forum in NUI Galway.
Sarah founded Rinka and the Energy Hub in Drumrooske, Donegal Town and also recently spoke at the “Inspire” event held in Harvey’s Point. Sarah said, “I’m beyond honoured to have made the Top Ten Outstanding Young People in Donegal cut this year. The whole night was full of inspirational stories from amazing people all making a difference in their local areas. To be named among them is an honour.” Sarah is pictured below with her parents Susan and Justin Gillespie.
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AVS Notes
Monster Book Fair The Parents’ Association, in conjunction with the “Well Read” committee in the AVS, are holding a Monster Book Fair on Saturday 26th May from 11am to 6pm in the AVS, Donegal Town. Tea/coffee and light refreshments will be available. We would greatly appreciate any assistance you could give by providing suitable books at the main entrance to the AVS up to and including Friday 18th May. Maths Competition Well done to Kian O’Donnell who came second in the IMTA junior Maths competition. He scored 112. The winning score was 117 so he was very close. This is
an excellent achievement for our first year student. Well done to Kian and his teacher Ms Mohan. TY Balmoral On the 17th May TY students will be going to the Balmoral Show. The Show is one of Ireland’s largest agricultural events, and one of the biggest events on the local farming calendar. The trip was organised by Mr Clarke. Maths Trip - Lough Key Forest Park On Friday 4th May fifty Transition Year students will be travelling to Lough Key
A big well done to all representatives of the school who took part in the ETB Awards 2018. Well done to David McGuckin, James Smith and Oisin Doherty (pictured), creators of SHEHR who were placed second in the STEM category of the awards. In addition, a huge congratulations to team Heart Health, Kyle O’Neill, Brian Gallagher, Anthony Neal, Olivia Graham and Anya Meehan who also placed second in their category at the ETB Awards.
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Forest Park in Boyle, Co. Roscommon. The students will spend the day at the lake participating in different events. Young Social Innovators Best of luck to David McGuckin, James Smith and Oisin Doherty on reaching the YSI All Ireland final in Croke Park, Dublin on Tuesday 8th May. The boys created the app SHEHR, whose aim is to give patients the power to collate, organise and share their medical records and health data easily and securely The project is in the running to win the Making Our World Healthier Physical Health or the overall Young Social Innovators of the Year title awards at this year’s event. Sports Athletics Training continues every Tuesday after school for all age groups. Cross country training is on Friday at lunch time. Upcoming competitions Good luck to the athletics team who will be competing on 4th May. They will be travelling to the Antrim Forum for the Ulster E District. The local primary school athletics competition takes place on the 11th May on the school track. This event caters for over 800 students from local schools; it will be organised by our TY Sports Leaders in conjunction with Tir Chonaill A.C. All schools should have received information, if not contact Eamon Harvey or the AVS. Active Schools The Active School committee are very busy putting together a programme for the beginning of May. Some of the activities include yoga, self defence and rowing. We will also have a drop everything and walk which will take place on the track. We encourage everyone to get active during this week! This year’s sports day will take place on May 22nd, weather permitting.
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Fantastic to hear the cuckoo call for the first time this year on the last day of April as she had hardly unpacked her case after her long journey. ‘The Cuckoo comes in April, she sings her song in May, in June she changes her tune and in July she flies away.’
IRISH ORIENTEERING CHAMPIONSHIPS 2018
Leghowney Community Hall will be the base for Irish Orienteering Association Championships on Saturday 5th May with competitors taking on the hills of Barnesmore. Competitors will remain in the area the following day Sunday 6th for the Townawilly, Lough Eske leg. Over 350 competitors have signed up for the championship so extra traffic can be expected in the area from Friday afternoon. This is the first time the Irish Orienteering Championships will be held in Donegal so it is a great honour to be chosen for this year’s nationwide event. The Hall will be open all day for competitors where refreshment and lunch will be available from our Leghowney Country Market Cafe. We trust all will have an enjoyable event and a good trip to the Donegal/Sligo area- keeping all crossed for nice weather.
LEGHOWNEY COUNTRY MARKET
The next Leghowney Country Market will be on Saturday 12th May 11am to 1pm. More produce coming into season shortly as the weather warms up and growth has taken off.
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PROJECT IN INDIA Froebel Department of Primary and Early Childhood Education, Maynooth University and the HOPE Foundation began a partnership in 2008 which organises health and education projects to support street children and their families in Kolkata, Bengal, India. In June 2018, a group of 38 newly qualified teachers from Froebel Department from all over Ireland included from Donegal Town area Roisin Meehan will travel to Kolkata to continue the work of the partnership. This is the 10th anniversary since the partnership was established and to date close to 300 teachers have participated.
HOOLEY IN LEGHOWNEY HALL The next Hooley in Leghowney Hall will be on Wednesday 9th May 8.30pm to 10.30pm. Music by George Bustard. This will be a special fundraiser in aid of Froebel College HOPE Teacher Education Partnership. Admission €7 which includes that lovely Leghowney Supper. All support much appreciated.
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On Thursday 3rd May at 11am join Caroline Carr, Donegal County Museum, and Niamh Brennan, County Archivist, who will bring items from their collections to help reminisce, have a laugh and to enjoy looking back at past memories at the Railway Heritage Centre. Admission free and all are welcome. Contact Donna (074) 972 2655.
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Barnes NS First Holy Communions Photos: Christina Irwin
Cameron Crawford with parents Gerard and Caroline and brothers Christian and Adam.
Chloe Love with parents Richard and Lisa after her First Holy Communion in St. Agatha’s Church, Clar.
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The secret to a long life…
Donegal is second place in Ireland with the highest population to blow out 100 candles on their birthday cake. According to the Department of Employment, Affairs and Social Protection there are currently 50 people in the county aged 100 and over and Donegal is just pipped at the post for first place by Galway who have 66 centenary birthdays and beyond. There is definitely something in the air on the Wild Atlantic Way as it seems that more people are living longer than before in Donegal.
More safety measures in Donegal Marts
Enhanced safety measures are to be implemented at livestock marts across Donegal. For decades farmers enjoyed being able to move freely around the animal pens at their local marts. However a new focus on safety sparked by a small number of incidents over recent years is set to bring that to an end. Manager of Donegal Town Mart, Emer McGuinness, told The Eye on Donegal that they are not introducing any changes yet. “We have met and discussed the safety issues and the possibility of introducing a viewing period. But insurance costs are very high and last year our insurance more than doubled; we don’t intend to introduce any changes to the mart until we meet with the insurance company and discuss our risk factors with them.”
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Post Offices offered exit deals We have 76 post offices in this county and almost half of these received a letter from An Post last week offering them a redundancy package. The remaining Post Masters have been offered a new contract. Most of the post offices offered the exit deals are in rural areas and the proposals are based on the scale of transactions at each premises. Post offices are finding it very tough to survive: the use of technology and customers doing their business online has contributed to the decline as well as the Government’s lack of investment in the Post Office service. This leaves post offices with very tough decisions to make. A spokesperson for a post office in the area said, “Your local post office is an integral part of the community and I am confident that some post offices will remain open for this reason.” When asked her opinion Donegal Town Post Master, Mary Harley, declined to comment.
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About forty years ago in the townland of Carrick, Laghey, P.O., Co. Donegal there lived a man and his wife on a farm of land. Every year when the cows calved the calves all died and the farmer and his wife were in great despair at the losses they came to every year. One evening at twilight the farmer’s wife was sitting alone in the kitchen when a very small woman came in and told her not to empty any more dirty water down the street as it was disturbing the wee folk. She also promised the woman that if she would do as she wished that no more of her calves would die. The woman of the house did as the fairy advised her and strange to say no more calves died from that day out. Vincent Gallagher Aged 9 years. This story was told to me by grandfather Mr Patrick Gorman (aged seventy six) Ballinakillew, Laghey P.O., Co. Donegal
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Book Fair A Monster Book Fair will be held in the AVS on Saturday 26th May as part of the School Well Read Initiative. Please donate books in good condition, hardback and paperback, to the school before Friday 18th May. The fair will be held in the school assembly from 11am to 6pm.
Fundraising Dance
Donegal Parish Church fundraising dance in aid of the tower fund will be held on Friday 4th May in the Abbey Hotel, dancing from 9pm to 10pm. Music on the night by Out and About. Admission €10.
Quiz Night in Inver
Inver Rowing Club are holding a table quiz on Sunday 6th May at 9.30pm in The Rising Tide Bar, Inver. Everyone welcome.
