Category: Donegal Annual 2000s

President: Col. Declan O’Carrol

Description	Author	Page
County Donegal Historical Society		4
President of  Donegal Historical Society		5
Medieval Columban Pilgrimages in Derry & Donegal	Brian Lacey	6
J.G.Swift MacNeill, M.P., Donegal South	Seán Beattie	21
The First Voyage of Charles K. Boyd, 1892-1976	Brian Boyd	27
A Look Back at Funeral Offerings	John J. MacLoone	29
A Ballybofey Forgotten Poet : David B. Cunningham 1880-1961	Rev. Raymond Blair	32
Pat Cannon and Educational Reform	Patrick Cannon	38
Tattie Hokers and the IRA : the Impact of Migration to Scotland on the IRA in Donegal During the War of Independence	Kelly Thompson	52
Ballykinar Internment Camp, Co Down	Liam Ó Duibhir	60
Charles Inglis, A Bishop from Glencolmcille	Conall Mac Cuinneagáin	70
The Duke of Abercorn’s Visit to Ardara	Malcolm McClure	83
A View from Manor Vaughan	The Hon. Hedley Strutt	96
A Glorious Treasury : The Stained Glass Windows in the Church at Desertegney	Rev. John R. Walsh	100
The Centenary of Long Tower Church, Derry	Canon Bernard J. Canning	114
Disturbances in Donegal Town, Ballybofey & Stranorlar, 1898	Kenneth Dodds	118
The Herdmans of Sion Mills and their Connections with the Rosses	Seán Boner	126
A Donegal Writer in Germany	Helen Meehan	147
Book Reviews	A. Begley/ Soinbhe Lally	154
Donegal Studies 2009	Eileen Burgess	156
Past Presidents		166
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	167
Officers 2009-10		169
Schools’ Competitions 2009	Pat Shallow	170
List of Members		173
Contributors		181
Calendar of Events 2010		182

President: Helen Meehan

Description	Author	Page
County Donegal Historical Society		4
The Royal and Prior School, Raphoe : 400 years	Rev. Canon David Crooks	5
The Hamiltons of Brownhall	Helen Meehan	38
Cottage Industries : Arts and Crafts in Donegal 1880-1920	Seán Beattie	59
Eighteenth Century Whaling and Shark Fishery at Inver, Donegal Bay	Rory McNeary	82
A Memorable Day in Letterkenny	May McClintock	98
The Earls of Arran and their Estates in County Donegal	Dr. Matthew Potter	102
Frances Browne and the Legends of Ulster	Rev. Raymond Blair	134
The GAA and Association Football in Donegal 1884-1914	Conor Curran	144
Recording Donegal’s Farming Heritage	Dr. Jonathan Bell and Mervyn Watson	161
The “Drumboe martyrs”	Rev. Dr. John J. Silke	167
The Cochranes of Redcastle	Dr. Niamh Brennan	175
The Monastery of Fahan	Rev. Philip Donnelly	184
Revenue Collection at Greencastle and Ballyraine	Brian Boyd	198
The Lough Swilly Railway	Jimmy McBride	206
“A Champion of Liberty” – Stopford Brooke, Donegal’s Forgotten Man of Letters	Dr. Frank Shovlin	219
The Lost Tombs of Finner Camp, Co. Donegal	Comdt. Kevin McDonald	231
The Battle of Pettigo 1922	Leonard Roarty	242
Tadhg Ó Tiománaidhe	Máire T. Uí Cheallaigh	248
Alexander Murray’s Killybegs Project	Patrick Conaghan	258
Donegal Labour in the 1923 General Election	Adrian Grant	275
The Adairs of Donegal : Towards a Trans-Atlantic Game Plan – Part Two…..	Dr. Bob Spiegelman	290
Book Reviews		306
Donegal Studies 2008	Eileen Burgess	314
Past Presidents		323
Proceedings of the Society 2008	Anthony Begley	324
Officers 2008-9		329
Schools’ Competitions 2008	Pat Shallow	330
List of Members 2008		333
Calendar of Events 2009		343

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President: Helen Meehan 

Description	Author	Page
Our President		4
Donegal and Antrim Link: O’Neill and Chichester	The Hon. Mrs. Fionn Morgan	6
Commemorating the Anniversary of the Flight of the Earls in Rathmullan	Á. Ní Dhuibhne	34
The Chieftain	Anon	44
Dirge for Sir Cahir O’Doherty	Anon	45
O’Dogarty Addendum	Dr. Jerrold Casway	48
Niall Garbh O’Donnell and the Rebellion of Sir Cahir O’Doherty	David Finnegan	60
1608 The Collapse of Traditional Gaelic Lordship in Co. Donegal	Dr. Darren McGettigan	83
A Tale of Two Stones	Belinda Mahaffy	98
The Adairs of Donegal: Towards a Trans-Atlantic Game Plan	Dr. Robert Spiegelman	102
Mary Rosalie Boyd South African Poet	May McClintock	119
The Letterkenny Connection for Patricia Rosalie Boyd	Brian Brooke Boyd	127
The Fianna in the Blue Stacks	Helen Meehan	130
Philip MacDevitt Bishop of Derry 1766-97	Rev. Philip Donnelly	142
Captain Henry Gallaugher DSO	Col. Declan O’Carrol (Retd.)	164
A Unique Mummers’ Play from North Donegal	Dr. Alan Gailey	186
Handley Air Crash in 1943 East Inishowen	Joe O’Loughlin	197
The Civil War in Donegal 1922-23 Some Observations	Dr. Desmond Murphy	207
Michael Davitt Remembered	Bernard O’Hara	213
VEC Minutes Archived	Sandra Buchanan	219
Book Reviews		220
Donegal Studies 2007	Eileen Burgess	227
Past Presidents		239
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	240
Officers		245
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	246
List of Members		247
Calendar of Events 2008`		256

