It was on this day 366 years ago that a decisive and bloody battle was fought at the ford of Scarrifhollis, just outside Letterkenny, between the forces of Bishop Heber McMahon’s Ulster Army and Sir Charles Coote’s Parliamentarians. But how and why did this battle come about? In the thirty years that followed the Plantation
Read MoreIt was 115 years ago today that St. Eunan’s Cathedral in Letterkenny was officially consecrated and opened. Below is a short background in the lead up to that historic day. Towards the end of the eighteenth century, with the repeal of the Penal Laws, the first known Catholic Church in the Letterkenny area had been
Read MoreFollowing on from the successful visit of Prince Charles recently, this coming Saturday, the town of Letterkenny welcomes with open arms the President of Ireland, Mr. Michael D. Higgins, as he arrives to congratulate the Letterkenny Tidy Towns on their success on being crowned Ireland’s Tidiest Town 2015. Of course, several Presidents...
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On the 31st May 1916, Patrick Clarke wrote to Dublin Castle from Letterkenny with the following words: “Letterkenny, Co. Donegal, May 31st 1916 The Hon. Undersecretary, Dublin Castle Hon. Sir, I have a boy 14 years of age, although he would pass for a boy of 15 years, is strong and healthy, but has a horror for
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