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The walkers meet every Wednesday at 10.00am at the Green Pump in centre of the village for a walk in the locality. On the last Wednesday of the month they go on tour to other areas. A welcome cup of tea, scone and a chat after every walk. All levels of walkers are welcome. Contact Anne Leonard 087 7844803 or Kathleen Ayres 087 9785314.
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Laghey Parish Church Vintage Evening
Rebecca Kee, Caroline McGroary, Julie Kee and Margaret Harte.
Howard Bustard, Bertie Johnston and David Kee
Phyllis Kee and Margaret Harte.
Norma, Ena and Alberta enjoy the day. Thanks to Julie Kee for supplying the photos.
A wonderful evening of tea, cakes and memorabilia was held in Laghey Parish Community Hall. It was organized by Laghey Parish Church Development Group as a fundraiser for the development of community facilities and Donegal Hospital Patients Comfort fund. A huge turnout of locals and visitors called in to sample the home baking and fine china crockery, The committee would like to thank all who helped but a special thanks goes out to Martha Armstrong and Margaret Harte who put in a trojan effort and Michael and Loraine McGarrigle for supplying such interesting memorabilia.
Archdeacon Huss and his son Benjamin with Gordon Robinson and William Jervis.
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Call for Council to take road in charge
Following a call from Sinn Fein Cllr Noel Jordan requesting that Donegal County Council take charge of the road leading to Cassan Sound Pier at St. John's Point he has been assured that this road is now on the list for possible takeover. Cllr Jordan made the appeal to the council because of the large amount of activity at this pier. He said, “The road is a public right of way to a public amenity. A number of fishermen have always fished from this pier and it also attracts a huge number of scuba divers as this area is one of the finest diving areas all around the Irish coast”. “The road needs to be widened and the old boat yard area needs to be resurfaced in order to create the necessary turning area and parking.”
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Gardening with Emer MAD FOR COLOUR MAY
With the cool night temperatures over the past weekend, there is still a chance that tender summer bedding will get damaged if left outside overnight. However, May is the ideal month for potting your window-boxes, hanging baskets and pots as there is a great selection of bedding of all shapes, sizes and colours available at the garden centre. If you choose to plant them early in the month, harden them off by leaving the pots outside during the day and store them somewhere covered at night until the temperatures have increased. Double Begonias are a favourite for pots and bedding schemes as they have large, showy, rose-like blooms that come in a variety of colours. They flower from late May right through until the first frosts in late September. As with most bedding, the flowering season can be extended by regular dead-heading before they go to seed. This encourages the plant to produce fresh flower heads. During the month of May we will be giving a weekly demonstration of how to fill window-boxes, hanging baskets and pots with bedding plants. This will take place every Saturday morning at 11am and will last half an hour. The demonstration is free of charge and will include advice on how to choose the correct plants, the best way to pot them for maximum impact and how to care for them throughout the season. We look forward to seeing you there. EMER CAMPBELL FdSc Amenity Horticulture
Gaelscoil First Holy Communions
Clara Love with parents Glenda and Stephen and sister Sophia after her First Holy Communion in St. Patrick’s Church, Donegal Town.
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Aine O’Donnell and family. Photos: Christina Irwin
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be fast eaters. (Perhaps it’s the legacy left for some of us that were reared in large familiesfirst at the table - best fed!) Hence we need to be reminded to slow down when we eat. Take smaller bites, chew each bite a little slower - allow yourself a few extra minutes. This way you will enjoy your food more and you’re more likely to notice when you’re full. RECOGNISE SATISFACTION After you’ve eaten - notice how you feel. Appetite is driven by how you feel, in particular, how full you feel. Bringing your attention to “how satisfied you are” after meals can help curb overeating and ultimately help you get to and maintain a healthy weight. Eat more slowly... ENJOY your food! Have a great week. Say Yes to Success
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Diesert Heritage Group are collecting material for an event this summer in the Bluestack Centre, Drimarone and welcome any contributions of songs/ poems or photos about Drimarone or any of the nearby townlands. Contact Michelle on 087 7167645.
1998 in Donegal
President Visits Cill Aoibhinn
Saturday 18th April 1998 - President Mary McAleese visited the newly opened Cill Aoibhinn Group Home, Killymard where she met with residents and staff and planted a commemorative tree.
Golf Club Opens New Clubhouse Friday 1st May 1998 - Built at a cost of £750,000, the new clubhouse at Donegal Golf Club, Murvagh was opened. Facilities included a new Bar & Lounge, new Ladies and Gents Locker Rooms, a Dining Room and Kitchen, Storerooms, Offices and a new Shop.
New Bands Friday 1st May 1998 - Two new local bands debut at the Youth Club Disco on the St. John Bosco Centre. ACID RAIN featuring Sean Bushell, Alan Kelly and Paul Mulroe
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Healthy Facts with Physio Éireann This week’s healthy facts with Physio Éireann are all about “Tennis Elbow” 1. Tennis elbow is an irritation of the tendon that joins the forearm muscles onto the outside of the elbow. 2. Pain or burning on the outside of the elbow and pain with gripping are the most common symptoms. 3. It is an overuse injury most common in 40-50 year olds and both men and women are affected equally. Things like: hedge cutting, painting or hammering can irritate the tendon and cause pain. 4. To help reduce pain, try to stop movements that aggravate the elbow and start strengthening exercises to help build the forearm muscles. 5. Steroid injections can be given to help reduce pain; sometimes they work really well, sometimes they make no difference. The good news is that 80-95% of patient recover fully with conservative treatment. 5% sometimes go on to have a surgical intervention. Ciara Mooney CHARTERED PHYSIOTHERAPIST
Michael English in Central Hotel Thursday 14th May 1998 - 18 year old Michael English makes his debut in the Hyland Central Hotel. Since performing “The Nearest to Perfect” on UTV’s Kelly’s Chat Show Michael, who hails from Kildare, has become a major attraction for Country Music fans of all ages.
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The Parents’ Association of St. Ernan’s NS, Ballintra, are holding the annual 5K on Thursday 3rd May at 7pm. All runners and walkers are welcome. Registration starts at 6pm. Please support a good cause. Well Done! Congratulations to all at the Haven Pharmacy in Killybegs for raising €1017 for Temple Street Children’s Hospital from their Bake Sale and Coffee Morning on Friday 20th April. Thanks to everyone who attended and donated to this great cause.
Salad Tea
The Ballintra Methodists Salad Tea will be held on Friday 18th May in the Church Hall from 6pm. Tickets are €10 and will be available from Ballintra church members.
Positive news for Fintra Cllr. Niamh Kennedy says, “The Department of Transport has given Donegal Co. Council the go-ahead to proceed with the design stages for Fintra bridge. This will see through all stages to delivery. This part of the project will be delivered by year end. A major step in the right direction.”
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FUNDRAISING DANCE Donegal Parish Church are holding a fundraising dance in aid of the Tower Fund on Friday 4th May in the Abbey Hotel. Dancing from 9pm to midnight with music by Out and About. Admission is €10. VEGAS FUN NIGHT Donegal Town Basketball Club presents a fundraising Vegas Fun Night on Saturday 12th May in Dom’s Pier 1, Donegal Town. Doors open at 9.00pm. Tickets are €20. Great prizes on the night. DONEGAL TOWN FC GOLF CLASSIC Donegal Town FC presents a Golf Classic at Donegal Golf Club, on Friday 11th May. Top prizes with special ladies prize. €120 per team of four. Time sheet in operation. Contact Donegal Golf Club on 074 97 34054. LOCAL-LINK DONEGAL are now operating a new route (292) from Donegal Town to Ballyshannon from April 23rd. Departing Donegal Monday to Friday 7.45; 10.15; 13.40 and 18.00 from outside the Abbey Hotel. Call 074 9741644. MINI BREAK Jack Ramsey and Big Bernie are having their 7th Annual “MINI BREAK” of Relaxation, Dancing, Sightseeing and Fine Dining from 21st - 24th May and there are just a few spaces left! Travel by luxury coach and staying in the Arklow Bay Hotel. Contact Jack 087 2207773 or Bernie 087 2830796.
MOUNTCHARLES
parade will take place on the 24th June at 4pm for all current and former band members in recognition of Miss Carr’s contribution to the band over the years. Celebrations will take place in conjunction with Tir Chonaill Stone Festival and Mountcharles Heritage Fair Day on 24th June. Make contact through the Band’s Facebook page or any band member.
Saturday 9th June at 8pm for former staff and families of deceased staff. Tickets from Hotel reception - €20 Tel: 074 9731950.
The Heritage Fair Day will also take place in Mountcharles on the 24th June.
St. John’s LITTLE FREE LIBRARY is now officially open. This is located on the pillar at the front gate of the church and is open 24/7 to anyone who would like a book to read. It will be kept topped up with a variety of books so call up and get a book, it’s our way to say thank you to the community for their continued support.
