tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-77321093331049656702024-03-16T01:09:39.034+00:00History LinkshIsTory linkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00245537060253373529noreply@blogger.comBlogger78125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-9767052844075577742012-01-03T15:31:00.001+00:002012-01-03T15:33:54.844+00:00Shaping our Stories TrailerThis short film documents the experiences of the History Links Project members of West Tyrone and East Donegal. The entire film will be available on the History Links Project Website at the end of January.Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-76060152440838774662011-11-22T23:12:00.008+00:002011-11-22T23:21:57.991+00:00Teresa Mc Laughlin - Childhood (Oral History Recording)Click on the player below to listen to an oral history recording with Teresa Mc Laughlin from Manorcunningham. Teresa is a member of the Raymochy History Links Group and the Raymochy Historical Society. In this interview she speaks about her childhood growing up in nearby Glenmaquinn beside the old CDR railway line. Teresa recalls vivid memories of her family, school, immigration and the demise Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-60690004244405062642011-11-09T16:31:00.007+00:002011-11-16T12:42:56.835+00:00Mark Caldwell - Irish traditional thatched cottages in the rural landscapeThese rural cottages are vernacular buildings. This means they are not designed by architecture. This unique form of our built environment was built in the 1700s, 1800s and 1900s. Tradition and folklife are important themes of rurality in Ireland. The clachan was an important pattern of settlement in Donegal as well as many parts of rural Ireland and Scotland. They were built by tenant farmers. Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-84352491710527676962011-10-09T18:38:00.008+01:002011-10-11T20:06:35.274+01:00Web sites of interestNow that the winter months are fast approaching and time turns to long evenings in front of the fire I thought I'd share these two links with you to while away the winter hours!http://freeirishgenebooks.blogspot.com/http://www.dippam.ac.uk/Enjoy!Mary Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03438674849910701004noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-26869133061090575722011-10-04T12:58:00.019+01:002011-10-12T11:41:46.641+01:00Meal Memories - Raphoe Volt House HLP GroupThe members of the Raphoe Volt House HLP Group have been meeting regularly and working on further themes which can be added to the Collective Memory Project. See below for some mouth-watering reading.Heather Cromie I grew up on the outskirts of Strabane. We had a large vegetable garden where we grew potatoes, cabbage, carrots, peas, beans and onions. We also had a large orchard where we had Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-69031684648594313632011-09-07T19:51:00.011+01:002011-09-10T10:40:12.608+01:00150th Anniversary of Derryveagh Evictions - Hugh DohertySusie & Rosie Kerr from Melbourne, Australia, standing at the Hearthstone of their Great Grandmother's (Catherine Ward) ancestralwallsteads from which she was evicted in 1861 as well as 46 other families. The clergy of the three main denominations inthe area all pleaded with the Landlord not to proceed with the evictions but he went ahead regardless and the operation took three days.In one Teresahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00871555367657760658noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-79813342429350103962011-05-24T17:50:00.009+01:002011-06-14T11:11:26.322+01:00A Tale of Four Mugs - Jean WrayThis is a tale – all true – of the origins of four half pint pewter beer mugs that arrived in Donegal from Australia in the year 1862/1863 and have since never travelled more than a hundred yards.The story begins in 1852 when James left a farm near Convoy to seek his fortune in Australia. Extracts from Victorian Public Records (Australian) state that a James Wray arrived in Melbourne in August Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-81412102883826585912011-05-11T13:40:00.016+01:002011-07-12T16:11:11.585+01:00Rock Art (Petroglyphs) at Magheestown, Raphoe - Jean WrayGeneral View of Rock Art Site at Magheestown<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-IE X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-4263098529097287872011-04-26T18:25:00.001+01:002011-05-14T14:48:25.069+01:00The Raphoe Fair Day - Harry Wallace<!