Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historic Society
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A new page set up to represent the Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historical Society. Our aim is to preserve local history through events, meetings and more!
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The next meeting of the #Ballybofey , Stanorlar & District Historical Society takes place Monday night, 25 March, in the Henderson Hall, #Stranorlar at 8pm.
The talk is on the History of Finn Harps FC by Harps historian and statistican, Joe Doherty.
All welcome #localhistory
Looking forward to having an online trawl through these when they are uploaded. Great research information being unleashed. Well done DonegalArchives and Donegal County Council đđ»đđ»
Beautifully done Geraldine, Brian and Maddison. Thanks to Mr Declan Collum, Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historic Society guest speaker. An emotional celebration of home. #ETBEthos Donegal Daily DonegalDemocratPromo Derry Journal Donegal ETB
Interesting reading on the circumstances of the families after the executions. #localhistory . #Drumboe #Stranorlar #Ballybofey
Remembering Sean Larkin, Timothy O'Sullivan, Daniel Enright and Charlie Daly today on the centenary of their execution during the Civil War, 14 March 1923, & all others who died in the war. #DecadeofCentenaries
(*Image from Donegal Co. Archives Collection)
With other relatives of Comdt Gen Charlie Daly,
Cathal McMullen
Ann Conlon
Bob Casey & Minister Charlie McConalogue
Laid a wreath at the monument in Drumboe,Donegal to remember the executions 100 years ago
Charlie Daly(26)
Daniel Enright(23)
Timothy O'Sullivan(23)
Sean Larkin(26)
Drumboe 100 wreath laying ceremony today Donegal County Council Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historic Society #decadeofcentenaries for Charlie Daly, Sean Larkin, Timothy O'Sullivan, Dan Enright.
Postcards of Times Past Ballybofey, Stranorlar & District Historic Society
WATCH: RTĂ News reports #OnThisDay in 1983 bit.ly/3jZnmZN
Today we're delighted to launch ours & DonegalArchives latest publication 'The Workhouses of County Donegal' along with a #VR recreation of #Ballyshannon Workhouse &walk thru video - produced using exact dimensions of the workhouse Donegal County Council Funded by @DeptCulturelRL
'I am now working hard at #Irish ... There are such an extraordinary number of shades of sound in it. The people must have had wonderfully subtle musical ears. I wonder how much of the history of a race lies in the language'
âïžPrison Letters of Countess Markievicz
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Can't get more #local than that!! Great acquisition from a serious collector, Chris MacDonagh. Keep them coming... #Ballybofey #Stranorlar #History #heritage
How many Welshtowns are there in #Donegal ? Surely only one... #Ballybofey and with plenty of Kee's still living there. Keeping #history #local in the #FinnValley Pearl Hutchinson #Glenmore
Looking for a scenic autumn walk in Donegal. This 9km trail takes you from Fintown to Doochary over quiet roads, bog roads and rough tracks
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#donegal #wildatlanticway #LoveDonegal #KeepDiscovering #visitdonegal #ireland #bestofnorthwest #visitireland
Two dates for your diary....tonight, 24th Oct is our monthly meeting at 7.30pm in the Henderson Hall, #Stranorlar
Next Monday, 31st Oct sees our 9th Annual Launch in Kee's Hotel #Stranorlar at 7.30pm by Rev Raymond Blair, President of Co.Donegal Historical Society. All Welcome.
Nice set of gallows there at Lifford.
Thanks to Jim O'Neill
Hard to say for sure, but if you were efficient with space, you could get at least three units on those gallows, I should think.
đ Directorâs Tour National Library of Ireland | Tues 25 Oct, 7pm
Explore the Library with NLI Acting Director Katherine McSharry. Discover the history of the building, visit the Reading Room, and explore our links with some of Irelandâs greatest writers and thinkers.
All welcome! Booking not required.