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LAGHEY BLAST FESTIVAL CRAFT SHOW Come along to show, sell or simply enjoy this festival craft show. Anyone who is interested in providing a table please contact us 087 6148099 or email agoffice@yahoo.com ST ERNAN’S FUN RUN/WALK St. Ernan’s NS Annual Fun Run/Walk will take place on Thursday 3rd May at 7pm. All welcome. PIONEER ASSOCIATION Fr. James Sweeney will offer Mass in St. Colmcille’s Chapel, Laghey Barr, on Sunday 20th May at 6pm. On Sunday 6th May a LAGHEY BLAST TALENT SHOW will be held from 4 - 5.30pm. The organizers are looking for performers such as dancers, singers, musicians, comedians and magicians - no act too small.
INVER INVER ACTIVE GROUP - Tuesdays 11am SOCIAL DANCE - Thursday 3rd May 9.30pm, music by Shane Shovlin.
MOUNTCHARLES PAST & PRESENT Book II are collecting material for a second book and welcome contributions from anyone who has an interesting story to tell; poems and old photos are also welcome. Please contact Kathleen Ayres 087 9785314 or Anne Leonard 087 7844803. Publication is planned for the end of May.
KARATE - Classes 6-9pm. Contact Michael for more details 087 766 3971.
DISEART HERITAGE GROUP are collecting material for an event this summer in the Bluestack Centre and welcome any contribution - songs, poems or photos about Drimarone or any of the nearby townlands. Contact Michelle 087 7167645.
IRISH DANCE CLASSES - Suited to age 4 and up and all levels of experience welcome, Friday evenings 5pm to 6.15pm. Call Sarah Gillespie for more details on 087 750 9230.
ST. PETER’S BAND - Were you ever a part of St. Peter’s Band? A special celebration
The BIM Boatyard, Killybegs are having a REUNION DINNER in the Bay View Hotel on
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Mountcharles in days gone by.
The CUP OF TAE FESTIVAL will honour Mairead Ní Mhaoinigh - opening concert in the Nesbitt Arms on Friday 4th May. It is expected that all of the group Altan will be along as well as many top stars who plan to attend to honour Mairead. Contact Stephen on 087 2424590 or the Nesbitt Arms Hotel or email glenardfish@eircom.net Belinda Friel and Anna Payne are hosting a COFFEE MORNING AND CAKE SALE in memory of their mother Frances Boyd at the Friel home, Garrawort (Glenties Rd), Ardara on Saturday 5th May from 11am – 2pm. All donations will go to Donegal Hospice and Ardara Methodist Church. OWENEA FM COMMUNITY RADIO is back on the air again following its transmitter being repositioned at Doohill. The past year has been a further success story for the station which transmits every weekend and around the world via oweneafm.com
FROSSES There will be a CLEAN UP of the Frosses area on bank holiday Monday, 7th May. All volunteers who wish to help out can gather at the Frosses Hall at 12 o’clock in the afternoon. The FROSSES FAIR DAY is taking place on Sunday 3rd June starting at 2pm. Tell all your family and friends for a great day out. Sometimes the old ways are best and there will be demonstrations of old traditions on the day. The SPORTS FIELD has been cut and is being used quite a bit by different groups and organisations, great to see and hear sports being enjoyed by all.
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Dunkineely/Bruckless/Killaghtee TÍR BOGHAINE TEO A.G.M. The A.G.M. of Tír Boghaine Teo will take place in our office in the Niall Mór Centre, Killybegs on Tuesday the 15th of May at 7pm. Everyone welcome. COFFEE MORNING There will be a Coffee Morning on Saturday 5th May in Ardara at 11:00/12:00 at the home of David and Belinda Friel. This is in aid of Donegal Hospice and Ardara Methodist Church. COFFEE TO GROW There will be a fundraising Table Quiz in Mary Murrin’s on 5th May at 9pm for Joseph Corrigan who is going to Africa to work for ‘Coffee 2 Grow”. KILLAGHTEE ACCORDION BAND Are welcoming new members aged 18 and over into the band. There are currently vacancies for Majorettes, Accordion Players and in the Percussionist section (Drums, Cymbals, Triangle). For further information please contact Carol on 087 2903654.
BRUCKLESS COMMUNITY CENTRE Bruckless Community Centre’s Recycling Bin is situated on the grounds of the centre. Accepting clothing, shoes, curtains, towels, sheets and blankets. NOT accepting pillows, quilts or duvets. All Proceeds in aid of Bruckless Community Centre. CAR BOOT SALE Next Car Boot is on the May bank holiday Monday 7th May. Any help for car parking, baking, helping on the day with teas or donations of items would be most welcome. Further car boot sales planned for both June and August bank holiday Mondays. FIRST HOLY COMMUNIONS AND CEMETERY SUNDAY First Holy Communions will be held on Saturday 19th May at 11am, at the Church of St Joseph & St Conal, Bruckless. Cemetery Sunday, with the Blessing of the Graves, will be held on 29th July. A time is to be determined.
Born on this Day
May 3rd 1903 Bing Crosby, crooner 1921 Sugar Ray Robinson, boxer
May 4th 1929 Audrey Hepburn, actress 1928 Hosni Mubarak, Ex-Egyptian President
May 5th 1943 Michael Palin, comedian 1988 Adele, singer/songwriter
May 6th 1895 Rudolph Velantino, actor 1915 Orson Welles, actor
May 7th 1901 Gary Cooper, actor 1919 Eva Peron, Argentinian first lady Some of the volunteers at this year’s clean-up. L-R Jackie Floyd, Sara O’Donnell, Debbie O’Donnell, Carol McGinley, Kathleen Breslin, Janet Deane and John B O’Donnell.
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Survey Reveals Small Businesses Still Struggling
Independent TD Thomas Pringle last week revealed the results of his survey of over 100 small businesses in Donegal. The results paint a stark picture of the continuing struggles small businesses who overall employ most people locally - continue to face even though the “downturn” is supposedly over. Deputy Pringle said, “I felt it was time to measure the health of this sector by carrying out a survey to hear directly from businesses what concerns they had. Local businesses are the backbone of rural economies providing sustainable local employment if supported.
economy continues to struggle. “More striking was that over 80% of respondents said they were concerned with depopulation trends and the retreat of rural services like post offices, Garda stations and even bank facilities in Donegal.
“For me it was a priority to concentrate on small businesses which fall outside the remit of Enterprise Ireland as they are not primed for export. Coffee shops, hairdressers, butchers and many more types of businesses contacted me via the survey. Some said it was the first time they were ever asked about their concerns. “The results suggest that while businesses are emerging from a disastrous decade they are now facing new and existing challenges and feel ignored. Only half of respondents said their business has improved since the recession indicating Donegal’s rural
“Last week I confronted the Minister for Small Businesses in the Dail on the findings of my report and asked for commitments from him to increase supports for rural businesses. He made no such commitment and I was told to look at the drop in unemployment rates in Donegal. I had to remind him that the drop he was talking about was not thanks to jobs but to net emigration.
“The Government should pay more attention to small businesses - they have a lot of great ideas and have a true understanding of their local economies. It is time Donegal and rural Ireland got no less than a full commitment to address the continuing challenges facing small businesses in rural economies and to diversify funding to meet the needs of these businesses,” concluded Pringle.
“Furthermore the Government is quick to point out supports for businesses in tourism. However strikingly my survey showed that nearly 80% of businesses rely on local trade. This is where we need to be focusing.
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VINTAGE DAY AT TRUMMON
The hard working kitchen volunteers - RoseMary, Margaret, Mary, Claire and Derek. Photos: Colm Kelly and Loraine McGarrigle
These men never miss a vintage day.
Michael Doherty all ready to do some work.
