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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.
Noel Slevin – Donegal Democrat journalist and Donegal on Sunday columnist; Politics. Harry Blaney – T.D.; brother of Neil; father of Niall;
Karl Lacey was given The Sunday Game Player of the Year Award. [52] Michael Murphy was named September's GAA/GPA All-Stars Player of the Month. [53] [54] On 2 October 2012, twelve Donegal players were shortlisted for All Star Awards—compared to ten for Mayo, seven for Cork, six for Dublin and just one (Colm Cooper) for Kerry.
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 ...
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 ...
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 ]
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 ...