Category: Donegal Annual Current

Front cover –

Description	Author.	Page
Part One
Colmcille’s Birth and Associated Traditions	Brian Lacey	4
In the Scribal Tradition: Seamus Heaney’s Perspective	Seán Beattie	16
Colmcille at Gweebarra Bay	Vincent O’Donnell	26
Cornelia Adair, Glenveagh Castle and Colmcille	Rev. Raymond Blair	27
Columban Scriptoria: An Independent Line of Transmission for Cenél Conalll Genealogies	Tomás G. Ó Canann	32
Colm Cille: Comóradh 1897 i nGartán	Nollaig MacCongáil	49
Colmcille in the Donegal Bay Area	Helen Meehan	58
Drumhome: Heritage Sites	Pierce Ferriter	64
Did Colmcille Ever Set Foot in Glencolmcille?	Lochlann McGill	68
The Vikings and the County Donegal Paruchia of Colum Cille	Darren McGettigan	71
The Saint and the Sage: Colmcille and James Joyce’s Finnegans Wake	Donal Manning	76
Harry Clarke Window and Colmcille	Seán Boner	83
St. Columba as a Territorial Lord	Max Adams	85
Colm Cille agus Oidhreacht Chloich Cheann Fhaola	Seosamh Ó Ceallaigh	93
St. Columba Fourteenth Century Centenary Celebrations	Canon David Crooks	105
Curragh to Iona	Seán Boner	110
The New Cathedral of St Columb’s in Derry	William Roulston	114
Part Two		====
Inishowen and the War of Independence	John Reynolds	119
The Burtonport Incident, May 1921 and the Treaty Vote	Seán Boner	126
Book Reviews		138
Donegal Bibliography 2020-21	Rory Gallagher	143

Front cover – Erigal, Co. Donegal, 1939, Paul Henry, Estate of Paul Henry, IVARO, Dublin, 2023, oil on canvas, Collection of Irish Museum of Modern Art, Heritage Gift by the Bank of Ireland from the Bank of Ireland Collection,  2008.

Description	Author	Page
President of County Donegal Historical Society Rev. Raymond Alexander Blair		4
Eithne Coyle and the Struggle for Irish Nationhood	Méadhbha Ní Bhaoill	5
Joseph Murray: Revolutionary, Teacher and Garda	Niamh Brennan	20
Untold – Donegal Women in the Revolutionary Period	Caroline Carr	29
Decade of Centenaries: Fact and Fiction	Helen Meehan	37
A Visit to Donegal in the 1820s	Myra D. Kavanagh	41
The 1400th Anniversary of Adomnán, Naomh Adhamhnán, St Eunan	Brian Lacey	46
Baptist Johnston Barton (3) 1848 – 1914 : the Old Colonel	Col. Declan O’Carroll (Rtd.)	49
Inishtrahull: Isle of Ships	Seán Beattie	58
A Forgotten Paul Henry Connection with Letterkenny	William Roulson	68
Donegal’s Other Kelp and Iodine Works	Peter E. Childs	74
The Rise and Decline of the Donegal Town Spa	Rev Raymond Blair	80
P.T. McGinley, P.T. MacFhionnlaoich, Cú Uladh (1856-1942): Ceannródaí Ildánach na Gaeilge na Luathbhlianta i nDún na nGall	Nollaig MacCongáil	84
Two Intriguing Names of Inishowen and Inse Gall	Aidan O’Hara	96
A Great American Donegal-born Sculptor of the American Capitol	Geoff Cobb	102
Doonan Rock: Inauguration Site of the Uí Chanannáin Dynasty	Seán Browne	106
Sidelights on Fiddling in the Laggan	Martin McGinley	113
Challenge in the Quest for Genetic Surname Signatures: A Cenél Conaill Case Study	Tomás G. Ó Canann	121
Ballyshannon Famine Orphan Girls’ Memorial: 175th Anniversary	Anthony Begley	137
Life, Art, and History	Eamon O’Kane	139
Book Reviews		143
Donegal Bibliography 2022-23	Kevin McCaul	147
Notices		155
Schools’ Competition		159