The Boyles are all smiles
South Donegal Vintage and Heritage annual field day is an eagerly Patsy Breslin all the way from Frosses on his favourite tractor. anticipated event every year around the end of April at Trummon, Laghey and I like many, many more made the journey this time around. By good fortune I decided to get there fairly early as dark clouds could be seen making their way there too. This show is an enormous task by any standard and great credit is due to whoever organises these things, be sure it does not happen on its own. As it happened I came prepared with my Wellingtons and coat and it was all needed but it meant I could travel all around the field no matter what the conditions under-foot. There was an amazing array of vintage tractors and cars on display not to mention a fair amount of vintage people as well, nice to see them all still being able to stagger about. In an enclosure there was a man with a selection of birds, of the feathered kind, mind, and he told me that the golden eagle can spot a fox at a distance of five kilometres, not many people know that. There was so much here to see that it would take up the entire space in this magazine but one thing I might mention that did take my attention was Ernie Spence setting out his a man who could make a tin cup right in front of our eyes model airplanes for the show from a flat sheet of stainless steel material. They used to be known as ‘pangers’ or ‘pandys’ in my early days and were used mainly for drinking water or milk. Drinking hot tea from them was not recommended as they were inclined to scald your lips. As it happened my visit was cut a bit short due in no small way to a deluge of hail-stones and sleet which even saw some of the hardier types scurrying for some sort of shelter but I have no doubt that this show will be back on again this time next year and so if you haven’t been yet mark the date down now and don’t miss it. It’s well worth the visit. By Jack Ramsey
“Well wait till I tell you this”
Winner of Tractor was Claire Molloy, Burnfoot, Co. Donegal. 2nd prize went to Jason Gallagher, Kinlough, Co. Leitrim; 3rd was Martin McBride, Drumkeen.
Edward Waugh signs all the documents for display
VINTAGE DAY AT TRUMMON
The blacksmith, David Herron getting the coals going
Even the goat helps to move the machinery.
Breda McGrory and Mary Gorman have the control centre in order.
Inta demonstrates her crochet skills.
Sean McGrory and Thomas Laughlin.
Stephen, Martin and Kevin ready for a field day.
A stack of Irish thatched cottages.
Home cooking with Sian
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DONEGAL TOWN CREDIT UNION What is a Credit Union?
Why open a Credit Union account?
A financial co-operative, owned and controlled by its members.
Why do Credit Unions exist?
To service the financial needs of their community on a not-for-profit basis, and to retain members’ savings in the community for the benefit of all their members.
Who runs the Credit Union?
A voluntary Board of Directors elected by the members at the Annual General Meeting runs the Credit Union.
What return will my savings make? Members’ savings in the Credit Union are called shares. All shares you hold with the Credit Union are eligible for a dividend which is paid yearly. The rate of dividend paid depends on the surplus funds held by the Credit Union and the current economic environment at the end of their financial year. The rate of dividend is voted on by the members at the Credit Union AGM.
Can I easily access my savings?
You can withdraw your savings providing they are not pledged as security on a loan.
What does membership cost? There is a fee of €1.27 for all members over the age of 16.
Opening a Credit Union account…
The following information must be provided in order to open an account:Over 16’s ■ Current Passport / Driving Licence / Age Card or ML10 form and proof of date of birth ■ Recent utility bill / bank statement / Revenue document ■ Proof of PPS number Under 16’s ■ Child’s Birth Certificate /Current Passport ■ Proof of child’s PPS number ■ Proof of ID for parent / guardian i.e. Current Passport / Driving Licence / Age Card or ML10 form ■ Proof of address for parent / guardian i.e. Recent utility bill / bank statement / Revenue document
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■ You can have up to €70,000 in savings in the Credit Union which is fully covered by the deposit guarantee scheme. ■ All savings are insured by our Life Savings Insurance at no extra cost to you. See details in insurance section. ■ We are open on Saturdays. ■ We have flexi accounts which allow you to lodge your funds electronically into the credit union. (Salary or social welfare payments). ■ You can enter a car draw for the cost of €40 per year. This enters you in 4 draws with the opportunity to win a car or cash prizes. ■ You are part of a community run credit union that is owned by its members. ■ A dividend is paid annually on your account. ■ You can have a nominee on your account which allows your savings to go directly to your nominee on your death without having to go through probate. Max amount €23,000 ■ We will be launching many more services which will make it more convenient for you to manage your credit union account i.e. CU App and Debit Card. ■ We pay a death benefit grant of €1,950 to assist with funeral expenses. To avail of this, you must have joined the Credit Union before the age of 70.
Why is a Credit Union loan better? ■ There are no hidden fees or transactions charges. ■ Repayments are calculated on the reducing balance of your loan which means smaller interest payments as your loan balance decreases. ■ Repayment terms to suit your particular circumstances. ■ Loans can be repaid early with no penalties. ■ Loans are insured at no direct cost to the member.
Student Loans…
Student loans are available at a rate of 6.18% APR with the following conditions:■ The student must be a member of Donegal Town Credit Union. ■ An official letter showing duration of course must be presented. ■ Parent or Guardian must guarantee loan and must be a member of Donegal Town Credit Union. ■ Interest must be paid weekly. ■ The loan will be frozen for 12 months - payments must be made during the three summer months. ■ Further loans can be granted subject to the agreement being honoured in first year. ■ Loans are also available for Mature Students. ■ Funds must be used to further education.
Insurance…
■ Savings in the Credit Union are insured and the cost of insurance is covered by the Credit Union. ■ All loans are insured up to member’s 80th birthday and will be paid off in the event of the member’s death. ■ Upon the death of a member, the first €12,700 of their shares (savings) lodged before the age of 55 will be doubled. ■ Shares lodged by members over 55 years of age, are covered as follows:• Lodged between ages 55-60 - 75% • Lodged between ages 60-65 - 50% • Lodged between ages 65-70 - 25% • Shares lodged after a member’s 70th birthday are not covered by this scheme. ■ We pay a death benefit grant of €1,950 to assist with funeral expenses. To avail of this, you must have joined the Credit Union before the age of 70.
Why borrow with the Credit Union?
■ A member joining can apply for an express loan of up to €1,000 ■ You do not need to have a savings record with the credit union to apply for a loan. ■ Your loan is fully insured in the event of your death at no extra cost to you. ■ In some cases an interest rebate is paid at year end. ■ There are no hidden fees or transaction charges. ■ Credit Union rates are fair and reasonable and are capped by law. ■ Repayments are calculated on your reducing balance, so you pay less interest with each repayment. ■ You can pay off your loan early or make a lump sum payment without any penalties. ■ We offer student loans at 6.18%(APR). Interest must be paid weekly/ monthly. The credit union will freeze the capital repayments for 12 months for students without income. ■ We are open Saturdays. ■ You get to meet in confidence with one of our staff members who will take the time to discuss what is right for you. Our rate for personal loans is 12.68% (APR). For a €1,000, 1 year variable loan with weekly repayments of €20.43 and an interest rate of 12.68%, the total repayments will be €1061.95. Interest rebate may vary. Lending criteria and Terms and Conditions apply. Donegal Town Credit Union Ltd. is regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland.
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Donegal Garden Society talk The Wildlife Pond a talk by Aengus Kennedy from Nature North West. He will talk about the life in the pond Frogs, Newts and other brutes. A closer look at what is in your pond, indicators of clean water and how to encourage other critters. Monday 14th May and the venue is The Garden Room, Salthill House, Mountcharles. Plant sales beforehand from 7.30pm and the talk starts at 8pm. The fee is €7. This is hosted by The Donegal Garden Society. Please contact John for more information on 074 97 35804.
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21st Birthday
Congratulations to Hannah McHugh, Donegal Town, who celebrated her 21st birthday recently. Seated L to R: James, Hannah, Eugene, Sarah, Ònagh, Aidan. Front: Thomas and Alan. Photos: Barbara McGroary
KEEPING KIDS ACTIVE WITH THE ENERGY HUB
Confidence is Key to an Active Life Evidence shows that an individual’s relationship to sport is determined at a young age – for many children, by the time they leave school their future prospects for taking part in sport as an adult have been shaped. A common theme that has been drawn is that a child’s perceived lack of ability in sport results in a lack of enjoyment. Embarrassment, pressure, or a self-perceived lack of ability in PE lessons prevents children from taking part wholeheartedly. So, what can we do as parents, educators and influencers in children’s lives to build their confidence? 1. Encourage kids to take part and praise their efforts. Remember that each child hits their own milestones at their own pace. For one child, winning the race may be the milestone whereas for another child in the same class it may simply be that they stayed on their own without a parent! Recognise your child’s achievements and efforts each time. 2. Take the emphasis off competition and focus on participation. Let children learn
at their own pace, in a stress-free environment where all they have to do is take part! Never forget – children learn through play! 3. Show a keen interest in what they did at PE that day or at their afterschool hobby. Be excited to learn about what they are learning about - get them to show you and give it a go yourself! Ask them what was their favourite bit, what made them laugh, and ask about their friends – help them to create positive associations with their activities. 4. Teach them that it’s ok not to get it right first time around. Practice makes perfect! 5. And always remember to tell them that you are proud of them – after all, it is your approval they are seeking it most!
