Scéal Dún-na-nGall ar an Idirlíon / County Donegal on the Net News Vol.4 No.10 July / Iúil 2003 Holiday In Donegal in 2003!
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Scéal Dún-na-nGall ar an Idirlíon / County Donegal on the Net News Vol.4 No.10 July / Iúil 2003 Holiday In Donegal in 2003! |
Dún na nGall.com sponsor Fintown Harps Recently formed Fintown Harps (See Newsletter Vol 4. No.8) are now training hard to get into the Donegal League and the pitch at Shallogans has been prepared for the fateful day. Dún na nGall.com are sponsoring the team's jerseys so watch this space for a photograph of the team in all their glory. Meanwhile that other Harps team from the Finn Valley... Finn Harps are top of the Irish League - Up The Harps! 200 more job losses in Gweedore Pearse Doherty, Sinn Féin representative for Donegal South West, said that there is huge anger and disappointment in the area at the announcement that Comerama yarns manufacturer has gone into receivership putting the future of 200 employees on the line. The closure of comerama brings to 1,000 the number of job losses in the Gweedore Industrial Estate in the last three years. Doherty said: 'There is huge anger that there has been such an inadequate response from the government. People don't want to hear that a commission has or is to be established to look into this matter. There have been enough reports. The last report targeted the creation of 200 new jobs in 2003 and a further 200 in 2004 in the Gweedore industrial estate. Since the publication of this report we have seen little in job creation but plenty of job losses with the closure of four factories. What is now required is action, every effort must be made to ensure the future of the 200 employees of Comerama. Investment must be made into sustainable industry in the areas that need it most. Donegal is one such area and I am calling on the Tanaiste directly to target this area for investment and inward development. Ardara Photographic Exhibition 'Faoi Scath a Cheile a Mhaireann na Daoine' - Ardara Portraits 2001-2003 by Richard Wayman and curated by John M. Cunningham is taking place at the Ardara Artists Resource Centre. International photo-journalist Richard Wayman returns to Ardara with an exciting new exhibition documenting the lives of the local community - a project inspired by his many visits to the area over the years. Entitled 'Faoi Scath a Cheile a Mhaireann na Daoine' which literally translates as 'people living in the shadow of each other' Wayman's pictures seek to capture 'the essence of interaction' of a community caught between the past and the future. The exhibition is Wayman's second for the Earagail Arts Festival. Wayman's work has been extensively published in leading international magazines including Time, Newsweek and National Geographic. The exhibition runs until July 26th. Aoife's New Album Aoife Ní Fhearraigh has launched her third album 'The Turning of the Tide'. The Gweedore singer is renowed for her beautiful voice and is now working on her music career full-time. Aoife has toured extensively with Phil Coulter in recent years and is now planning her own Tour of the United States. Donegal Town Festival The Donegal Town Festival gets under way on July 5th when local artist Kevin Sharkey will open the Festival. Another Donegal based artist, Sue Montgomery, has been busy working with children in the Donegal Town area to make a Peace Tent to hightlight the plight of the Kurdish people. The Tent will be erected at Biddy's of Barnesmore on July 5th and a children's party will take place that evening complete with face painting; children's games and a barbeque. All are Welcome! Sue Montgomery hails from Dublin and is currently exhibiting her oil paintings, inspired by the Bluestacks and the magnificant Donegal light, at the Cross Gallery, Dublin. Féile Ealaíne an Eargail 7/7/2003 - 20/7/2003 The Eargail Arts Festival is a multi-disciplinary bilingual arts festival. Highlights include the play 'The Blind Fiddler' by award-winning playwright Marie Jones. This is a funny and touching new play directed by Ian McElhinney. 