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"Jimmy's Winning Matches", originally called "Jimmy Selling Watches", [2] is a song performed by Rory and the Island —and the anthem of Donegal's march towards the 2012 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Considered an Internet and YouTube sensation, "Jimmy's Winning Matches" hit number one on the iTunes chart. [3] [4]
Originally called the Sunday Democrat, it was based in Letterkenny. It was part of the only local paper in Ireland to be published on a Sunday with a circulation of 6,691 in 2007. [2] Both the Donegal Democrat and the Donegal People's Press are sister papers of Donegal on Sunday through Derry Journal Newspapers, a holding company of Johnston Press.
The following is a list of notable people who were born in, lived in for a significant length of time or are buried in Letterkenny, the largest town in County Donegal, Ireland. Arts [ edit ]
Christy Murray (born 1960s), [1] known as the Donegal Piper, [2] [3] [4] is an Irish piper, tin whistle player and music educator from County Donegal. He is regarded as "famous across the country" for teaching children how to play the tin whistle . [ 4 ]
Highland Radio is the local radio service for the County Donegal (North) franchise, operating under a licence from the Broadcasting Authority of Ireland (BAI).. The station began broadcasting on 15 March 1990, and is franchised until 2024.
Altan are an Irish folk music band formed in County Donegal in 1987 by lead vocalist Mairéad Ní Mhaonaigh and her husband Frankie Kennedy. [1] The group were primarily influenced by traditional Irish language songs from Donegal [2] and have sold over a million records.
It's a rendition of the Billie Holiday classic "Gloomy Sunday" so incredible, you'd hardly know it came from a 7-year-old. This performance earned Angelina Jordan Asta a standing ovation on the ...
Rory wrote the music for Irish Boxer Jason Quigley's debut pro fight in Las Vegas, "Make Way for the Fighting Irish" [4] in July 2014, Quigley now uses this as his Arena entrance theme song. In Oct 2014 Rory played a sold out show to 550 people in the Opium rooms [ 5 ] (The Village) in Dublin City, After this show Rory played "The Academy" [ 6 ...