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Local Student on Stage in Belfast
Erin Ryder, a first year pupil in the Abbey Vocational School, Donegal Town and a previous student of Scoil Mhuire, Pettigo, has recently been awarded a place on Youth Musical Theatre’s production of Tony Macauley’s ‘Paperboy’ in Belfast this summer. She will learn from West End directors and choreographers in this three week experience. Over 1000 young people were auditioned and approx. 200 were chosen to work with YMT this summer. Erin took drama lessons at the O’Brien school of drama from the age of 6 and has recently appeared in her 6th pantomime at the Ardhowen Theatre in Enniskillen. She is currently studying her grade 7 drama exam with the Irish Board of Speech and Drama.
Happy Retirement
First Communions
Scoil Aodh Rua agus Nuala, St. Patrick’s Church, Donegal Town 11am on Sat 5th May. Dunkineely/Bruckless - Church of St Joseph & St Conal, Bruckless 11am on Sat 19th May at. Mountcharles - Sacred Heart Church Mountcharles on Sunday 13th May.
Confirmations
Donegal - St. Agatha’s Church, Clar on Saturday 12th May at 12.30pm. Ballintra - St. Bridget’s Church on Sunday 13th May at 11am.
Ahoy There!!
Sliabh Liag Boat Trips from Teelin Pier are back in action after a long winter. Their sailing times are 10am, 12 noon, 2pm, 4pm, 6pm and 8pm. A much loved addition to our tourism offering at one of the most spectacular signature points on the Wild Atlantic Way. Skipper Paddy Byrne is looking forward to a busy season. Visit www.sliabhleagueboattrips.com
Patricia pictured with her family L-R: Conal, Sean , Patrice, Patricia, PJ, Elaine, Marie and Padriag.
Patricia Rooney, Laghey, retires from the HSE after many years service. Patricia has worked since October 2003 as a radiographer for Killybegs Community Hospital and Donegal Community Hospital working two days a week in both. The staff at Donegal hospital held a tea party for Patricia on her final day at work. Last week there was a joint retirement function held in the Tara Hotel for herself and Jenny McGeehan who also retired from Killybegs Hospital. We wish them both a happy retirement.
Vegas in the Hills of Donegal Donegal Town Basketball Club presents a fundraising Vegas Fun Night on Saturday 12th May in Dom’s Pier One - doors open at 9pm, tickets €20. Great prizes on the night.
Student awards evening On Thursday 3rd May at 7pm the AVS will be hosting an awards evening to celebrate student academic achievement and involvement in extra-curricular activities. Mr. Patsy McGonigle will attend the event as guest speaker.
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Scrap Saturday Inver Rowing Club is hosting a Scrap Saturday on Saturday 26th May. Spring clean your garage or yard! Items can be deposited at the slip pier in Inver Village on the day and include scrap cars, scrap steel, washing machines, gas cookers, copper, brass, stainless-steel, aluminium, scaffolding, electric cables, lead, engines, electric motors, lead acid batteries, old gates, old farm machinery, cast iron fireplaces etc.
Another cruise ship for Killybegs
On Saturday 5th May the MS Silver Muse will arrive in Killybegs at 8am. It will have a crew of 250 and 596 passengers, mostly Americans. The ship will leave the harbour at 6pm.
Collection service of heavy and bulky items can be arranged. For further information contact the following: Billy Rose (087) 2499261; Eunan Boyle (087) 9975899; Michael Boyle (087) 9386349.
Eye on This Day…
3rd May
1952 First landing by an airplane at geographic North Pole 1997 42nd Eurovision Song Contest: Katrina and the Waves for UK wins singing “Love Shine a Light” in Dublin 2007 British girl Madeleine McCann disappears from her holiday apartment in Praia da Luz, Portugal
4th May
1896 1st edition of London Daily Mail (halfpenny) 1904 Construction begins by the United States on the Panama Canal 2000 Ken Livingstone becomes the first elected Mayor of London
5th May
1809 Mary Kies is first person issued a US patent for weaving straw 1912 5th Olympic games open at Stockholm, Sweden 1932 Japan and China sign a peace treaty
6th May
1626 Dutch colonist Peter Minuit buys Manhattan Island from local Indians for 60 guilders 1840 World’s first postage stamp, the Penny Black, is issued in UK 1966 Myra Hindley and Ian Brady are sentenced to life imprisonment for the Moors Murders
7th May
1953 “Can Can” opens at Shubert Theater New York 1966 Mamas & Papas “Monday Monday” reaches No. 1 in the charts 1998 Mercedes-Benz buys Chrysler for $40 billion and forms DaimlerChrysler
8th May
1886 Jacob’s Pharmacy in Atlanta sells the first Coca-Cola 1945 V-E Day; WWII ends in Europe after Germany signs an unconditional surrender 2013 Former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi receives a four year prison sentence
9th May
1958 “Vertigo”, American psychological thriller is released, directed by Alfred Hitchcock, starring Jimmy Stewart and Kim Novak 1987 Johnny Logan wins the 32nd Eurovision Song Contest in Brussels with “Hold Me Now” 1992 Linda Martin wins the 37th Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo for Ireland singing “Why Me”
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HARDWARE MEMORIES by David Henderson
yd. rolls (now 10 mtr) and referred to as ‘a dozen of paper’. This in later years caused confusion with young staff when asked for 5 dozen of paper as they thought it meant 60 rolls. A lot of people complained “the rolls are not as long as they used to be”. Also the paper had a plain border up both edges which had to be trimmed off to match it edge to edge. There were two wallpaper factories in Ireland “Kildare” and “Coxons”. Dunlevys stocked a range of Kildare papers and made their own books and called it “Dun Dun”.
Sketch of the original shop, 2 Bridge Street SUPPLIERS Suppliers reps or commercial travellers as they were then known spent quite a long time taking an order which they either posted or took back on Friday to the depot. STOCK IN THE EARLY DAYS The following are details of common items from the 60’s onwards, most no longer available and some available but rare or hard to source. HOUSEHOLD WASHBOARD: Used before washing machines to scrub clothes. It had a wooden frame with two legs that stood in a galvinised bath or Belfast sink. The centre panel had ribbed wood in the cheaper model and ribbed glass in the deluxe version. EARLY WASHING MACHINES: They were like barrels with a division half way up. It had a motor underneath driving an agitator in the top half. Some had hand wringers which consisted of two rollers spring loaded against each other and turned by a handle to squeeze the water out of the clothes. I remember one machine called a Sunny Day it was distributed by Kelly & Sheil. MEAT SAFE: They were used before fridges as a cool, insect free store for meat etc. It was a tin cupboard with perforated panels. They came in flat pack and had to be assembled. LINO SQUARES: Floor covering used before vinyl or carpet. They were patterned with a border. They were 9 ft wide and ranged from 9ft to 15ft long They were made in Scotland. Linoleum 6ft wide and sold by the yard was also available. WALLPAPER: Wallpaper was sold in 12
BORDERS: Borders were printed side by side, covering the width of a roll of paper and had to be cut. For example, if there were 10 borders printed in width , you gave the customer two yards to equal 20 yards of border. PRIMUS STOVE: A Primus stove was a pressurised paraffin oil stove with a powerful burner. It sat on three legs attached to a round oil container which had a pump screwed into it. The burner was screwed into the centre of the container with a round pan/kettle rest above it. There was a choice of silent or roaring burners, the roarer being the more powerful. It was pre heated using meths in order to vaporise the paraffin. It was a very powerful effective stove and was also used for making poteen as unlike a fire it gave off no tell tale smoke to alert Garda. TILLEY LAMP: The Tilley lamp (still available) is a pressurised paraffin lamp that gave three hundred candle power of light. This was a method of measuring brightness of light from lamps. It was pre-heated using meths burned on wick, in a tongs to pre heat the vaporiser. The Tilley lamp was a major advancement in light. There were other lamps of this type such as: Bi-Aladdin but none could match the Tilley. Different types of Tilleys were available: Table, wall mounted and hurricane which could be taken outside. There was also a Tilley heater which had a large reflector and a large burner. OIL LAMPS: Regular wick oil lamps were available in many different forms. Pixie lamps were tiny lamps with a round wick. They usually had a weighted base making it self righting. Fitted with a clear globe it was used as a night light and as a Sacred Heart lamp when fitted with a red globe. The most popular lamps were two and a half inch, three inch tram single burners and two and three eighth inch double wick burners known as Duplex. Wicks were available in all different widths. The wick for single burners had one strand of
coloured thread and the wick for the double burner had two coloured threads. There were table lamps, wall lamps and hurricane (sometimes called storm lamps}. The wall lamp had a silver or mirror reflector to increase the light. Aladdin lamps had a circular wick with a loxon mantle over it which gave quite a good light. SMOOTHING IRONS: Solid iron irons were heated by the open fire, to avoid soiling the clothes. A cover called an iron shoe was available to clip on. Tilley made a pressurised oil heated iron but it was not very satisfactory. Early electric irons had no heat control and were very heavy. Then along came the famous Morphy Richards heat control iron which was very popular. WATERGLASS: Waterglass was an egg preservative: a liquid diluted in a container in which eggs were stored. This would be done prior to hens “Going off laying” to ensure self sufficiency. It was used pure as a heat resistant adhesive to stick asbestos cord on ranges and stoves. TIN PANDYS: Various sizes of tin mugs made by travelling tinsmiths. They used sheets of tinplate and rivets. All the joints were folded and the handles were riveted on. If rivets were not available they could roll a small strip of tin and use that as a rivet. They made half pint, pint, quart and three quart which was a milking tin (a quart is two pints or approx a litre). They also made cans with lids and tin lanterns. The tinsmiths were very skilled at cutting out the pieces for the tins with almost no waste. PORRINGER: Still available, is a double saucepan used for making sauces etc. Water is boiled in the bottom saucepan which heats the top one and avoids burning. BELFAST STRAINER: A small domestic size tin strainer used for straining milk after hand milking cows. It was a tapered funnel with a removable brass gauze. Castle Aluminium Co. made a larger one which used a gauze bottom plus disposable milk pad which were like circular pieces of kitchen roll. O’CEDAR MOP: It was supplied and stored in a tin box with a lid like a biscuit tin. It had a grey wooden screw-in handle. After use a few drops of O’Cedar oil was put into the box which the mop would have soaked up by the next time it was needed. The oil is still available now branded as Prestige Oil ‘Available in all good Hardware shops’! It can also be used for polishing and reviving solid wood furniture.
