As part of Culture Night, Kieran Kelly, Chairman of the Letterkenny Historical Society, was invited by the local Community Heritage Group to take part in a lively discussion and debate in Gallagher’s Hotel centred around the naming of streets and areas in the town. Should they be named after prominent local people or national figures,
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It was on this day 99 years ago, 16th September 1917, that the first Sinn Féin club was established in Letterkenny amidst the growing groundswell in Republicanism of following the events of Easter 1916. A predominantly Nationalist and Irish Party supporting base in the North West prior to this, a general dissatisfaction amongst many...
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It was on this day 95 years ago, 31st August 1921, that the Presbyterian Meeting House on the Main Street of Letterkenny was destroyed by fire. Presbyterianism in Letterkenny goes back to 1640 (as noted by the date stone on the side of the building today) with Rev. Andrew Semple appointed Presbyterian minister for Letterkenny
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99 years ago today, in the early hours of 15th August 1917, the Royal Irish Constabulary acted on a tip and broke into the Literary Institute in search of arms belonging to the National Volunteers. The Literary Institute had been opened in 1877 and was a key location for Nationalism and Hibernianism in the town.
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