Congratulating a friend on his award
Seumas Gildea gives a generous compliment to his friend Dr. Sean Beattie on being honoured with a degree from the National University of Ireland.
22 Juni 201549s
Gildea on poetry
Seamus Gildea discusses local man Patrick MacGill's poetry before moving on to Seamus Heaney with refreshing candour!
22 Juni 201539s
Recalling early MacGill festivals
Local historian Seumas Gildea recalls the early years of the famous Glenties Summer school.
22 Juni 20151min
Fox's Lane museum
Unfortunately the museum's curator retired in 2015 so the museum no longer exists, but enjoy a sample of what they offered in this audio clip. Rather than simply discard such a fine piece, I'm hop...
4 Mars 20152min
St. Aengus's Church
At the bottom of the road leading up to Grianan of Aileach is the site to the famous Liam McCormack's award-winning church, frequently cited as Ireland's favourite building. The RIAI citation from 196...
16 Jan 201542s
North West Words
North West Words is a monthly get-together of poetic souls in Letterkenny's wonderful Cafe Blend. A distant admirer of the event for some time, I finally managed to catch up with it last night and eve...
12 Dec 20141min
Half-hanged McNaughton
John MacNaghten (1722–1761) or "Half-Hung MacNaghten" was an Anglo-Irish land owner, gambler and convicted murderer. The more romantic versions of the tale portray MacNaghten's victim Mary Ann as his ...
19 Aug 20148min
A very stable relationship
19 Aug 20141min
