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Donegal recently hosted the 2023 National Famine Commemoration and here, the chairman of Ireland’s Great Hunger Bord in the U.S., proud Buncrana native and New York resident for the past 25 years, Turlough McConnell charts the extraordinary but largely overlooked story of one local man’s heroism and compassion during The Great Hunger, Adjunct Bishop Edward Maginn. This two-part profile of Bishop Maginn was extracted from Mr McConnell’s original contribution to the book Heroes of Ireland's Great Hunger’, edited by Christine Kinealy, Jason King, and Gerard Moran (Cork and Hamden CT: Cork University Press and Quinnipiac University Press, 2021), pages 179-189. The second part will be published in the Journal next week. ....
The Mayor of Derry and Strabane, Councillor Sandra Duffy, joined Reverend David Latimer this week in the Guildhall, along with local students and community representatives, to celebrate the decision to join the International Cities of Peace network. ....
This ground-breaking volume from Cork University Press, entitled "Heroes of Ireland's Great Hunger", examines the contributions of men and women who risked their lives - and often their livelihoods - to care for the sick and the starving during the famine. ....
Ten candidates have been nominated to contest the Faughan District Electoral Area (DEA) in the elections to Derry City and Strabane District Council on May 18, 2023. ....