--[if gte mso 9]> <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-IE X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-90642421938174762852011-04-26T17:58:00.005+01:002011-07-12T16:12:24.447+01:00Games and Entertainment - Joe Mc CormickAt Prior School, which I attended for a few years we all (boys and girls) had to play hockey (whether we liked it or not). I was one of the ones who liked it. I can't say the same about cricket, I liked watching cricket but not playing the game. We went over all Northern Ireland, Donegal and Sligo playing hockey, but we never went down the country. After I left school I joined Strabane Hockey Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-32859205538487248612011-04-26T17:05:00.004+01:002011-07-12T16:12:45.250+01:00Sports Day in Glenmornan - Annie May HarteThe annual sports was a great event for the local community in the 1950s. We had been preparing for weeks, our teacher helped us with picking our characters for the fancy dress, she often made up our costumes for us. Finely the big day came, we first attended mass in St. Joseph's Chapel, and after dinner we all met up at the old Mill House where the band stored their drums.The Glenmornan Fife andRonanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-9931120523115113462011-04-26T15:43:00.003+01:002011-05-14T14:55:36.545+01:00The Parish of Urney - Malcolm KiddThe Parish of Urney dates back many years. the parish lies in co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland between the River Finn and Mourne. William MacAthmayl was the rector of the parish in 1400, although there must have been others before him. In 1958 the Minister of Sion Mills and Urney was the Rev Edwin Davey. After him was the reverend Gerald Carson. Next there was the Rev Raymond Thompson, Rev Raymond Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-14289936584706819142011-04-26T15:21:00.004+01:002011-05-14T14:56:42.554+01:00Strabane Workhouse - John MolloyThe Strabane Poor Law Union was set up in the month of April 1838 and the erection of the workhouse began soon after, much to the dismay of the rich land owners who offered paying taxes to alleviate the suffering of the poor and starving. The building was finished in 1841. A board of guardians were formed to administer the running of the workhouse. In 1845 the great famine began and hundreds wentRonanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-33898604660005292652011-04-26T13:45:00.004+01:002011-05-14T15:01:17.697+01:00The Battle of Knockavoe - Annie May HarteManus O' Donnell, son of the chieftain of Tyrconnail, summoned the help of the minor Donegal clans of O'Boyle, Mac Sweeney and O' Gallagher, and the combined O' Donnell forces, having marched from Donegal town through Barnesmore Gap. They pitched their camp at Drumleen, where they were joined by a contingent of the finest of the O'Doherty warriors from Inishowen.The O'Neill clan were encamped at Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-22662509883914802052011-04-26T13:19:00.005+01:002011-05-14T15:03:36.611+01:00Churchtown Graveyard (Ballylast) - Joe Mc CormickWhere do I begin? Let's go back to the 1940s when the graveyard was reopened for the internment of one named Gertrude Canning. Gertrude was born in the village of Ballindrait. After working in a hotel in Scotland for a while, she joined the WRENS, and while on her way to post a letter home to Ballindrait, she was brutally murdered, they say, by a member of the armed forces for whom she worked. Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-10889779613818343702011-04-26T13:03:00.006+01:002011-05-14T15:06:41.177+01:00Saint Lugadius Church - Joe Mc CormickThe first mention of a church in the Clonleigh area was one built by Saint Columba about one mile north of Lifford on a hill called Cluicin-leagh from whence Clonleigh derives its name. Columba placed it under one of his missionaries by the name of Saint Lugadius. He was one of the twelve who accompanied Columba to the Isle of Iona. The church of learning was dissolved in the mid 1500's during Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-68887033921286197372011-04-05T19:16:00.000+01:002011-04-05T20:40:04.496+01:00My First Job in a Hardware Store - Liam Mc LaughlinMy first job was working in a hardware shop in Letterkenny during the early 1970s. I was sixteen years old. This was a large shop with several different departments. In the front of the shop was the Toys and Ornaments, Paint and Wallpaper etc and next the Hardware department. We started work at 9am to 6pm Tuesday - Friday. On Saturday we worked from 9am until 9pm. Monday was our day