Category: Donegal Annual 1990s

President: Eddie O’Kane 

Description	Author	Page
Our President		4
Francis Robertson, Founder of the Robertson Schools	C. P. MacArthur	6
Baithin 2000	Canon David W. T. Crooks	19
The Conynghams of Slane and Mountcharles	Helen Meehan	22
The Drumhaggart Early Bronze Age Pit Burial	Brian McNaught	36
Placenames of Dunaff	Rosemarie Doherty	41
The Prior School, Lifford	Brian Moriarity	46
Excavation at Ballymacaward	Elizabeth O’Brien	56
WiIIiam Hart of Muff & The Lough Swilly Oyster Co	Sean Beattie	62
Most Rev. Patrick Murray CSSR 1865-1959	Rev. Bernard Canning	71
Portraying Donegal: The OS Memoirs	Angelique Day	77
Sheol siad le Childers	Uinsionn Ó Breisláin	93
A Rural Industry in West Ulster – Stonecutting	John B. Cunningham	99
Ancient Basin Stone	Tommy Gallagher	108
The Temperance Movement in South Donegal	Helen Meehan	110
The Temperance Movement in North Donegal	John McCreadie	116
Donegal Studies 1999	Liam Ó Rónáin	118
Book Review	Liam Ó Rónáin	128
Proceedings of the Society	J. D. Williams	130
Curator’s Report	L. Emerson	131
Schools Competition Report & Results	Pat Shallow	132
Obituary of E.W.R. Cookman	Arthur Spears	133
Officers and Membership		134

President: Patrick Dunlevy

Description	Author	Page
The Donegal Bay Area in the 1790s	Helen Meehan	4
Up not out: why did Northwest Ulster not rise in 1798?	Brendán MacSuibhne	15
John Kells Ingram	John B. Cunningham	33
Songs of the United Irishmen in the North/North-West	Jimmy McBride	41
The Reverend James Porter	Pádraig Ó Baoighill	53
1798 Artefacts	L. Emerson	60
Prionsias Ó Brógáin	Pádraig Ó Baoighill	62
Early Mesolithic Site	Brian McNaught	64
Language Change in Urris	Bernadette Friel	66
Peadar O’Donnell and The Bell	Frank Shovlin	76
Seanchas Loch-an-Iuir	Pádraig MacGairbheith	88
The Early Franciscan Years in RossnowIagh	Fr. Patrick Conlan	94
Rock Art at Magheestown	Eamon Cody	109
The Role of the Congested Districts Board in Estate Purchase and Improvement in Donegal, 1891-1923	Martina O’Donnell	113
Donegal Studies, 1998	Liam Ó Rónáin	126
Proceedings of the Society	J. D. Williams	138
Curator’s Report	L. Emerson	139
Schools’ Competition Report	Pat Shallow	140
Obituary on D. Borland	May McClintock	143
Officers and Membership		144

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President: Patrick Dunlevy

Description	Author	Page
Our President		4
Ó Siall: The Healer	Brian Bonner	5
Montgomery of Alamein and The Montgomerys of Moville	Helen Meehan	9
Famine in Inishowen	Kieran Quinn	23
The Great Famine in Glencolmcille and neighbourhood	Conall MacCuinneagáin	28
The Great Famine in the Rosses	Pádráig Ua Cnáimhsí	39
The Quaker Mission in Donegal, 1846	C.W.P. Mac Arthur	45
Arranmore Disaster recalled	Very Rev. B.J. Canon Canning	47
Aodh Mac Aodba Duibh of Ramelton	Seamus Mac Aoidh	51
Memoirs of a Land Agent, part II	edited by C.W.P. Mac Arthur	55
Donegal Shipwrecks	Edward Bourke	77
The Demise of the Strabane & Letterkenny Railway	Eunan McMullin	83
A Study of Schools and Schoolteachers in Ballyshannon and  the surrounding Districts in the 19th Century	Billy Finn	89
Féile na Bealtaine in larthar agus Iar-dheiscirt Thír Chonaill	Patricia Lysaght	97
Meath na Gaeilge gCluain Máine agus Iorras	M. Ó hEarcáin	106
A Donegal-Virginia connection	Mary B. Kegley	113
Gael Mór mo Linne (2) – An t-árd-Deachan Mac Giolia Chearra	Gearált Ó Dochartaigh	115
In Retrospect	C.A. King	117
Honorary Curator’s Interim Report 1995	L.J. Emerson	126
Donegal Studies 1995	Liam Ó Rónáin	129
Book Reviews		135
Competition Results		139
Proceedings of the Society	K. Emerson	140
Annual Index		143
Officers Members		144