'Fiddler' has a brilliant live music score by Cathal Hayden and Mairtín O'Connor. A very strong cast cast includes Donegal's Frankie McCafferty and Dan Gordon. 'The Blind Fiddler' will be performed at An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny from the 7th - 11th of July. The Donegal Fiddler's Concert will be hosted by Altan's Mairead Ní Mhaonaigh at An Grianan Theatre, Letterkenny on July 15th. For further information on Festival events see Eargail Arts Festival. Children of Chernobyl Over twenty children from Chernobyl are on extended holidays in South Donegal as guests of the people of Donegal Town and Killybegs. The children stay with host families for up to three months when their poor health is given some respite in the fresh Donegal air. We offer them a big 'Cead Mile Failte! The Old Barracks The former Royal Irish Constabulary Barracks in Falcarragh has been renovated and was recently opened to the public. The facility houses a Visitor's Centre; Cafe and crafts Shop. The Old Barracks received funding from the International Fund for Ireland and was officially opened by the Fund's Chairman, William T. McCarter, who is a Buncrana man. Exhibitions in Dunfanaghy, Ramelton and Gweedore A number of group art exhibitions featuring leading Donegal and visiting artists have been organised to coincide with the Earagail Festival. There is a Group Exhibition featuring work by Inishowen based artists Josephine Kelly, Fiona McGee and Julie O'Donnell at The Workhouse Dunfanaghy; An Danlann Dearg, Gaoth Dobhair has a group exhibition by Caitlin Gallagher, Marie O'Donaghue and Seighean O Draoi, entitled 'Stóra Dimum'; the Summer Show at Cavanacor Gallery, Ballindrait, features work by Klaus Dierrsen, Bernadette Kiely, Margaret Arthur, Brian Ferran and Eamonn, Eddie and Joanna O'Kane and the Group Exhibition of modern and traditional paintings at the Ferguson Gallery, Ramelton includes Louis le Brocquy, Jack B. Yeats, Tony O'Malley, Markey Robinson and Derek Hill. Aileach to launch CD Aileach, formerly one of Donegal's most popular traditional music groups, has reformed after 20 years to launch a new CD. Aileach played to rave reviews in the 1970s and the group, made up of Dinny McLaughlin, Bernard Heaney, Pat McCabe and Brian McRory are delighted to be performing together again. The CD entitled 'Aileach' is made up of reels, jigs, slow airs and ballads which former fans will be familiar with. According to Dinny McLaughlin the album is a compilation of the two records produced by the group in the 1970s which were extremely popular when they first came out. The launch of the Aileach CD takes place in the Grianan of Aileach Centre at Burt on Friday, July 18th. Lovers of traditional music should make sure not to miss this very special occasion which promises a night to remember. Donegal to lose 25 Teaching Jobs The Association of Secondary Teachers of Ireland Union representative for Donegal has attacked plans to cut over 25 temporary teaching posts in the County. Mr Kieran Christie forecasts that Donegal schools will have to restrict subjects, increase class sizes or put higher and ordinary level classes together if the proposals to shed over 300 such jobs nationally are implemented in September. Donegal Woman in Record Swim Anne Maire Ward will be the first woman to swin from Tory Island to the mainland on July 19th. The distance is some ten miles and Anne Maire will undertake the challenge for charities, including Donegal Hospice and The Friends of Letterkenny Hospital. No Disabled Facilities in Castlefin School A pupil at Safan's National School near Castlefin has to be brought home every time he needs to go to the toilet as there are no disabled facilities in the school. Nine year old Stephen Bell suffers from Spina Bfida but in spite