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Commemorating the ‘Flight of the Earls’ 

President: Vincent O’Donnell

Description	Author	Page
Painting the Flight	Thomas Ryan	5
Diary of the Flight of the Earls	Tadhg Ó Cianáin	7
Reflections on the Flight of the Earls	Eunan O’Donnell	31
The Early 17th Cent. and Rory O’Donnell	Helen Meehan	45
The Children of the Flight	Seán Bonner	67
Ballindrait and the Flight of the Earls	Belinda Mahaffy	80
Aodh Óg Dubh of Ramelton 1537-1618, Senior of the Race of Dálach	Mary Haggan	85
The Flight of the Earls ‘Pilgrimage’ to Rome	John McCavitt	97
Shadows of Greatness	Arthur Lemon	102
Helen Allingham, the Artist and her Ballyshannon Connections	Anthony Begley	112
Iona and Colum Cille	Rosemarie Doherty	127
Glenswilly – from Source to the Lough	May McClintock	141
Parish Committees and the Homes of Donegal 1898-1914	Seán Beattie	147
Private Boyle’s Letter	Rev. Dr. John Silke	167
Railways in Donegal and the War of Independence	Leonard Roarty	172
Bishop John Keys O’Doherty 1889-1907	Rev. Bernard Canning	176
Vocational Education and Training in Donegal 1900-2005	Sandra Buchanan	181
Peter McLaughlin, Raphoe and Derry	Rev. Philip Donnelly	194
Cuairt an Ard Easbaig Cróc ar Thír Chonaill, 1891	An Dr. Pádraig Ó Baoighill	203
A World Apart’: Pleasures of the Elite in Derry and Donegal, 1770-1820	Dr. Nuala McAllister	208
An Eilimint ‘Málainn’ i Logainmneacha	Paul Tempan	218
Book Reviews		220
Donegal Studies 2006	Eileen Burgess	227
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	240
Past Presidents & Officers		243
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	245
Membership		246

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President: Vincent O’Donnell

Description	Author	Page
Our President		3
Lucius J. Emerson 1911-2005	Anthony Begley	7
Arthur Balfour’s Tour of Donegal 1980	Seán Beattie	17
The Walled Gardens of Donegal	May McClintock	30
Donegal in Industry (Manufacture of Tweeds)		51
Bram Stoker’s Donegal Roots	Billy Finn	61
The Tithe Disturbances in Clonmany	Godfrey F. Duffy	72
The Otherworld, the Underworld and the Underwater World in Donegal Folklore	Helen Meehan	87
Doon Rock and the Flight of the Earls	John McCavitt	110
The Migration Story of John Toland 1670-1722	Brian Lambkin	115
Some Fragments of Fairy Folklore from Magh Itha	Belinda Mahaffy	127
William Alfred Lipsett 1886-1915	Anthony P. Quinn	135
A Cultural Heritage Project 2002-’07	Bernie Campbell	139
The Irish in the Pacific North West	Timothy J. Sarbaugh	142
Carndonagh Cross Restoration Project	John Kelly	153
An Clár Dá-Theangach	Pádraig Ó Baoighill	162
Donegal Studies	Eileen Burgess	173
Book Reviews		183
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	192
Giraldus Cambrensis & Royal Inauguration in Tír Chonaill	Charles Doherty	195
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	197
Officers & Membership		201

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President: Anthony Begley

Description	Author	Page
The Fountain of Life’ – Donegal and the Literary Revival	Frank Shovlin	4
Clann Fhiangusa and the Pedigree of Flann Mac Máile Dúin	Tomás G. Ó Canann	20
Villages in Inver Parish	Helen Meehan	27
Patrick Cardinal O’Donnell and the Irish Language	Pádraig Ó Baoighill	46
A Small Farm in the Rosses	Jonathen Bell	54
Some Church of Ireland Churches in the Diocese of Raphoe	David Crooks	64
Relieving the Destitute Poor – A History of Milford Workhouse	Arlene Crampsie	68
The Irish Liberty Bell	Eanna Mac Cuinneagáin	88
Louis J. Walsh – A Contribution to Irish History	Amelia Walsh	92
Some Notes on the Crockett Family of Donegal	Belinda Mahaffy	95
Longbhriseadh Tubaisteach an ‘Exmouth Castle’	Sorcha Ní Chafraidh	109
Caol Uisce and Domhnach Mór – Two Medieval Mysteries by the Erne	Diarmuid Ó Seaneachain	116
Shamrock and Edelweiss	Manus Canning	126
Donegal Studies	Eileen Burgess	130
Book Reviews		136
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	137
Curator’s Report	Lucius Emerson	139
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	142
Obituary       Kathleen Emerson & Fr. Jimmy Shields		146
Officers & Membership		151

