Frank Bustard.

Frank Bustard of Main Street passed away yesterday, Sunday December 26th 2010. His funeral will be in the Methodist Church, tomorrow Tuesday December 27th. His remains will be interred at the graveyard beside the Quay.


You can view the death notice at rip.ie.

Cheers Frank, the town will miss you.

Picture courtesy of the Donegal Times.

Pavesi & Other NW bands at the Alley in Strabane

On December 29th The Alley, in Strabane, will have a concert in aid of HURT a sucide awareness charity based in the North-West.

The bands include

• Pavesi
• Turbelent Eddy
• Catalyst
• King Coma

Admission is 5 quid.

More Winter pics!

Some more class pics of this weekend's Winter snowfall from Fancis Cassidy.

Bank Walk seen from the Quay

Snow at the Old Abbey

Lough Eske near the entrance to the Castle.

Solis Lough Eske

I asked Francis if he has a 4x4 to get around to take these pics and he said he has a horse outside. ;)

See more of his pics in his photo album on Facebook.

Jobs for Letterkenny

75 new jobs over 3 years for Letterkenny:

Up to 75 new manufacturing jobs are to be created in Co Donegal over the next three years as part of a €10 million investment by US firm Zeus.

The South Carolina-headquartered company is to invest in a 3,700sq m expansion of its Letterkenny facility.

The investment is supported by the Government through IDA Ireland.

Read more at:

• http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2010/1217/breaking11.html

• http://www.thejournal.ie/75-new-manufacturing-jobs-for-donegal-2010-12/

Now it doesn't say what type of jobs, be they unskilled or professional.

Sunrise Winter Pics

Some lovely pics around the town and out by Laghey by Matt Britton.

River Eske and Donegal Castle

Snow & Trees at Sunrise near Laghey

If you on Facebook, you can see more here.

Original Posting at Donegal Friends.

Sean Needham: A Child Could Save Us All

An inspirational song from Sean Needham:



Sean says this about the song:

I wrote 'A Child Could Save Us All' while on a trip to my hometown of Donegal (Ireland) for Christmas. My wife was expecting our first child and I was trying to figure out what life was all about. I'm still working on that one §8-) The animation was created by my good friend and percussionist Rikke

You can download a copy of the song here courtesy of Sean.

Snowy Donegal Bay

A wintery Donegal Bay taken during the recent snow, by Matt Britton. To my eye this looks like a picturesque postcard from somewhere exotic!

Snowy Donegal Bay

Donegal Bay

A lovely pic of Donegal Bay, taken by Fergal McAllister.

Donegal Bay

If your on Facebook you can see the original and others in his Facebook album.

AVS Leaving Cert Class of '85 Reunion

If your in Donegal Town on December 28th at 7:30pm the 1985 Leaving Certificate class will be having a reunion in the Abbey Hotel. If you a Facebook user you can express your interest in attending at the following Facebook page:

Girls 5A

Abbey Voc Sch Leaving Cert Class of '85 Reunion

Here's the notice on the page:

This event will be held in the Abbey Hotel (upstairs) at 7.30 pm on the 28th December 2010. We are hoping that all those who would have done their leaving cert that year or began school in 1980 would come along. Please feel free to bring along your partner. We are hoping to have some fun activities on the night along with photo display on power point. So get your photo's together as soon as you can to enable us to organise this. Any thing you have that might add to the fun on the night please let us know and we can sort that, no problem. Will post admission price at a later date.

So if you started the Tech in 1980 or were in the Leaving Cert class of 1985 (or were in the year at any point) please do come along! If you have any photos to share contact the organiser! One of whom is Pat McGirr the others are Martina & Seamus. I'm not sure which Martian or Seamus can someone post contact info?