Creative Donegal
Creative Donegal
Creativity is a part of Donegal life, it's in the air we breathe. We paint with our words and sing with our stories. Our landscape beats a rhythm that will make your soul dance.
Set yourself free and explore the treasure trove that awaits you.
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Frank McGuinness was born in Buncrana on the Inishowen Peninsula in 1953. He was educated locally going on to study English at University College Dublin. McGuinness came to prominence as a playwright with an early work, The Factory Girls, using his local knowledge and experience to...
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Aosdána was established in 1981 by the Arts Council of Ireland to honour artists from various disciplines whose work has made an outstanding contribution to Irish life. In all there are 244 artists currently members of Aosdána. To become a member of Aosdána, an artist must be elected by his or...
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The idea for Tigerish Waters was born in Donegal whilst Director Lucy Campbell spent most summers with her family surfing the West Coast of Ireland. She was taken by how extreme the surfing was; so cold, wild and wintery as well as the beauty of the unspoilt landscape, the beaches so huge and...
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The Frances Browne Literary Festival

ONE-OF-A-KIND MULTILINGUAL FESTIVAL CELEBRATING ULSTER’S BLIND POETESS
Award-winning author Anna Carey launches
Inaugural...
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The story of Inch Lough, begins in the late 19th Century, when it was created from the estuarine mud of Lough Swilly and two embankments were built to link Inch Island to the mainland on behalf of the Derry & Lough Swilly Railway. A railway embankment was then built dividing the area - the...
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