The Workhouse

Chapter 27 : The Dunfanaghy Workhouse and the Story of Wee Hannah

Episode 26 : Dunfanaghy Workhouse & The Story of Wee Hannah
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Dunfanaghy Workhouse is now a tourist office, craft shop, coffee shop and a heritage centre. In previous times it witnessed at first hand one of the most terrible events in Irish history, the Great Famine.
As this episode takes place in Dunfanaghy, it is a tale that was played out thousands of times all over Ireland.
We met up with local historian and author, Cary Meehan, to hear about the Workhouse, the policies of the British government at that time in Ireland and the moving story of Wee Hannah, a former inmate of the workhouse whose story was written down many years later in her own words. A tragic story with a somewhat happy ending.

The famine bowl

Murder in Dunfanaghy

Play organised by a group of students staying in our school for 3 weeks.
Noreen and Camilla, the teachers, decided to do something more fun with the students so the last two weeks they prepared a play where the students could get involved writing the script, acting and designing the dresses and the signs. Eventhough they didn't have too much time to learn the text by heart, here's the result and we hope you enjoy as much as we did while we were working on it.

Famine Graveyard Dingle

Famine Graveyard Dingle.
Aired on TG4, Wednesday 11th February 2015

Ballyshannon County Donegal

Ballyshannon County Donegal.
The old and attractive town of Ballyshannon is laid out on the hilly banks of the river Erne where it meets the sea. The steep streets, the ecclesiastical remains, the falls of Asaroe and the Erne itself all combine to make this town well worth getting to know. Ballyshannon can claim to be one of Irelands oldest settlements, when the Parthalonians settled in Ins Saimer in the Erne. The architectural heritage of the town along the Mall, the Workhouse at the Rock, St. Annes Church of Ireland - reflects its rich history as an important political, ecclesiastical, and maritime center.

The Erne gives the town of Ballyshannon much of its character. The river provided the towns best known poet, William Allingham, with the inspiration for some of his best known poems. Allingham is not the towns only famous son or daughter. Rory Gallagher, the late blues and rock guitarist was born and spent the first few years of his life here before moving to his mothers home city of Cork. Former British Prime Minister Tony Blairs grandmother came from Ballyshannon

Horse and Pony Fun Run Drumora Lodge Stables Cavan Ireland January 2011

Drumlinmedia.com record the 7th Horse and Pony Fun Run in aid of St. Christophers. Horse and Pony riders travelled the by-roads around Crossdoney on Sunday 2nd January starting at Drumora Lodge Stables and finishing at The Shantully Inn, Crossdoney. Dromora Lodge Stables presented the riders with medals in recognition of their contribution to the Fun Run.

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letterkenny shot 5 times by a legend

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Inishowen Gospel Choir Derry xmas 2017

Inishowen Gospel Choir Derry 2017