Continuing with Part 3 next week…
Eye on Donegal Profiles…
Jo Roarty
STEAK STONE ON THE
The view from Quay West Restaurant over Donegal Harbour
Jo (Daly) Roarty was born in County Meath. She left home at 17 to enter the tourism industry by completing a two year Culinary Arts training programme in what is now LYIT College, Killybegs. Her room mate there was Debbie O’Reilly, and this is where the two formed a life long friendship and eventually a successful business partnership which has resulted in the duo being in the restaurant business for over 16 years. It was while running their first restaurant that Jo decided to switch careers and take over the running of front of house. In August 2016 they opened their very own place in Donegal Town called “Quay West”. Since then they have received many accolades including Yes Chef “Best Casual Dining Ulster 2018”, featured in both “Ireland the Best Guide” 2018 and the “Best in Ireland” 2018 by John & Sally McKenna; also recommended by Lucinda O’Sullivan in “Great Places To Eat” and more recently awarded the Restaurant Association of Ireland “Best Casual Dining Donegal 2018”. Jo was thrilled to receive “Best Restaurant Manager Donegal 2018”. Jo says “It’s not hard to do when you love what you do”. Tel: 074 9721590 www.quaywestdonegal.ie Email: info@quaywestdonegal.ie
…not just a meal - it’s an experience!
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SAILING DAILY
Donegal Bay Waterbus on the Wild Atlantic Way
Sailing Timetable
Thursday 3rd May ........ 10.45am provisional 5.15pm provisional Friday 4th May .............11.45am provisional 6.00pm provisional Saturday 5th May............9.30am confirmed 6.30pm provisional Sunday 6th May ......................................1.30pm provisional Monday 7th May .............12noon provisional 2.45pm confirmed Tuesday 8th May ...........10.00am confirmed 2.30pm provisional Wed 9th May .. 10am confirmed 11.45am confirmed 2pm confirmed Please note these times are subject to change due to weather conditions and passenger numbers.
• Tickets must be purchased 30 minutes prior to sailing time. • Please contact us to check the status of provisional sailings. • Booked passengers will be advised of any last minute changes. PLEASE NOTE: Boarding will commence 15mins prior to sailing time. Due to tides the Waterbus will sail on time. Late arrivals can not be catered for. GROUP RATES AVAILABLE (weddings, private parties etc.)
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Lough Eske Castle Past & Present
Photo: Eireial Creations
Thanks to Stewart Diamond of Eireial Creations for the modern photo.
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Tel: 085 1010665
In Memoriam
May Altar Tradition
Church Times
The month of May was always seen as a special month in Catholic households in Ireland. It was the month when a dedicated altar was set up in the home to honour Mary the mother of Jesus. An area was selected in the house, a shelf or a table, a white cloth was laid out on top and a statue of Our Lady was placed there. Sometimes candles were arranged around the statue and always a vase was present. The vase would be kept supplied with fresh flowers all month long. The flowers were usually wild flowers like primroses, bluebells and buttercups. In lots of homes the children were given the responsibility of changing the water in the vase, arranging the floral display and keeping the altar looking neat and tidy in respect for Our Lady.
Bring Flowers of the Rarest Bring flow’rs of the fairest, Bring flow’rs of the rarest, From garden and woodland And hillside and vale; Our full hearts are swelling, Our glad voices telling The praise of the loveliest Rose of the vale. O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May, O Mary! we crown thee with blossoms today, Queen of the Angels, Queen of the May.
Recent Deaths
CAHIR GALLAGHER, Killybegs. NORA KEE, Killybegs. LOUISE MEEHAN, Inver. WILLIE PEARSON, Ballintra. MARY BREEN, Inver.
KATHLEEN ERSKINE, Killybegs. BRIDIE KELLY, Mountcharles. TONY O’CALLAGHAN, Killybegs. DAVID MEEHAN, Killybegs. MARY ROBINSON, Killybegs. AIDRIAIN O’DOMHNAIL, Donegal Town. Ar dheis Dé go raibh siad. Dear Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the past I have asked for many favours, this time I ask You this special one (mention favour). Take it dear Heart of Jesus and place it in Your own broken heart, where our Father sees it, then in His merciful eyes it will become Your favour, not mine. Amen. Say this prayer for 3 days and promise publication and the favour will be granted no matter how impossible. Never known to fail. N.R.
The staff and management of the Bluestack Centre, Drimarone would like to express their deepest sympathy to the family of our dear friend and colleague, Bridie Kelly who passed away suddenly on Monday 30th April.
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In Memoriams Acknowledgements & Anniversary Masses
St Patrick’s, Donegal Town Saturday 6pm; Sunday 9am and 11.30am St. Agatha’s, Clar Saturday 6.30pm; Sunday 10.30am St. Mary’s Killymard Saturday 7pm; Sunday 11am Franciscan Friary Rossnowlagh Saturday 7.30pm; Sunday 11am. Sacred Heart Church, Mountcharles Saturday 6.30pm; Sunday 11am St Mary’s Church, Frosses Saturday: 7.30pm; Sunday 10am Holy Redeemer Church, Drimarone Sunday 9.30am St. Naul’s Church, Ardaghey Saturday 6pm; Sunday 11.30am St Joseph & St Conal Church, Bruckless Saturday 6.30pm; Sunday 11am Presbyterian Church, Donegal Town Sunday 11.30am (Tea / Coffee from 11am) Methodist Church Donegal 10.30am Inver 12noon Ballintra 12noon Dunkineely 10.30am Ardara 12 noon Church of Ireland Killymard: 9.30am Laghey: 10.45am Donegal Town: 12 noon Killybegs: 9.15am Killaghtee: 10.45am Mountcharles 12 noon Donegal Living Hope Church 7.30pm Wednesday (Bible Study) 11.30am Sunday Apologies if we have omitted any church times. If you would like to see details of other church services in the Eye on Donegal please phone 074 9722677 or email: look@eyeondonegal.com
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Talk at Bruckless Church
‘My Faith Journey’: Donal Reid will talk at Mass in the Church of St Joseph and St Conal, Bruckless, on Saturday 5th May (6.30pm) and Sunday 6th May (11am) about his Life and Faith Journey. Donal was a member of Donegal’s 1992 All Ireland Senior Football Championship winning team.
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EYE on SPORT Drumbar Notes Under 14’s Now top of their league at the moment, good work by Managers Karl McHugh and Lee Graham. Under 14 (B team) Doing well some good results from this team of under 13’s boys. Martin Ward managing this team assisted by Gerry Ebbs. Under 12 (A team) Third place in their league also.
Mountcharles Rowing Club Mountcharles Rowing Club open evenings are starting on Tuesday 8th May, 7pm to 9pm at the Big Pier. Everyone welcome, come along and give it a go. They are a very welcoming club and would love to see new faces. Life jackets and training provided for beginners.
Under 12 (B team) Winning matches also. These two under 12’s managed by Ray Flynn, Gerry Ebbs, and Conal Sweeney. Under 10’s
Naomh Brid club notes
Under 10’s squad also at the pitch Mondays from 6.30pm - 7.30pm, all welcome.