off.The boss Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-4729354339084643692011-04-05T18:57:00.002+01:002011-07-12T16:13:10.060+01:00Ray School - Ena Mc CleanRay School was built in the year 1740 in the district known as Labadish about one and a half miles from the village of Manorcunningham. This was a charter school, the only charter school in Donegal - the inscription over the door reads 'For the increase of true religion and of industry.' This school was built by the Society for promoting English Protestant Schools. Ray was a boarding school for Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-76950968148873620372011-03-28T20:43:00.001+01:002011-04-05T18:48:46.170+01:00Castlefinn - Work'The farmer just booked us for gathering potatoes. They came round the street looking for people. We only went when we were wee tots. It was Jimmy Harron up the Castlefinn road. We went up one Monday morning, we were no age! We went into the field and asked Jimmy ‘could we get a start’ and he said ‘no we have enough.’ But when he knew who we were he called us back and we worked all week. At the Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-72549549803655852532011-03-23T13:57:00.001+00:002011-05-27T18:21:54.556+01:00Strabane: A Tourist Attraction - John Molloy Strabane, a town straddled on both sides of the River Mourne by two bridges has seen many transformations throughout the centuries. The town is steeped in history old and new. There is Grey's Printers shop on the main street where the forebearers of John Dunlop who printed the American Proclamation of Independence came from. Go up to Dergolt and see where the forebearers of President Woodrow Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-27514691126994419462011-03-23T13:31:00.002+00:002011-05-27T18:23:31.563+01:00Coin Collecting - Mark Caldwell Queen Victoria Bun PennyI can remember collecting old coins in my childhood when I was young. This is an interesting hobby I feel when you are growing up. I remember feeling excited on holidays about how old a coin I might buy. I bought these coins of a bygone era at antique shops in Portrush and Portstewart with my mum and dad, this helped to develop my interest in history or after the time of Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-43633382564278023552011-03-23T12:02:00.003+00:002011-05-27T18:30:02.064+01:00The Gardens of Raphoe - Ann KavanaghThe Donegal Garden Trail began in Raphoe, with gardnetes intially coming together in the Volt House to discuss, organise and develop a tour of gardens in Donegal. Locally there are beautiful gardens, some of which are participating, namely Beltany View, Oakfield Park and Ros Bán Garden.Beltany ViewBeltany View has been formed and shaped from a green filled site in the new millennium, the owners Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-22267974179098847532011-03-23T11:20:00.001+00:002011-05-27T18:39:20.087+01:00The Land of Ithe - Margaret Giblin * Margaret is a member of the Lifford History Links Project Hub, and in this article offers wonderful ideas on how Croaghan Hill can provide a central location for visiting tourists in the future. Croaghan Hill is the ancient burial ground of Ithe who was the uncle of Milesius, the first of the country's legendary invaders. He was killed in the battle against the Tuatha De Danaan and buried Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-68129979314260860452011-03-23T11:03:00.001+00:002011-04-01T20:50:17.299+01:00Casltefinn - LeisureThe parochial hall in Castlefinn used to have an Irish dancing class on a Monday night. I went to that every week. The eight hand team won the All Ireland Féis Cheoil championship in the late 1960s. The record hop on a Saturday evening, it was just dancing to all the latest music like the Stones and the Beatles. They used to show films in the hall too. Every so often a western show would come Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7732109333104965670.post-57548760233277626042011-03-10T12:14:00.001+00:002011-07-12T16:16:20.058+01:00Lifford - LeisureAt Prior School, which I attended for a few years as well, boys and girls had to play hockey, whether we liked it or not. I was one of the ones who liked it. I can't say the same about cricket, I like watching cricket but not playing the game. We went all over Northern Ireland, Donegal and Sligo playing hockey, but we never went down the country. After I left school I joined Strabane Hockey Club Ronanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06767577666048399789noreply@blogger.com0