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Golden Jubilee Issue

President : Mairéad Dunlevy

Description	Author	Page
The Early Years of the Co. Donegal Historical Society	Lucius J. Emerson	6
Memories: Pleasant and Sad	Cecil A. King	9
Memorable Events of the Last Fifty Years	Dr. Lochlainn McGill	11
Achievements	E.W.R. Cookman	15
President’s Chain of Office	E.W.R. Cookman	21
Donegal in Song and Story	Archdeacon Kerr	26
Parish of Kilteevogue	Chris MacDonagh	39
Facts from Flint	Joanna Nolan	42
Understanding Traditions	Rev. R. S. Tosh	46
Faoi Scáth na hEargala	Noel Ó Gallchóir	51
Writers of Donegal,	Joe Mulholland	70
Fragmenta Rapotensiana	Tomás G. Ó Canainn	86
The Lumper	Thomas Downey	100
Belleek, Ballyshannon & Pettigo in the 1790s	John Cunningham	104
Irish Franciscan Studies in the 17th Century	Fr. Patrick Conlan	110
Some Gaelic Place Names of the Laggan	Arthur Spears	123
Edward Maginn – A Bishop for all seasons	Seán Beattie	141
Government Intervention in Land Improvement in Co. Donegal, 1846 – 1880	Martina O’Donnell	158
The Cholera, The Famine and Inver Relief Committees	Helen Meehan	193
The 400th Anniversary of the Battle of Ballyshannon	Billy Finn	205
Of Myth and Men	Lochlann McGill	211
Graveyard Inscriptions at Finner	Transition Class, Bundoran V.E.C	218
An Insight into the Post Famine Rosses	Lochlann McGill	235
Donegal Studies	Liam Ó Rónáin	236
Hon. Curator’s Report	Lucius Emerson	244
Proceedings of the Society	J. D. Williams	245
Competition Results	Pat Shallow	249
Queries		251
Obituaries		252
Stalwarts in Public Life	C. A. King	256
Passing of History	C. A. King	257
Officers and Membership		260

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President: Mairéad Dunlevy             

ription	Author	Page
Our President		4
Ó Siall: The Healer	Brian Bonner	5
Montgomery of Alamein and The Montgomerys of Moville	Helen Meehan	9
Famine in Inishowen	Kieran Quinn	23
The Great Famine in Glencolmcille and neighbourhood	Conall MacCuinneagáin	28
The Great Famine in the Rosses	Pádráig Ua Cnáimhsí	39
The Quaker Mission in Donegal, 1846	C.W.P. Mac Arthur	45
Arranmore Disaster recalled	Very Rev. B.J. Canon Canning	47
Aodh Mac Aodba Duibh of Ramelton	Seamus Mac Aoidh	51
Memoirs of a Land Agent, part II	edited by C.W.P. Mac Arthur	55
Donegal Shipwrecks	Edward Bourke	77
The Demise of the Strabane & Letterkenny Railway	Eunan McMullin	83
A Study of Schools and Schoolteachers in Ballyshannon and  the surrounding Districts in the 19th Century	Billy Finn	89
Féile na Bealtaine in larthar agus Iar-dheiscirt Thír Chonaill	Patricia Lysaght	97
Meath na Gaeilge gCluain Máine agus Iorras	M. Ó hEarcáin	106
A Donegal-Virginia connection	Mary B. Kegley	113
Gael Mór mo Linne (2) – An t-árd-Deachan Mac Giolia Chearra	Gearált Ó Dochartaigh	115
In Retrospect	C.A. King	117
Honorary Curator’s Interim Report 1995	L.J. Emerson	126
Donegal Studies 1995	Liam Ó Rónáin	129
Book Reviews		135
Competition Results		139
Proceedings of the Society	K. Emerson	140
Annual Index		143
Officers Members		144