of the school applying for funding to adapt the toilets and add a changing table, the Department of Education has yet to act. More than 570 disabled people in Donegal will have to go without essential facilities like downstairs toilets, stair lifts or showers this year because of Government cutbacks in the Disabled Person's Grants. It is a sad irony that during the Special Olympics and the European Year of the Disabled so many people in Ireland continue to live in intolerable conditions and without access to the most basic facilities. Drought in Inishowen? Half of Inishown's water supply is being wasted according to Donegal County Council. The Council has called on residents of the Peninsula to conserve water as Malin residents have been without water for cooking, washing and cleaning. The main source of the public supply serving these areas is from groundwater at Tir Na League in Carndonagh where the levels are said to have dropped. Meanwhile the ongoing problems with the water in Fintown in central Donegal seem no closer to being resolved. Almost two years after a new filtration system has been installed it is still not operational and the water continues to be cloudy and is foul-tasting, so much so that those residents who rely on the water supply (many have their own well) have to buy bottled water for drinking and cooking. Is a clean, regular water supply too much to ask in a Country with the highest year round rainfall in Europe? Foyle Festival The Foyle Festival is presenting a number of events over the summer months. The popular Vintage Car Rally takes place on Sunday 6th July from Moville to Greencastle while the Greencastle Regatta takes place on August 10th. Tullyarvan Mill, Buncranna The Tullyarvan Mill in Buncranna is due to inplement its development plan which will see a new hostel; craft shop and community Enterprise and Cultural Centre being built and will include accommodation for families and for the disabled. Dáil Uladh Dáil Uladh in Gortahork will be running a week long Irish language course for families from July 13th to 19th. Dáil Uladh also runs intensive language courses and cultural activities through Irish all year round. For more information call (+353) 74 65822 or e-mail . |
Dún na nGall.com ag urra Baile na Fhinne Cruiteadh Tá foireann Baile na Fhinne (Feic Newsletter Vol 4. No.8) ag deanadh reidh fa choinne an comhcheangal Dún na nGall agus an páirc suas ag Shallogan tá sé dul á beidh ullamh fa choinne an lá fáidhiúil. Tá Dún na nGall.com ag urra an foireann leis a chuid geansaí peileadóra mar sin d'fhág spás fa choinne fótograf de an foireann í a chuid glóire eilig. Ach an foireann eile, ó Finne Valley... Finne Cruiteadh tá siad ag tús an Eire comhcheangal - Suas Na Cruiteadh! Dhá cead póst cailte í Gaoth Dobhair Duirt Pearse Dochartaigh, an Sinn Féin ionadaíochta fa choinne an taobh thiar de Dhún na nGall, go raibh an fearg agus díomá ar na daoine thart fa Gaoth Dobhair ag an fógra go raibh Comara eachtradh déantóir, ar shúil isteach go dtí glacadóir ag chuir dhá cead fostaíthe ar an líne. Chaill Gaoth Dobhair 1,000 póst í an deirneacht trí bliain leis an dúnta de na monarchan eilig agus anois tá ceann eile ag dúneadh, 'An Comara'. Duirt Dochartaigh: 'Tá fearg mór, mar bhí freagra uireasach ó an rialtas. Níl daoine ag eireadh chuala go bhfuil údarú deanta nó go caithfidh é beidh socraithe go feacheann siad isteach ar. Tá go leor tuarascáil. An tuarascáil deirneach duirt siad go beidh dhá cead póst í 2003 agus dhá cead póst eile í 2004 í Gaoth Dobhair. Ó an tuarascáil seo, chonaic muid níos mó póst cailte leis an dúneadh de na monarchan, na í póst cruthú. An rúd ata de dhíth ar na gníomh, achan iarracht, caithfidh sé beidh deanta le soláthar an todhchaí de 200 fostaíthe de Comara. Chaithfidh léigear beidh deanta isteach go dtí choinneodh dúthracht í an ait ata sé de dhíth ar. Tá mé ag scairt ar an Tánaiste thart fa Gaoth Dobhair, fa choinne an léigear agus inmheánach