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The County Arms is the official coat of arms of both County Donegal and Donegal County Council. The modern County Donegal was made a shire [ 10 ] by order of the English Crown in 1585. The English authorities at Dublin Castle formed the new county by amalgamating the old Kingdom of Tír Chonaill with the old Lordship of Inishowen .
The Grill Music Venue, also known as The Grill, formerly The Golden Grill, was a nightclub located in Letterkenny, County Donegal, in Ulster, Ireland. Regarded as the unofficial Fianna Fáil headquarters, [1] it has hosted Fianna Fáil party conventions and bingo sessions over the years. [citation needed] The complex housed six bars. [citation ...
Screaming Orphans are a Pop and folk band from Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland. The band consists of the four Diver sisters – Joan, Angela, Gráinne and Marie Thérèse. The group combines their own original melodic old-school pop songs with a modern take on traditional Irish music and song, inherited from their family roots. [1]
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.
The band Na Mooneys recorded their debut family album Na Mooneys in early 2016 [2] [3] [4] in Manus Lunny's studios in County Donegal, Ireland.. About the recording and the choice of the album track listing, Mairéad explained in an October 2016 interview by Irish News' critic Robert McMillen: "We took a few tunes that my father played a lot as well.
An Grianán Theatre (Irish: Amharclann an Ghrianáin) is the largest theatre in County Donegal. [1] Located in Letterkenny's Port Road district, its current director is Patricia McBride. With a seating capacity of 383, the theatre provides a range of programming including drama, comedy, music, pantomime, and family shows as well as workshops ...
Brennan was a musician who played in an Irish showband, the Slieve Foy, and Duggan was an amateur musician who taught music at Gweedore Community School and led the local choir, Cór Mhuire Doire Beaga. The family lived in Dore, a parish in Gweedore, County Donegal. In 1968, the pair bought Leo's Tavern in Meenaleck for £1,500. [23]
Martin McGinley, who is originally from Raphoe, County Donegal, is a former BBC journalist and also edited the Derry Journal, the Donegal Democrat and the Donegal People's Press. He ran his own PR company Martin McGinley PR. He is now music development manager with the Donegal Music Education Partnership, based in Letterkenny.