Ballyshannon Musings from Easter to May Bank Holiday

This collection of local history blogs was posted from Easter to the May Bank Holiday. A chance for you to look back at any that you missed or to share them with people at home and away who may be interested. Also an opportunity for new friends to read the short blogs many of which have a fun quiz attached. They can be found on this site  on the dates listed. Also  on Ballyshannon Genealogy and History Facebook pages where they  are freely available to everyone. The blogs can also be found on ballyshannon-musings.blogspot.com by any of your friends who are not on Facebook.

Saturday 16th May Next blog.  Read about  Florence Nightingale  the founder of modern nursing who was born 200 years ago  and about a Ballyshannon lady who  was with her during her humanitarian work, tending to the sick and the dying in the Crimean War.


16th April 2020. "Ballyshannon 130 years Ago"

17th April 2020. "The most photographed site in Ballyshannon Rory Gallagher's image"

18th April 2020. "Questions about Ballyshannon Never Asked Before"

19th April 2020. "The Wild Irish Girl and a Famous Ballyshannon Duel"

20th April 2020. "A Woman in Ballyshannon in Dublin Easter 1916, The Spanish Flu, Michael                                        Collins and attending the First Dáil"

21st April 2020. "Letters to Mothers in Erne Street and Sheegus from the Trenches of World War                                     One"

22nd April 2020. "Remembering the Most Successful Peaceful Protest in Ballyshannon

23rd April 2020. "Last train from Rossnowlagh to Ballyshannon a Nostalgic Trip"

24th April 2020. "The Mystery of Munday's Field in Ballyshannon"

25th April 2020. "The Man who Bought Ballyshannon"

27th April 2020. "Remembering a Ballyshannon Character, An unusual Claim and a Famous Remark"

28th April 2020. "The Great Fire of Ballyshannon and More"

29th April 2020. " Cures From Bygone Days in the Ballyshannon Area"

30th April 2020. " A Curious Court Case and Other Strange Tales in Ballyshannon"

1st May 2020.     " Local Customs for Special Days in the Ballyshannon Area"

2nd  May 2020.   " Ten Local Visitor Attractions in  Bygone Days"

3rd May 2020.    " A Ballyshannon Woman's Diary of Happy and Sad Events during the Great                                           Famine"

4th May 2020.     " Farewell to Ballyshannon"