saothrú.' Taispeántas Fótagrafach Ard an Rátha 'Faoi Scath a Cheile a Mhaireann na Daoine' Portráid Ard an Rátha, 2001-2003 lé Richard Wayman agus séiplíneacht lé Sean M. Cunningham, ag an Ard an Rátha ealaíontóir seift lár. Tá an dámhachtain bhuaite idirnáisiúnta fótagraf-nuachtóir, Richard Wayman ag teacht aris go dtí Ard an Rátha leis taispeántas floscaitheach nua ag doiciméadeadh ar saol na daoine-tionscnamh atá spreagadh leis a cuireadh go an ait í rith na bliain. Teideal 'Faoi Scath a Cheile a Mhaireann na Daoine' agus an Bearla ar na 'People living in the shadow of each other' tá Wayman ag éirfidh tógáil 'The essence of interaction' de an phobail ata idir an caite agus an todhchaí. Ís é seo Wayman, dara taispeántas fa choinne an Earagail Ealain Féile. Tá obair Wayman fogairteacht í treorach idirnáisiúnta armlannach, Seachtaine-Nuacht agus Náisiúnta Geografach. Tá an taispeántas ag dul ar reidh go dtí an 26ú lá de Iúil. Albam Nua Ag Aoife Chiur Aoife Ní Fearraigh a tríu albam amach 'The Turning of the Tide'. Tá an Gaoth Dobhair ceoiltoir an maith ag ceoil agus tá fíos ag achan daoine ar faoi a ceoil. Tá sí ag obair ar a ceoil an t-am eilig anois. Chuaigh Aoife ar turas leis Phil Coulter í bliainta caite ach anois tá sí ag smaointe, dul lé fein go Meiriceá. Féile Bealach Dún na nGall Tá an féile Dún na nGall ag thosach ar an 5ú lá de Iúil nuair a oscailíonn an ealain ceantrach é, Kevin Ó Searcaigh. Ealain eile, Sue Montgomery d'obair sí leis paistí í Bealach Dún na nGall chúin Síocháin Puball, chúin an caoi de na daoine í Coirdíneach. Beidh siad ag chuir an puball suas í Teach Tábhairne 'Biddy's' ag An Bearnas Mór ar an 5ú lá de Iúil agus beidh páirtí fa choinne na paistí agus beidh na paistí abalta a chuid aghaidh a fháil péinteál, tá cluiche fa choinne na paistí agus Fleá fhulachta ann fosta. Tá Chuireadh ar achan Daoine! As Baile Atha Cliath Sue Montgomerty agus tá sí síos ag taispeantais a chuid Ola péinteál, tá siad faoi na Cruach Gorm agus an solas atá ag Dún na nGall ag An Gailearaí Trasna, Baile Atha Cliath. Féile Ealaíne án Earagail 7 / 7 / 2003 - 20 / 7 / 2003 Tá an Eargail ealaín féile ilsmachúil dátheangach ealaín féile. Beidh an chun suntais ár 'An Fidléir Dall' lé Marie Jones. Is é seo corraitheach agus greannmhar dráma nua léis an dámhachtain buaiteoir Marie Jones. Tá ceoil beo maith scóir lé Cathal Hayden agus Mairtín O'Connor, Oraítear lé Ian McElhinney, 'An Fidléir'. Tá urchar laidre lé Frankie McCafferty agus Dan Gordan as contae Dún na nGall. Beidh 'An Fidléir' lé feicheail ag an Grianan amharclann í Leitir Ceannain ár an 7ú go dtí an 11ú de mí an Iúil. 
Paistí de Chernobyl Tá níos mó na 20 paistí ó Chernobyl ag síneadh a chuid leathanta saoire í taobh thiar de Dún na nGall tá siad cuairteoir de Dún na nGall agus Na Cealla Beaga. Tá na paistí ag fanach leis na daoine ó an cheantar seo thart fa trí mí nuair atá a chuid sláinte bocht ag fháil an t-aer glan thart fa Dún na nGall. Chuireann muid 'Cead Mile Failte' orthú! An tSean Bheairic Rinne siad an Sean Ríoga Éireann Constábhlacht Bheairic í An Fál Carrach suas agus d'oscail siad é fa choinne an pobail. Tá teach éascaíocht, cuairteoir lár; Caife agus siopa ábaltacht lé fháil ann. Fuair an Sean Bheairic ciste ó an idirnáisiúnta ciste fa choinne Éireann agus bhí sé oifigiúlachas, d'oscail fear as Bun Cranncha, William T. McCarter é, an cise cathaoirleacht. Taispeántas leis treoir ealain cuairteoirí Tá alan cuairteoir agus ealain ó Dún na nGall ag chuir taispeantais ar shiúl ag an féile. Tá grúpa de taispeantas leis Inis Eoghain ealainteoirí, Josephine Kelly, Marty Kelly, Fiona McGee agus Julie Ó Donnail ag an teach obair í Dún Fionnachaidh. Tá taispeántas ag Danlann Dearg, Doire Beaga, Gaoth Dobhair agus tá Caitlin Gallagher, Marie O'Donaghue agus Seighean O Draoi ealainteoirí as an Gaeltacht, agus an t-ainm ar ná 'Stóra Dimum'. An idirnaisiúnta agus Éireann, samhraidh taispeant ag Cavanacor Gearlaí Ballindrait. Tá Klaus