We know from state papers that the origin of the town of Letterkenny goes back to the Ulster Plantation with the land being granted to Captain Patrick Crawford on 20th September 1611. By 1625, we have our first account as to how Letterkenny was governed with control of the town under the sole management of
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Like cricket and football, rugby was deemed an ‘English sport’ for many years in Ireland but unlike those sports, very little evidence exists of it taking place in Donegal in the early years of the twentieth century. By the 1930s though, these attitudes were changing. The first recorded rugby match concerning a Letterkenny team took
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With the feast of our patron saint almost upon us, and the parade fast approaching, let us take a quick look at how St. Patrick is connected to our county before observing how the feast day was marked in Letterkenny in days past. As I’m sure you remember from school, Patrick was kidnapped by Niall
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As part of an overall late nineteenth century national Gaelic revival, the Gaelic Athletic Association was formed in Thurles in 1884, which set about codifying games that were being played with different rules in various parts of the country. Although attempts were made to form clubs (such as Burt Hibernians in the 1890s), it was
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