You may know that third level colleges in Ireland compete annually in GAA football for the highly prestigious Sigerson Cup, 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
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Robert McClure was born in 1868 and is listed in the 1901 Census as a “Justice of the Peace, Grocer and Provision Merchant.” He lived in Crossview House with his wife Lizzie, sons Charles James, and John, and daughters Frances Ann, Lizzie, Hebert Maude and Margaret Jane. His younger brother David, a grocer’s apprentice also...
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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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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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