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Also widely known as St. Columba, Colmcille was born on the 7th of December 521 in Gartan. A Christian Abbot and Missionary he is renowned for the spread of Christianity to Scotland, and the founding of the famous monastery on Iona. A great great grandson of Niall of the Nine Hostages, he was...
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The Donegal Youth Service, based in Letterkenny, brings into alignment a number of youth clubs and centres in Donegal. With over thirty clubs and over six hundred volunteers, the service and its projects reach out to over five thousand young people across the county.
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In August of 2013, a field beside a churchyard in Drumholm became the site of a major Irish archaeological discovery. The remains of a 1300 year old monastery and its surrounding settlement were found. So significant was the find that it was immediately put on par with the more famous ...
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A Jig in the Poorhouse

No event was more important in the making of modern Donegal and its diaspora than the Great Famine of 1845–52. Here, in a recent essay in the Dublin Review of Books, Ardara native Breandán Mac Suibhne considers a number of recent publications on the Famine. The essay will be of...
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The Donegal Music Education Partnership administers vocal and instrumental tuition through a number of centres across County Donegal. The tuition deals with a range of musical genres including classical, traditional, jazz and contemporary/rock music. While tuition for children and young people...
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