Donegal Annual 1996

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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