President: Seamus Gildea 

Description	Author	Page
The McManus Brothers	Helen Meehan	5
Aodh Ruadh Ó Domhnaill – What caused his death?	Conall Mac Cuinneagáin	18
Cosslett a Chruinnigh	Aodh Ó Canainn	23
Dunlewey By the Lakes	Tom Coll	34
John Daniel, Thomas Conolly and the Erne Fisheries 1796-1799	Francis Hayes	43
History of Land Ownership and Agrarian Structure of the Estate of William Connolly	Mary McDaid	53
Gael Mór Mo Linne – An tAthair Peadar Mac Loinnsigh	Geralt Ó Dochartaigh	60
Visit to Some of the Distressed Districts in Ireland	C.W.P. MacArthur	64
A Letter from America	Anthony Begley	83
Old Graveyard and Irregular Burials near Pettigo	John Cunningham	87
Memoirs of a Land Agent	C.W.P. MacArthur	90
Lough Derg, the Continent of Europe and the Recesses of the Mind	Michael Haren	107
The Turas (St. Peter & St. Paul)	Kathleen Carr	114
In Retrospect	C.A. King	116
Donegal Local Publications	Liam Ó Rónáin	125
Book Reviews		130
Historical Society Awards	Arthur Lemon	133
Proceedings of the Society		135
Newly Discovered Archaeological Sites in Donegal  Recorded during 1994		138
Obituary: Late Sean Ó Callaghan		141
Officers 1994		142
List of Members		144
Junior Members		164
Past Presidents		165
Life Members		166

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President : Seamus Gildea

Our President		2
Diary of a Ballyshannon Lady	Anthony Begley	4
Rev. Richard Dill, M.A., & Magee College	Alan Roberts	21
A Bog Body from Meenybraden Bog	R.Ó Floinn	23
The Irish Language in lnishowen		29
Tullaghobegley Church and Graveyard Excavation Report	Richard Crumlish)	42
Hugh Deery	J. P. Walls	52
Ethna Carbery – Anna Johnston McManus	Helen Meehan N.T.	55
Plane Crash in the Blue Stacks Remembered		66
“Cú Uladh” – Peter Toner McGinley	Pádraig S. Mac a’ Ghoill	69
The Village Banks in Donegal	Pat Bolger	72
Dr. Thomas Reid, A Convict Ship’s Surgeon	J.A.Gamble	76
The Fate of Kingsley Porter	Hilary Richardson	83
300 Years of the Brooks and Other Ascendancy Families at Lough Eske	Arthur Spears	94
In Retrospect	C.A. King	104
Donegal Local Studies, 1993		113
Book Reviews		118
C.D.H.S. Musuem Curator’s Report		124
New Archaeological Sites in Donegal		126
Historical Society Awards		130
Proceedings of Our Society		132
Obituary &  Errata		133
Past Presidents		135
Officers and Membership of the Society		136

