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
Read MoreON THIS DAY: Feb 7th 1918: DeValera Arrives in Letterkenny
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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