Two Donegal locations are to receive €350,000 under Historic Towns Initiative. Deputy Pat ‘the Cope’ Gallagher has welcomed the funding…
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Diarmuid Gavin to create ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ garden in Glenties!
by Staff Writer 9 months agoCelebrity gardener, Diarmuid Gavin, has revealed his latest project is at the ‘Dancing at Lughnasa’ house in Glenties! For the…
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A major community effort is underway to reopen the popular St Connell’s Museum in Glenties. The much loved facility, which…
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Rich archive of Brian Friel’s notes go on display at Guildhall Derry
by Rachel McLaughlin 3 years agoQueen’s University Belfast has launched the ‘Friel Reimagined: A Playwright’s Works in Progress’ exhibition on playwright Brian Friel’s rich archive…
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Fans of one of Donegal’s best tourist attractions will have to wait another week before it reopens. The amazing Fintown…
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Council to carry out study of playwright Brian Friel’s Donegal home
by Staff Writer 5 years agoA plan to preserve and restore the family home of the late playwright Brian Friel in Glenties is gathering momentum.…
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Moville will be getting a little taste of Russia this week as the 3rd Lughnasa FrielFest comes to town for…
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Donegal takes centre stage as Lughnasa FrielFest: Brian Friel International Festival returns
by Stephen Maguire 7 years agoThe Lughnasa FrielFest: Brian Friel International Festival returns to Donegal, Derry, Omagh and comes to the Causeway Coast for the…
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SPECIAL TRIBUTE TO PLAYWRIGHT BRIAN FRIEL AT MacGILL SUMMER SCHOOL
by Stephen Maguire 9 years agoLegendary playwright Brian Friel will be commemorated at this year’s 2016 MacGill Summer School in Glenties. To celebrate the playwright’s legacy,…
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DONEGAL COTTAGE TO BE CENTREPIECE OF PLANNED BRIAN FRIEL CENTRE
by Stephen Maguire 10 years agoThe Donegal cottage that was the setting for Brian Friel’s Dancing at Lughnasa is to be preserved and will form…
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BROADWAY DIMS ITS LIGHTS FOR PLAYWRIGHT LEGEND BRIAN FRIEL
by Stephen Maguire 10 years agoTHE bright lights of Broadway have been dimmed in memory of legendary Irish playwright Brian Friel. The award-winning writer, who…
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FRIEL SHOULD HAVE WON NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE – CLAIM
by Stephen Maguire 10 years agoBrian Friel should have won a Nobel prize, according to a top Irish theatre director. Mr Friel have won the…
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LITERARY GREAT BRIAN FRIEL IS LAID TO REST ‘AMONGST HIS OWN’ IN GLENTIES
by Stephen Maguire 10 years agoLiterary great Brian Friel was buried today on a hillside outside the Co Donegal town where many of his works…
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FUNERAL CORTEGE OF PLAYWRIGHT BRIAN FRIEL LEAVES HIS HOME FOR BURIAL
by Stephen Maguire 10 years agoThe funeral cortege of playwright Brian Friel has left his home in Greencastle for burial in Glenties. The 86 year…
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ARCHBISHOP Eamon Martin has paid tribute to the ‘incomparable’ Brian Friel who died yesterday. The leader of Ireland’s Catholic said:…
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Playwright Brian Friel will be buried in Glenties, the town he chose as the setting for his best known and…
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DONEGAL-BASED PLAYWRIGHT BRIAN FRIEL TO BE HONOURED AT CROSS-BORDER FESTIVAL
by Stephen Maguire 10 years agoDonegal-based Playwright Brian Friel will be honoured next month in a cross-Border celebration of his life’s work. The Lughnasa International…
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THE FINTOWN TRAIN COMES ROLLING AROUND THE BEND ONCE MORE
by Stephen Maguire 13 years agoAfter months of quiet toil by its dedicated community of volunteers, Co Donegal’s Fintown Railway yesterday commenced its summer schedule…