Donegal in the Newspapers of the 1800s & Early 1900s

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Last Updated 5 Feb 2008

 

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Book Reviews

• Facts from Gweedore, with Useful Hints to Donegal Tourists by Lord George Hill (The Times, Monday Mar 16 1846 page 8 (London, England))

 

Deaths

• The Death of William Sheran, Burt, in Brooklyn (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday 17 Jun 1850 page 2 (America))

• The Death of Michael Sweeney, Inver, in Brooklyn (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Saturday 31 Jan 1852 page 2 (America))

• The Death of Annie Thompson, native of Donegal (West Coast Times, 16 February 1889 page 2 (New Zealand))

• The Death of Father Hugh Gallagher, Pastor of Dungloe & that of a man named Weir at Drumnaraw (New Zealand Tablet 20 Jun 1901 page 9 (New Zealand))

 

Evictions

• The Derryveagh Evictions 1861 (The Times, Friday Apr 26 1861 page 5 (London, England))

• The Gweedore Evixtions 1886 (The Derry Journal (Ireland))

• Aid for Evicted Families of Cloughaneely and Gweedore (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday 11 Mar 1889 page 1 (America))

 

Intrigue

• Attack on Adam Grierson, Land Steward to JG Adair, Glenveagh (Otago Witness, 4 July 1863 page 7 (New Zealand))

• Attempted Assassination of Adam Grierson, Land Steward to JG Adair, Glenveagh (Daily Southern Cross, 7 Jul 1865 page 4 (New Zealand))

 

Marriages

• The Marriage of Jane Morrison to James Tyrrell (Otago Witness, 30 December 1865 page 10 (New Zealand))

• The Marriage of John Gallagher to Maggie Hogan (Evening Post, 31 May 1880 page 2 (New Zealand))

 

Murder

• The Murder of Connell Bonner near Letterkenny (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Monday 5 Mar 1855 page 1 (America))

• The Murder of David Moore (Conwal) (News of the World, Sunday, August 31, 1851 page 5 (England))

• The Murder of the Lytles (The Times, Wednesday Sep 15 1830 page 2 (London, England))

 

Mystery

• A Mermaid Caught in Donegal Bay (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Friday evening 23 Dec 1853 page 2 (America))

 

Politics

• Petition of the Catholics of Ireland to be Relieved from all the Penal Statutes (The Times, Wednesday 14 Feb 1810 (London, England))

 

Scandal

• Immorality in High Life - the Marquis of Donegal (Evening Post, 23 March 1889 page 2 (New Zealand))

 

Tales

• Writings of Seamus MacManus (Daily Times Davenport, Scott, Iowa, Saturday, June 2, 1900 (America))

 

Tragedy

• Destitution on Donegal (The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Wednesday 31 Mar 1858 page 2 (America))

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