President : Arthur Lemon

Description	Author	Page
John McColgan 1592-1992	Conall Byrne	3
“A Wonderful Day”	Paddy McClure	8
Emigration from North Donegal	Seán Beattie	11
The Ancient Hills of Donagh	Patrick Doherty	41
A Lintel Grave Cemetery at Killygarvan	Raghnall Ó Floinn	42
The Montgomerys, the Sinclairs and Drumbeg House	Helen Meehan N.T	51
250 Years Old – The Augusta County Regiment 1742-1992	Patricia Burton	64
The Ellistrim Mutual Improvement Association	Mrs. Clare Stephens	69
A Bronze Ringed Pin from Ballintemple	Thomas Fleming and Richard Crumlish	83
The Jail in Lifford Diamond	Martina Gallagher and Hilary Barrett	88
Doe in the Plantation	Rev. John J. Silke	92
The Rannyhaul Hoard	Michael Kenny	106
Mac Daibhéid: Descendant of Pug-Nosed Ó Dochartaigh	Brian Bonner	110
St. Catherine Oughterlin, 1792-1992	John F. McCreadie	113
Mná na nDálach	Dr. Niall Ó Dónaill	115
Tracing Donegal Ancestors	Liam Ó Rónáin	118
In Retrospect	C.A. King	124
Publications of Donegal Interest, Jan-Dec. 1992	Liam Ó Rónáin	129
Book Reviews		133
The Federation for Ulster Local Studies	J.D. Williams	136
The Hon Curator’s Report	Lucius J. Emerson	138
Co. Donegal Historical Society’s Awards		139
Proceedings of the Society		142
Officers and Membership		145

President: Arthur Lemon

Description	Author	Page
“This Desctructive Trade”	Sean Beattie	2
Ray School, Manorcunningham	May McClintock	16
World War II Plane Crashes in Donegal	Gerard A. Hannigan	26
Killydonnell Friary	Seamus McGee	45
Carved Stone Heads from Drumnacroil, Ballintra	Arthur Spears and Lucius Emerson	50
The Folliotts, Wardtown Castle and the Colleen Bawn	Anthony Begley	61
Oíche Mhic a’Dubhghaill nó Oíche na Gaoithe Móire	Pádraig S. Mac a’Ghoill	75
The Co. Donegal Grand Jury in the Early l9th Century	Raymond A. Blair	77
The Story of Bruckless House	Clive J. Evans	86
The Wilsons of Upper Cavan (1818-1895)	Raymond A. Blair	99
The Costal Defences in Lenan during the Emergency	Jack Campbell	109
Ó Muirgheasáin: The Bishop’s Tax-gatherer	Brian Bonner	117
In Retrospect	Cecil A. King	121
Publications of Donegal interest		124
Harley-MacDonagh Memorial Competition Report		129
Query and Letter		131
Book Reviews		132
Proceedings of the Society		136
Hon. Curator’s Report		137
In Memoriam		138
Officers and Membership		141

President Arthur Lemon

Description	Author	Page
Our President		2
Donegal Association in Glasgow 1877-1977	Very Rev. Bernard J. Canning	4
The Parish of Donagh – a list of Parish Priests	Brian Bonner	13
Did Cursing Stones really sink the HMS Wasp?	Enda McLaughlin	17
Robert Boyd of Ballymacool	Alan Roberts and  W.S. Ferguson	24
The Boundary Commission and Donegal	J.D. Williams	28
Elizabeth Shane, the forgotten Poetess?	Tomás Ó Cuireáin	33
Life in the Rosses – two hundred years ago	Pádraig S. Mac a’Ghoill	38
A Ballyshannon emigrant’s letter and Lifford Jail	John B. Cunningham	42
Nixon – a tyrant landlord	Séamus Mac Aoidh	45
A Cistercian Grange and adventures of Captain Cuellar 1588	Dr. Geraldine Carville	49
The Origins of Clann Suibhne	R. Mingo Sweeney	61
Early History of McGettigan Sept	Dr. Dan McGettigan	63
Seosamh Mac Grianna – Rí-éigeas na gConallach 1900-1990	Nollaig Mac Congáil	69
An Irish licence was the “Open Sesame’	Brian Walsh	83
“The Deity by the Well”	Arthur Spears and Lucius Emerson	86
In Retrospect	C.A. King	107
Publications of Donegal interest		121
Archaeological and Historical Survey Group	Eithne Verlina)	125
Harley-MacDonagh Competition report		127
Honorary Curator’s interim report		128
Tómas Cardinal Ó Fiaich: an Appreciation		129
Fr. Jackie – a fond farewell		131
Book Reviews		133
In Memoriam		139
Proceedings of the Society, 1990		140
Officers and Membership		142