The Colgan Heritage Committee, Carndonagh will host a two-day exhibition titled “Carndonagh: Objects That Tell the Story” in the Colgan Hall on Saturday 12th and Sunday 13th August 2023.
A number of objects have already been collected but the Committee is asking for the public’s help in gathering more items for the exhibition.
Carndonagh has a long history and Colgan Heritage is convinced there is a treasure trove of items and artefacts reflecting that history in homes and businesses around the parish.
Helen Robins, Chairperson of Colgan Heritage, said: “There are so many aspects to Carndonagh’s history as a market town and as a centre of business and commerce.
“It was also a centre for shirt making, there was the Alcohol Factory, the Railway and buses, schools and colleges, police and military, the Workhouse, the hospital and clinics, shops and public houses, fairs and agricultural shows, musicals, plays, cinema and shows in the Colgan Hall, Carndonagh Feis, the Post Office, Banks, dancehalls and bands, farming, sporting history, toys and games and the various churches.”
The exhibition in August will feature a number of added attractions including the official launch of ‘Everything to Help the Lame Dog Over the Ditch’, a collection of old words and phrases used in the Inishowen area, a guided Walk & Talk by historian Dessie McCallion and a presentation on old maps of the Carndonagh area.
Admission is free to all events and Colgan Heritage would like to invite everyone to come along and enjoy looking back over some of Carndonagh’s rich history.
If you have any items you’d like to include in the exhibition, please get in touch with the Colgan Heritage Committee.
For further information please contact heritagecolgan@gmail.com or (074) 9329377.