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President: Anthony Begley

Description	Author	Page
Archaeological Investigations at Ballyshannon	Brian Ó Donnchadha	4
Chris McDonagh 1905-’60	Joseph O Hegarty	16
St. Columba’s, the Old Church in Straide, Clonmany	Catherine McWilliams	26
Amédée Pichot & Paul Balze in Gweedore, Aug. 1847	C.W.P. McArthur	45
The Liberator’ 1839; A Forgotten Ballyshannon Newspaper	Anthony Begley	54
Some Archaeological Finds in Inver Parish	Helen Meehan	70
Irish Redcoat, Minutemen and Philanthropist: Donegal’s Hugh Cargill	David Moore	82
Thomas Colin McGinley 1830-’87	Eanna Mac Cuinneagáin	84
Donegal Studies	Liam Rónáin	99
Book Reviews		111
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	116
Curator’s Report	Lucius Emerson	118
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	119
Officers & Membership		126

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President: Anthony Begley

Description	Author	Page
Our President		4
Donegal Wild Geese in the Hôtel Royal des Invalides	Eoghan Ó hAnnracháin	6
Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill (continued)	Adhamhnán Ó Domhnaill	19
Na Lothians	Pádraig Ó Baoighill	50
Holy Water Stroup and Rock Art Discovered in Inishowen Graveyard	Thomas Gallagher	59
Two Early 17th Cent. Co. Donegal Rent Rolls	Simon Elliott	61
The Druid Circle’	Dominic Kelly (R.I.P.)	76
When Raphoe first had Two Bishops	Helen Meehan	79
The Simincas Castle Address	Adhamhnán Ó Domhnaill	94
Donegal Studies	Liam Rónáin	97
Book Reviews		110
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	117
Curator’s Report	Lucius Emerson	119
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	120
Obituary- D.J. Williams & Seán Ó hEochaidh		`122
Officers & Membership		128

President: Eddie O’Kane

Description	Author	Page
Niall Garbh Ó Domhnaill	Adhamhnán Ó Domhnaill	4
Castleport Brooch	Cormac Bourke & Pádraig Ua Cnáimhsí	40
Folklore in N.W. Ulster	Seán Beattie	44
Hugh Rogan: His influence in Tennessee	Caneta Harkins	50
Donegal Orphan Girls	May McClintock	59
Ignatius McHugh: His Unpublished Diary	Helen Meehan	66
Cardinal O’Donnell and his Association with Scotland	Canon Bernard Canning	75
Patrick Pearse and the Pulpit of the Four Masters	Fr. Fennessy O.F.M.	81
An Bóthar Iarainn	M. O Callaghan	81
Authorship of Facts from Gweedore	C.W.P. McArthur	90
Donegal Studies	Liam Ó Rónáin	102
Book Reviews		114
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	116
Curator’s Report	Lucius Emerson	117
Schools’ Competitions 2001	Pat Shallow	118
Obituary – Canon Liam McCaul	A. Ó D.	120
Officers & Membership		122

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President: Eddie O’Kane

Description	Author	Page
Then and Now	Cecil A. King	4
The Port of Ballyshannon	John B. Cunningham	7
Ballyshannon’s Proud Fishing Tradition	Billy Finn,  M. Donagher & A. Kane	38
Building Homes for the Rural Labourers of Donegal	Niamh Brennan	45
A Voice from the Pasr: The Innishfree Letters	Pádraig Ua Cnaimhsí	53
Emigration from Donegal and the Irish Emigration Database Project	Patrick Fitzgerald	57
John Doherty-The Prince of Fiddlers	Pádraig Ó Baoighill	63
John Leslie: The Protestant Bishop of Raphoe 1633-61 and his Castle	Frank McCarron & Arthur Spears	69
The Montgomerys of Crogan and Convoy	Helen Meehan	75
Fr. Bryan O Cannan 1692-1743 of Lettermacaward Parish	Tomás G. Ó Cannan	86
The Allinghams of Ballyshannon	Malcolm McClure	87
Some Previously unrecorded Antiquities from Bunnamayne & Moness Townlands	Brian McNaught	90
Recent Stone Axe Finds in Innishowen	Tommy Gallagher	92
Donegal Studies 2000	Liam Ó Rónáin	95
Proceedings of the Society	Anthony Begley	107
Schools’ Competitions	Pat Shallow	109
Obituary – Cecil A. King		110
Officers and membership		111