Dierrsen, Bernadette Kiely, Margaret Arthur, Brian Ferren, Eamonn, Eddie agus Joanna O'Kane eilig dul a beidh ansin. Beidh an grúpa taispeántais agus taispeaint don traidisiúnta péinteáilí ag an Ferguson Gailearaí Ráth Mealtain agus beidh Louis le Brocquy, Jack B. Yeats, Tony O'Malley, Markey Robinson agus Derek Hill eilig ansin. Tá Aileach ag lansáil CD Tá ceann de Dún na nGall coitianta traidisiúnta ceol grúpa, ag teacht amach ína dhiaidh 20 bliain agus tá siad ag lansáil CD nua. Aileach á seinm do toilleadh éisteacht thart fa taobh thiar thuaidh í an 1970ú feacheann muid an barrfidléir Dinny McLaughlin, ceoltoir Bernard Heaney, Pat McCabe ar an cairdín agus Brian McRory ar an bainseo eilig le cheile araís. Tá tú abalta éist lé cor, díreog, t-aer mall agus bailéad ar An Aileach CD nua agus beidh a chuid sean-leanúnaí muinteartha lé. Duirt Dinny McLaughlin, fear as Bun Cranna, go raibh an albam deanta suas de na dhá records a bhí acu í 1970ú. Tá an lansáil de an albam 'Aileach' ag dul ar reidh sa Grianan, Burt lár ar an 18ú de Iúil. 'Suiríoch de Ceoil traidisiúnta déan cinte na urchar tú an uair speisialta mar beidh sé oiche maith' duirt Dinny. Fearg ar ASTI mar Caill 25 muinteoirí á post í Dhún na nGall lansáil an réigiúnach ionadaíochta fa choinne ASTI ionsaí ar plain le gearr níos mó na 25 sealadach muinteoir post í Dún na nGall. Duirt Kieran Christie do achan scoil sa contae gur caithfidh siad an uimhir sa rang a choinneal suas os agus choinneal na abhair síos no beidh ar ard agus gnath leibhéal a thart le cheile í amhain. An rialtas ag chuir suas an dáil de sealadach muinteoir post scoile thart fa tír le 300 ó Meán Fomhair. Bean as Dún na nGall í Curiarracht Snámh Tá Anne Marie Ward dul a snámh ó Toraigh go dtí an mórthír ar an 19ú lá de Iúil. Tá sí ag éirfidh beidh an cead bean le é seo deanamh. Tá sé deich míle agus tá sí ag deanadh seo fa choinne Ghrá Dia, fa Dún na nGall Teach Ósta agus Leitir Ceanainn ospidéal. Níl míthreoir éasaíocht í scoil Caisleán na Finne Scoláire as Naoimh Safan, Scoil Naisiúnta taobh le Caisleán na Finne tá ar dul abhaile achan t-am atá ar dul go dtí an leithreas mar níl míthreoir éasaíocht sa scoil. Tá Spina Bfida ag Stephen Bell agus níl sé ach naoi bliaina d'aois agus tá ar lú síos nuair a tá sé beidh caítídéarach, chuir an scoil isteach fa choinne ciste chuin oiriúneadh an leithreas agus chuir seomra le arthraith on fosta ach tá ar an Roinn de Oideachas acht go foill. Níos mó na 570 míthreoir daoine í Dún na nGall tá ar dul an bliain seo gan eisintiúil éasaíocht, thíos staighre leithreas agus staighre thóg cithfholcadh no mar gearr an rialtas í míthreoir daooine deontais. Tá sé íorónta í rith na cluichí Oilimpeacha speisialta agus an Bliain de Míthreoir tá alan daoine in Éireann ag dul ar reidh leis na coinníoll agus gan na prionsabal éasaíocht.  Triomach í Inis Eoghain Duirt Comhairle Contae Dún na nGall go raibh leath de Inis Eoghain uisce ag dul a gan. Scairt an Comhairle ar an phobail de leathinis chuin coimeádaim an uisce mar bhí Málainn phobail gan uisce fa choinne glanadh, níonn agus cócaireachta. An príomh foinse de na pobail seo tá sé ó uisce talamh ag Tír na League í Carn Domhnach an ait a bhfuil an leibhéal uisce talamh thiteann. Ach an t-uisce í Baile na Fhinne í lár Dún na nGall níl sé dul a beidh roinnithe mar chuir siad an scagadh sistéam isteach dhá bliain ó shoin. Níl an sistéam go foill feidheadh agus tá an uisce go foill mar scamaill agus tá blast olc as. Tá ar daoine nach bhfuil tobar acu dul amach agus ceannaigh uisce fa choinne ól agus cócaireach. Bhfuil uisce glan alan le cur chist ar fa í an té Tír a bhfuil sé ag cur gan stad í Eoraip? An Faill Féile Tá an Faill Féile ag deanadh alan eachtraí fa choinne an Samhraidh. Tá an Fómhair Carr Cruinniú ar De Domhnach an 6ú de Iúil ó Maigh Bhile go dtí Cloch Mhic Coisteala agus beidh an Cloch Mhic Coisteala Geallta dul ar reidh ar an 10ú lá de Lúnasa. 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