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Eight Donegal firefighters honoured for 260 years service

written by Stephen Maguire November 15, 2018

Eight Donegal Fire Fighters were today honoured with Long Service Medals for serving their county for approximately 260 years between them in total.

Two of the firefighters, James Mc Kenna from Buncrana and Robert Smyth from Carndonagh received a specially commissioned medal for giving over 40 years Service to Donegal Fire Service .

The other 6 Firefighters receiving their medals are Hugh Doherty from Glenties, Sean Connaughton from Glenties, Conal Mc Devitt from Glenties, Brian Breslin from Carndonagh, Seamus Mc Laughlin from Carndonagh and Paul Kelly from Bundoran.

This unique occasion was attended by officials and dignitaries from different Government departments.

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Stephen Maguire

Stephen Maguire is the co-founder of Donegal Daily. He has worked as a reporter for almost 30 years starting locally with the Donegal Peoples Press before moving to the Mirror Group. He continues to contribute daily to national media outlets including the Irish Times, RTE, the Irish Independent, Irish Sun, Irish Mirror, Irish Star, the Daily Mail and the Examiner.

Eight Donegal firefighters honoured for 260 years service

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