THE DONEGAL GATHERING RELEASES ITS MUSICAL ANTHEM
To celebrate the year of The Gathering, the Donegal Gathering and Earagail Arts Festival have teamed up to commission a new signature tune by some of Ireland’s well loved artists that reaches beyond...
View ArticleSHANE STRUCK WITH GLANDULAR FEVER ON EVE OF RTE’S THE VOICE
Downings singer Shane McLaughlin has been battling glandular fever this week in time to be ready his appearance on tonight’s The Voice. Shane has been unable to practice and will face an uphill battle...
View ArticleBRAVE SHANE GRABS LIFELINE TO MAKE FINAL TEN ON THE VOICE OF IRELAND
BREAKING NEWS: Downings singer Shane McLaughlin is through to the last ten on The Voice of Ireland. The 31-year-old had battled glandular fever all week to give a gutsy rendition of ‘Valerie’. Kelly...
View ArticleDDTV: SINGER RORY INTERVIEWED ON SKY SHOWBIZ ABOUT HIS CAREER
KILCAR singer Rory Gallagher has been featured on Sky News – about how his music has reached a new audience thanks to social media. The former Revs man performs under the name Rory and The Island....
View ArticleTG4 WANTS TO TEACH DONEGAL PEOPLE HOW TO PLAY MUSIC!
Presenter Liz Doherty Imagine an Ireland where everyone in the country has the chance to learn to play a musical instrument, from the fiddle to the guitar, the drums or even the saxophone. This is the...
View ArticleBLACK SABBATH TO PLAY BELFAST IN DECEMBER
GIGS – SPONSORED BY O2: THEY wowed thousands with their comeback performance at Donington Park last year as part of the 2012 Download Festival. Now, with the release of new album “13″ on the horizon,...
View ArticleMOST EXPENSIVE PIECE OF DANIEL O’DONNELL MEMORABILIA EVER FOR SALE!
Daniel’s childhood home in Kincasslagh It’s a little bit more expensive than a gold disc or a signed photograph. But the ultimate piece of Daniel O’Donnell memorabilia has just been put up for the sale...
View ArticleGRAINNE STEALS THE SHOW AGAIN TO LAND PLACE IN GLOR TIRE FINAL!
DONEGAL singer Gráinne Gavigan stole the show yet again when she performed on the Glór Tíre country music singing competition semi-final on TG4 last night. The 18-year old Ardara singer, mentored by...
View ArticleDANIEL’S PROFITS DOUBLE TO MORE THAN €1 MILLION
Daniel O’Donnell’s fortune has enjoyed mixed fortunes following the publication of his accounts. The Kincasslagh singer’s main company’s profits doubled last year to more than €1 million. However, his...
View ArticleHOLLYWOOD STAR SAOIRSE GIVES DONEGAL ACTING STUDENTS A MASTER CLASS!
When Hollywood meets Letterkenny! Saoirse, dad Paul and new friends from Donegal! A group of young Donegal actors were left star-struck when Hollywood star Saoirse Ronan paid them a surprise visit....
View ArticleBREAKING NEWS: SHANE THROUGH TO NEXT ROUND IN ‘THE VOICE’
DOWNINGS singer Shane McLaughlin must have Donegal and the country behind him – they’ve voted him through to next week in RTE’s ‘The Voice’. He was panned by the judges in the competition tonight, with...
View ArticleCEILI BEO
Ar an 15ú de Márta ghlac sé scoil ó gach carn den tír páirt i mbabhta ceannais den chomórtas Beo. Bhí cuid mhír imeachtaí i rith an lae ar nós moltóireacht, ceilí mór agus ceolchoirm. Thosaigh an lá...
View ArticleSO WHICH DRAGON WILL SIGN UP DONEGAL’S PEN BOYS?
They’re our favourite young Donegal entrepreneurs and now the lads from Donegal Pens have hit the big time. Conor and Ronan McGarvey set up Donegal Pens as a past-time in their harden shed in...
View ArticleNELLIE’S BOOK TO HIT SHELVES THIS WEEKEND
A book and CD as Gaeilge for children ‘Ní thuigimse daoine fásta’ (I Don’t Understand Grown-ups) is to be launched in Teach Jack, Glassagh, Gaoth Dobhair on Saturday. It is a collection of poems and...
View ArticleNERVOUS GRAINNE APPEALS FOR VOTES AS SHE GOES INTO TV SINGING FINAL
DONEGAL singer Gráinne Gavigan appears in the final of the Glór Tíre country music singing competition on TG4 tonight. The 18-year old Ardara singer, mentored by Lisa McHugh, has made a last minute...
View ArticleDANIEL FANS QUEUE FOR THREE DAYS – BUT CONCERT FAILS TO SELL OUT
DIE-HARD Daniel O’Donnell fans spent three nights camped in the cold for tickets — but they needn’t have bothered, as only half were snapped up. Superfans of the singer were camped outside Harrogate...
View ArticleWORLD RECORD FIDDLE BID SET FOR GLENTIES BARN!
THEY love their world record attempts in Glenties. And next month they’re going for another one – in The Glen Tavern at Greenans. Organisers are hoping to set a new World Record for the most number of...
View ArticleRADIO ONE’S BIG WEEKEND TICKETS SELL OUT IN 15 MINUTES
TICKETS for BBC Radio One’s Big Weekend have sold out this morning – in just 15 minutes. Olly Murs is the headline act for the three-day event in Derry from May 21. Five per cent of tickets were...
View ArticleSHANE TO SING ‘DEF LEPPARD’ HIT IN ‘THE VOICE’ SEMI-FINAL ON SUNDAY
With the semi-final of The Voice of Ireland taking place this weekend the song choices of the remaining six have been revealed along with the news that the Coronas will be performing on the night. For...
View ArticleSINGER GRAINNE THANKS FANS AFTER FINISHING RUNNER-UP IN TG4 SHOW
DONEGAL singer Gráinne Gavigan thanked her fans today after she finished second in the final of the Glór Tíre country music singing competition on TG4 last night. The 18-year old Ardara singer,...
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