There was no overall winner of this week’s lotto draw. The jackpot now stands at €6,700. The numbers drawn were 5, 9, 14, 17, 22. The €25 winners were Sally Martin, Joel Gallagher Philips, Claire and Pauric, Josephine Gallagher. The next draw will take place in the Country Inn, Laghey on the 8th May.
Beginner Training at the pitch on Mondays 6.30pm to 7.30pm. Boys and girls welcome.
Under 8’s
Inter-Firms
Our seniors made the journey to Convoy on Sunday and picked up two valuable points, and produced a good display to see off the home side. Final score Naomh Brid 0-10 Convoy 0-8.
Usually on the last week of June, we will have a meeting soon re same.
The Reserves contested well but came out on the wrong side of a 2-14 to 0-6 result.
Will be held at our pitch from the 23rd to 27th July inclusive, apply to FAI online.
Naomh Brid/Pettigo U16’s had a fantastic win in the championship against Glenfin with a 1-11 to 0-12 win. Naomh Brid U12s have a home match on Friday at 7pm against St Naul’s.
FAI Training Camp
Bruckless Boat Club
Bruckless Boat Club are holding their annual Rowathon in Dunkineely on the 6th of May from 12pm to 6pm with a cash prize of €200 for the team event. The team rowing the farthest distance in eight minutes will be the winner. It is open to all. Any queries to 087 6876189.
Cycle Against Suicide 2018
Abbey Vocational School Girls Active The Girls Active day was very successful. The girls went to Gartan on Wednesday for the celebration of Girls Active which five other schools also attended. The activities were team bonding, archery and orienteering. Thank you to Rosemary Myers and Ms McPartlan for their efforts throughout the year and well done to all the girls that participated throughout the year.
Come along and join us for the Cycle Against Suicide 2018. You don’t have to take part in all stages. The event runs from Saturday, April 28th to Monday, May 7th. Cyclists left the Dublin area heading towards Newry and then Belfast, from there they continue on to Omagh arriving in Ballyshannon on Thursday 3rd May making their way back to the start of the route the following morning, via Ballina. Further information including registration details can be found at www. cycleagainstsuicide.com
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Irish Orienteering Championships 2018 in the Hills of Donegal The Irish Orienteering Championships are all set to take place in the North West this weekend from Friday 4th May. Competing Orienteers will run the Irish Sprint Championship at Sligo IT on Friday with the majority of the Championship taking place right here in Donegal. The Middle distance will be at Barnesmore Windfarm on Saturday 5th May and the Long/Classic will be Lough Eske, Townawilly on Sunday the 6th. The Relays will be at Finner camp on Monday May 7th. Participants will be availing of the hospitality of Leghowney Community Hall for the duration of the competition on Saturday and on to the Bluestack Centre in Drimarone for Sunday’s event. Big numbers are expected for this event over the four days.
2018 DBCC Summer League Review
The 7th edition of the Donegal Bay CC Summer League commences on Thursday 3rd May. The Summer League has been revamped for 2018 with some new courses being introduced and an old one making a welcome return. The biggest change for 2018 sees the inclusion of the club’s very popular ‘Round the Houses’ Ballyshannon road race into the Summer League. Previously a standalone event the Round the Houses RR will take pride of place in the 2018 League as the prestigious concluding night and prize giving event. The league has also been extended to 11 events, previously 9, with the best of 8 deciding the overall and category winners. Other changes see the introduction of regular breaks between the 11 Rounds, rather than events running on consecutive weeks as previously. This will give competitors the opportunity to participate in as many Rounds as possible over the holiday season. And if you needed any extra motivation there will be cash prizes up for grabs on each night of the league! There’s no doubt that these changes will guarantee an exciting and competitive summer of racing in South Donegal. The league kicks off with the usual Barnesmore Gap 10 mile TT curtain raiser. Round 2 will see the return to the Laghey/Ballintra RR circuit. Round 3 is back onto the Barnesmore Gap 10 mile TT course. After a two week break Round 4’s RR will be on the Mountcharles circuit. Round 5, June 7th, is a new 10 mile TT on the Ballyshannon/ Bundoran bypass and is the same course as our open TT event which will be held this summer. Round 6 RR is on the Laghey/Ballintra circuit before the league takes another two week break. The league resumes on the 28th June for Round 7’s 25 mile TT on the DonegalBallyshannon course. Round 8 is back to Mountcharles for a RR, with Round 9’s TT being held on the Barnesmore Gap. Following a two week break Round 10 on 26th July is a new hilly TT from Laghey. There’s another two week break until the concluding event of the league, the ‘Round the Houses’ RR, in Ballyshannon. So, who will be lifting the Pasty McGroary Cup on the 9th August in
Ballyshannon? DBCC’s Darragh McCarter will no doubt be the man to beat, as he aims to take the title for a 5th consecutive year. He was pushed hard last year by the top Junior cyclist, Oisin Doherty. No doubt Oisin will be favourite to take the Junior title again, but can he take the Overall too in 2018? The Over 40’s has always been one of the most competitive categories and Paul McBearty from Four Masters will face stiff competition from a number of DBCC past winners, Sean Curran, Damien Reid and Tom Dunleavy, if he is to hold onto his title for another year. In the Over 50’s Bill Nesbitt has a couple of new kids to contend with, namely Tommy Doherty and Drew Gillespie. Tommy will no doubt be keen to take the title off Bill as he makes his return to the Summer League after a couple of years’ absence in Wales. In the Over 60’s Willie John Gallagher will be looking to make it three in a row, and who would bet against him? Reminder ALL races start at 7pm on Thursday nights, with signon from 6.15-6.45pm. Check our Facebook page for details on each event. Donegal Bay CC Summer League Schedule Round 1: Thur May 3rd 10 Mile Time Trial Barnesmore Round 2: Thur May 10th Road Race Laghey/Ballintra Circuit Round 3: Thur May 17th 10 Mile Time Trial Barnesmore Round 4: Thur May 31th Road Race Mountcharles Circuit Round 5: Thur June 7th 10 Mile Time Trial Ballyshannon (Open TT course) Round 6: Thur June 14th Road Race Laghey/Ballintra Circuit Round 7: Thur June 28th 25 Mile Time Trial Donegal/Ballyshannon N15 Round 8: Thur July 5th Road Race Mountcharles Circuit Round 9: Thur July 12th 10 Time Trial Barnesmore Round 10: Thur July 26th Hilly Time Trial Laghey Round 11: Thur Aug 9th Road Race ‘Round the Houses’ Ballyshannon
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Fáilte Ireland brings best of Irish golf to the UK Fáilte Ireland recently promoted Ireland as a premier golf destination to over 50 leading UK corporate and incentive buyers at a specially organised event in Foxhills Golf Resort, just outside London. In partnership with Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland has brought top Irish golf trade to the UK, a priority market for golf tourism, to sell the best of Ireland’s golf offer to the buyers. With Irish trade representing different parts of the country, the aim is to promote golf tourism experiences across all regions, and across a longer tourism season. Fáilte Ireland has also partnered with Golfbreaks.com, one of the UK’s most successful golf tour operators, for this event, helping to showcase Ireland’s golf offer to a
wider UK market and leveraging the company’s new focus on corporate and incentive travel. Martin Donnelly, Fáilte Ireland’s Golf Ireland Manager, said: “Golf plays a significant role in Irish tourism and it is important that we do all we can to support the industry to reach key overseas markets, helping to boost visitor numbers across the country. With the uncertainty caused by Brexit, it is more important than ever that we put our front foot forward in attracting our nearest overseas market to Ireland and this event is a great way to bring together two of our most lucrative markets – golf and corporate and incentive travel. I have no doubt that the Irish trade here will present the corporate buyers with numerous reasons
to sell Ireland as a prime golfing destination to their clients.” Golf tourism is an extremely lucrative sector for Ireland with golfers being amongst the highest yielding visitors to Ireland. Over 200,000 overseas visitors take part in golf during their visit to Ireland every year, contributing almost €270 million to the economy and driving over 1.7 million bed nights right across the country. Working with Tourism Ireland, Fáilte Ireland is focused on growing these numbers by targeting those markets with greatest potential. Irish trade represented at the event were Diamond Coast Hotel in Sligo, Donegal Golf Club, Carton House in Kildare and Portmarnock Hotel and Golf Links in Dublin.
