Donegal Annual 2018

Turf Harvest, The Rosses, Co. Donegal (detail)

James Humbert Craig RHA (1874-1944)

courtesy of Peter Kelly

Contents

Description	Author	Page
From Malin to the Middle East: the Inishowen Crosses and Pillar Stones	Dr Michelle Brown	4
Donaghmore Parish, Barony of Raphoe	Belinda Mahaffy	15
Amateur Drama in Donegal 1952-61	Siofra Ni Shluaghadhain	22
“Open Air Mass in the Donegal Mountains”, 1867“	Aidan O’Hara	26
Aspects of the History of Clann tSuibhne	Tomás G. O Canann	31
The Provision of Anglican Places of Worship in the Parishes of Inishowen, 1622-1733	Dr William Roulston	42
John McGettigan 1882-1958: Migrant, Musician, Minstrel, Entrepreneur	Marcas Ó Murchú	49
By the Banks of the Eanymore	Helen Meehan	54
The Role of the P.S. Cynthia and the S.S. California in the Development of Donegal Tourism.	Mervyn Watson	59
John W. Nixon and his Derry Libel Actions	Dr Desmond Murphy	65
The Cenél nEóghain of Inishowen: Aldfrith of Northumbria’s Donegal Cousins?	Dr. Brian Lacey	72
The Deliverance of Donegal – A Political Ballad and the Donegal Election 1874	Rev Raymond Blair	83
Néillí Boyle, Seamus Ennis and “The Moving Cloud”	Seán Boner	88
Upper Lough Foyle	Ross Cooper	97
Ballintra Map 1773 and Associated Families	Dr Sam Hanna	103
The Ancient Order of Hibernians in Donegal 1904-1927	Dr Seán Beattie	107
Ulster Plantation Leases, Manor of Castlefinn 1680-1827	Terry Dolan	122
Book Reviews		132
Officers 2018-2019		136
Bibliography	Rory Gallagher	131
Calendar of Events 2019		148

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