During St. Patrick’s Week
2020 I was thinking of how I might share a bit of
local history in the Ballyshannon area, in these difficult times . My blogs on Ballyshannon Musings have
been going worldwide since 2012 and this time Facebook would be the outlet. I
hoped the blogs might entertain, inform and keep you connected with your home
area for a few minutes. Perhaps there would be a few people out there
interested but the reaction was amazing.
Sharing, liking and
reading of the blogs was important as I have never really developed a Facebook
profile. When one blog got over 1,000 hits I knew early on, that people were
sharing and were interested in their locality. Thanks to those who by sharing
meant the blogs reached an audience that could not be reached otherwise. I
committed to doing a daily blog from 20th March to Easter Sunday 12th
April. The blog will continue from tomorrow Thursday 16th April until the May Bank Holiday.
Wednesday
15th April 2020. Today you will find the dates and titles of the local history blogs I put up on Facebook from Patrick’s Week to Easter. Hope you may have a look back
at any that you like, or missed, and most important of all share them with your many
friends particularly those away from home. The blog will continue from tomorrow
until the May Bank Holiday due to the great interest shown by many of you.
Thursday 16th April 2020. New Top Ten and Fun Quiz starting tomorrow Thursday. I will be posting a new
Facebook top ten of the most popular blogs on Ballyshannon Musings based on the
hits by all who read, liked and shared the blogs since the 20th March . The 10th most popular blog will be posted tomorrow with 5 fun quiz questions and answers can be found in the blog. Have a go.
Best wishes to
all.
Anthony Begley.
Ballyshannon.
15th
April 2020
.
From
St. Patrick’s Day to Easter a Look Back in Time
·
14th
March 2020. “A Peaceful Verse by a Forgotten
Ballyshannon Poet at the Mall Quay.”
·
17th
March 2020. “Memories of St. Patrick’s Well on St. Patrick’s Day
2020.”
·
20th
March 2020. “6th
January. The Night of the Big Wind in Ballyshannon, Bundoran and Rossnowlagh
1839.”
·
21st
March 2020. “Memories of Early Cinema, Drama, Gaelic Games,
Eurovision in the oldest community hall in Ballyshannon.”
·
22nd
March 2020. “10 Rarely Asked Questions about the Ballyshannon
Area.”
·
23rd
March 2020. “Ballyshannon a Busy Town 130 Years Ago and
Christmas Shopping on the Far Side”
·
23rd
March 2020. “Ballyshannon Hurlers defy a ban on Gaelic Games in
Donegal during the Independence Struggle. This new research was published in “The
Donegal Democrat.”
·
24th
March 2020. “Customs for May Day in the Ballyshannon Area”
·
25th
March 2020. “Remembering the Greatest Day of the Year in
Ballyshannon.”
·
26th
March 2020. “A most Unusual Famine Event in the Harbour at
Ballyshannon.”
·
27th
March 2020. “Two Letters sent from the Trenches to Ballyshannon
mothers in Erne Street and Sheegus during World War One.”
·
28th
March 2020. “Amazing Memories of the Circus in Ballyshannon way
back in 1844.”
·
29th
March 2020. “Plane Crashes in Ballyshannon, Bundoran, Cashelard,
Fake News, Cycling to Glenties for a match, Air raid shelters in Munday’s field
and an Unfortunate Tailor.”
·
30th
March 2020. “Ten Interesting Things about Helen Allingham and
her Ballyshannon Links.”
·
31st
March 2020. “Remembering Ballyshannon born Rory Gallagher at his
statue in the Diamond in town.”
·
1st
April 2020. “A Great Find by Fishermen in Ballyshannon in 1916.”
·
2nd
April 2020. “Last Train to Ballyshannon and Rossnowlagh 60 Years
Ago.”
·
3rd
April 2020. “Ballyshannon Athlete Competed in Two Controversial
Olympic Games.”
·
4th
April 2020. “Ballyshannon Folk Festival Remembering the Early
Years and Still Going Strong.”
·
5th
April 2020. “Check out the photos from yesterday’s Folk Festival
blog for some household names.”
·
5th
April 2020. “Ballyshannon Horse Race made National News on
Falgarragh Race Course.”
·
7th
April 2020. “The Man who Bought Ballyshannon.”
·
8th
April 2020. “The Mystery of Munday’s Field in Ballyshannon.”
·
9th
April 2020. “Kildoney Fishermen’s Famous Victory.”
·
10th
April 2020. “The Man who Loved his Hometown of Ballyshannon.”
·
11th
April 2020. “The Last man to die in a Duel in Ballyshannon and
Local Connections.”
·
12th
April 2020. “ A Woman in Ballyshannon in Dublin Easter 1916, The
Spanish Flu, Michael Collins and attending the First Dáil.”
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Limited edition quality hardback with dust jacket as above available when things return to normal in A Novel Idea and
Local Hands Ballyshannon and Four Masters Bookshop Donegal Town. Also available for postage from anthonyrbegley@hotmail.com
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