Naomh Ultan
Senior Team Well done to the Senior Team who had a crucial victory over Burt in the League last Sunday. Score N. Ultan 0-15, Burt 0-8. Naomh Ultan team and scorers: Daniel McGlynn, Conor Shovlin, Johnathan Cassidy, Darragh Byrne, Daniel Gallagher (0-1) Dermot Gallier (0-3F), Jordan Watters, Shaun Blaine, Danny Shovlin, Aaron Kyles, Cian Kennedy (0-5 4F) Peter Alvey (0-1) Darragh Murrin (03) Alan Lyons (0-1f) Aidan Duddy. Subs: Patrick White for P Alvey (inj) Aaron Byrne (0-1) Shaun White, Michael Breslin, Anthony O Shea. The Senior Board Monthly meeting is on Monday 14th May at 8:00pm in the Clubhouse. U12 The u-12 Team had a good game against Naomh Mhuire on Friday evening. Thanks to the Naomh Mhuire Club for their hospitality after the match. There was no winner of the Royal Flush Jackpot. The numbers Drawn were: 2, 12, 13, 19. Consolation prizes went to: Kate Cannon, Dunkineely; James D Cassidy, Croagh; Coleen Quigley, Castleview. Jackpot next week: €3,420 Royal Flush tickets can be bought in Floyds Convenience Store and Baskin’s Café. Bingo in clubhouse every Friday night at 9pm. Everybody welcome. Thank you for your continued support.
Dunkineely Celtic
Dunkineely Celtic Won against Drumbar Celtic 5-2 on Saturday 28th April.
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Winners Murvagh Captain Mary Walsh’s Ladies Outing to Portsalon.
St Naul’s Notes Ladies Senior Ladies travelled to St Eunan’s on Sunday but were unfortunately defeated. U16 host Downings on Tuesday with a throw in at 6.30pm. U12s meet Naomh Bríd in the fourth round of League. Underage. Unfortunately our u16s had no luck against Naomh Mhuire but our U12 s won well v Pettigo on Friday. U14 ‘B’ face Bundoran in Bundoran on Wednesday evening. Seniors Well done to our Senior men who won well versus Malin on Sunday. The club looks forward to hosting the local derby v Four Masters this weekend. Nursery The nursery continues on Saturday morning at 10 am in the Inver Community Centre. Club Draw Only two weeks until the club draw. First draw on Friday May 11th. Please support our main Fundraising event for the club. Tickets We will be taking names for tickets for the first round of the Championship v Cavan at the clubhouse at 8.30pm on Thursday May 3rd. All draw ticket sellers are also asked to come to the club at the same time to prepare for the first draw on Friday May 11th.
Donegal Golf Club
Murvagh Captain Mary Walsh’s Ladies Outing to Portsalon on 28th April 2018. Mary Walsh Lady Captain of Donegal Golf Club Murvagh had her ladies outing to Portsalon on Saturday 28th April 2018 . 40 Murvagh ladies enjoyed golf and a delicious meal in the Portsalon Golf Club. The prizes on the day were sponsored and presented to the winners by Gillian O’Callaghan of Cinema Tech, (Home Cinema & Entertainment Systems) Donegal Town. The winners were as follows: 1st: Anne Marie McCormick (29) 37 pts; 2nd: Crona O’Reilly (19) 36pts BOT; 3rd: Ann Gillespie (24) 36 pts. Front 9: Mary B Meehan (27) 21 pts; Back 9: Lady Captain Murvagh Mary Walsh (17) 21 pts; Category Winners : Cat 13-20:Helen O’Shea (15) 30pts; Cat 21-28: Mary Farragher (23) 34 pts BOT; Cat 29-36: Audrey Johnston (32) 34pts BOT ; Cat 37+: Margaret Neilan (38) 24 pts.
Donegal Town F.C.
Senior Teams - The Saturday Team
finished off their league campaign with a well earned 1-0 victory over Glencar Celtic. Glencar needed a victory to secure the league title but lost out on the final day to Strand Rovers who were crowned champions after a draw in Arranmore. Ronan McHugh got the winner with just over five minutes to go after an excellent team display from Rory Dunlevy’s side. Glencar will be seeking revenge when the two sides meet again in the semi final of the Voodoo Venue Cup in a fortnight’s time. The Sunday Team travel to Kilmacrennan Celtic this Sunday needing a positive result, with Premier Division status for next season yet to be guaranteed. A point for Paul McHugh’s men should be enough, and would cap off an excellent season upon return to the Division. U16 – The U16 team were involved in an exciting encounter with St. Catherines last Thursday evening securing an important 1-0 victory. The destination of the league title may well be decided this week with
the boys due to play Erne Wanderers at home on Thursday evening, before what is looking like a crunch game versus Eany Celtic in Eany on Saturday. Best of luck to Benny Byrne and all his players this week. U14 – The U14’s put in a good team performance versus Eany Celtic on Monday evening. There is no game scheduled this week. Training continues every Monday evening at the Astro from 6-7.15pm. U12 – Donegal Town put in a great display versus Killybegs last week while Donegal/ Killymard had a battling display versus Eany Celtic. Next up for Donegal Town is a trip to play Drumbar Celtic while Donegal/ Killymard will face off against Drumbar United. Golf Classic – The Club will host a Golf Classic at Donegal Golf Club on Friday the 11th of May. A host of fabulous prizes on offer. Teams of four €120. The timesheet is starting to fill up quickly so to book a time please contact Donegal Golf Club on 074 9734054. Alternatively you can contact Ciarán O’Reilly on 087-7718310.
A Journey Back in Time
DONEGAL
Which gives its name to the County Donegal (anciently called Tyrconnell, is a pretty sea town about fifteen miles from Stranorlar, and thirteen from Ballyshannon; it is connected to Stranorlar by a narrow gauge line of rail which passes through the romantic and picturesque Gap of Barnes, and is now connected with Killybegs by an extension of the same line. Donegal is situated at the mouth of the Eske - a river abounding with fish of every kind - and on a bay of the same name, and boasts of two splendid ruins one, a well-preserved castle, in whose icy-clad walls once dwelt. The Lords of Tyrconnell, Our brave chiefs O’Donnell” It is seated on the banks of the river Eske, as is also the Old Abbey, founded for the Franciscan Friars, in 1474, by Nuola O’Connor, wife of Hugh Roe O’Donnell. It was filled with dead of all creeds, perhaps of many nations lying side by side under the now broken arches. It is said that a subterraneous passage, about a quarter of a mile in length, connects the Castle of the O’Donnells with the old Abbey. A very fine sulfurous spa, within five minutes walk of the town, boasts of waters equal to those of Harrogate, while every convenience is offered by the proprietor Mr James Graham in the way of constant attendance, and baths at a few minutes notice, for which purpose two beautiful marble baths have been procured from Italy. In the Diamond is situated the Arran Arms (under the patronage of the Earl of Arran, to whom the town belongs), one of the best hotels in Ulster. There is also another hotel the Commercial and Family J. Smullen, proprietor. They afford every accommodation, whether to visitors of the highest rank, passing tourists, or commercial travellers. Post horses and vehicles of all kinds are to be had on the premises. There are four principal churches the Church of Ireland, two Presbyterian, and one Methodist Chapel, besides a Roman Catholic Chapel, and minor
places of worship for different denominations, whilst four or five prettily built schools, both male and female, under the superintendence of the National Board, are well attended. Quarter sessions are held every three months in a neat Courthouse. The Constabulary and Coastguards have stations here; and a fair is held every second Friday in the month, the day for the weekly market being Saturday. Drumcliffe, a public promenade, one half of which is sheltered by trees on both sides, while the other half, overhanging the bay, and supplied with fancy rustic seats, offers not only the greatest variety of scenery, but pleasant walk in all seasons. Many fine demesnes, belonging to the surrounding landlords, add to the beauty of the country, the most remarkable amongst these being The Hall, the pretty residence of the Marquis of Conyngham; the Castle and grounds of Lough Eske, the property of General White; and St Ernan’s, the seat of Mr A. H. Foster. There are good grain and flax markets in the town. The population in 1891 was 1,620. Post Office Timothy McMullan, postmaster. Mails arrive - 7.15am, 104am, 6.15pm. Departure - 7.20am, 1.20pm, 7.20pm. Sunday arrives 8.25 am; departure, 4.20pm. Stamp Office Joseph McLoone, J.P. Inland Revenue Officer - P. Congdon, Ardara. Belfast Bank - G.E. McNeely, Manager. Ulster Bank - Samuel Stewart, Manager. Courthouse - Robert Keatley, caretaker. Commissioner for taking affidavits - George N.K. O’Donnell and James Dunlevy. Our sincere thanks to Colleen J. Murdoch, known as ‘Twisted Limbs and Crooked Branches’. Follow her on Facebook. More to follow in the series.