The Sigerson Cup is competed for annually by universities throughout the country, but did you know that George Sigerson, after whom the trophy is named, was once a student in Letterkenny? Sigerson, from Strabane in County Tyrone, attended Dr. Crerand’s High School on the Main Street for one year in 1850. The High School had been
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There is sometimes a misconception that there were THREE Donegal men in the GPO. However, this is not the case. The only recognised Donegal man in the GPO was Joseph Sweeney from Burtonport (who attended St. Eunan’s College briefly in Letterkenny prior to St. Enda’s) – as was mentioned in a previous post. The two
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Commandant Eamonn DeValera arrived in Letterkenny on February 7th 1918 on his tour of the North West. DeValera and his entourage were met by a torch light procession of over 400 people at the Port Bridge and escorted to McCarry’s Hotel, at the top of the Main Street. That night, he attended the Jim Connolly
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Joseph Sweeney, from Burtonport, was reportedly the only Donegal man who took part in the Easter Rising. Having attended Patrick Pearse’s St. Enda’s College, he was sworn into the IRB and was stationed on the roof of the GPO. What is less well known is that prior to attending Pearse’s school, he briefly attended St.
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