Local History
at the Allingham Festival
The Allingham festival commences
Thursday 8th November and runs until Sunday with a host of
nationally known personalities, poetry, debate, art, music, puppet show, street
and pub performances, crafts and entertainment. The oldest town in Ireland will
show its rich history in a number of local events.Thursday 8th November, a talk
entitled “40 Shades of Ballyshannon” in the Abbey Centre at 8.30 p.m., on
Friday an exhibition of old books, newspapers and memorabilia of Ballyshannon opens in The Imperial Hotel
for the week-end, Saturday sees another popular local history walk around the
town commencing at the Abbey Centre at 2 p.m., Saturday at 6 p.m. Tommy Graham
of History Ireland will host a lively discussion with audience participation on
the Erne Hydro-Electric Scheme and the Border in the Abbey Centre at 6 p.m.
Sunday sees the popular Ballytour meeting at the Thatch at 2 p.m. and An
Allingham tribute in St. Anne’s Church will include a talk entitled “ Allingham
the Norwegian Connection” at 7 p.m. The full programme is available locally or
on www.allinghamfestival.com
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