Books with Content on Killaghtee Parish, Co Donegal

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The Cliff Scenery of South-Western Donegal: Embracing Detailed Notices of St. John's Point, Killybegs, Sliabh liag, and Glen Head : and interspersed with a Rare Variety of local legends and historical annotations

Author : Kinnfaela (TC McGinley)
1867
172 pages
Publisher: Four Masters Press (2000)
ISBN-10: 1903538025
ISBN-13: 978-1903538029

Kinnfaela was the pen-name of Thomas Colin McGinley, 1830-1887, an exceptionally gifted National School teacher who taught at Croagh, near Dunkineely.

The Cliff Scenery, first published in 1867, is a travel book written about the country where TC McGinley spent most of his life. Scenic beauty, familiar places and local geology are the framework within which stories told at the fireside are written, often in dramatised form. Among these are accounts of the stay of Bonnie Price Charles at Malinmore in the late summer of 1746.

The Great Famine in South-West Donegal 1845-1850

Author : Pat Conaghan
1997

280 pages
Publisher: Bygones Enterprise
ASIN: B001OSW5VY
ASIN: B0000COTL5

From the back page :

In this book the Famine in south west Donegal is examined from a local point of view for the first time. The people in this area suffered immensely following the blight on the potato crop during several successive years.

The inhabitants of Glenties, Ardara, Glencolumbkille, Teelin, Carrick, Kilcar, Killybegs, Dunkineely, Inver, Mountcharles, and Donegal came through those terrible years without a significant level of deaths. However, they paid an enormous price for their survival. Many lost their homes, their farms, their livestock, and, most of all, their quiet dignity, when, unable to feed their children, the British Association stepped in to keep them alive.

Killaghtee: People, Places, Past and Present

2001

173 pages

This is a unique collection of old photographs and stories from the locality. The book was launched in the Green Isle on Saturday the 28th of July 2001. The book describes the history, heritage and culture of Killaghtee Parish, on the Bay of Donegal. It contains a selection of short articles, extracts from journals, songs and prose.

If you have a scan of the front cover of this book and/or know where a copy can be got, please Email me

I am after a copy of this book!

St. John's Point, County Donegal: In Former Days and Now

Author : Brid Ward (bridgetward@eircom.net)
2010

410 pages
Publisher: Brid Ward (July 2010)
ISBN-10: 0956590802
ISBN-13: 978-0956590800

Review in the Donegal Democrat 27 Jul 2010

From the back page :

With this book the Author has taken a unique approach to telling the history and stories of her native place. She brings the reader on a journey along the roads and byways, through fields and over hillocks, along the shore and sailing out to sea with the fishermen of yesteryear. We experience the intimate lives of the people who once lived in the the cabins of the deserted villages, who walked the roads and played in the school yards. We leave the peninsula and travel to the nearby town of Dunkineely to trade cattle, shop and socialise and to worship at the churches in Dunkineely, Killaghtee and Bruckless.

We learn of Chieftains, castles, ringforts, churches, holy men, landlords, emigration, teachers, working women, fishermen, ancestors, flora & fauna, cures and traditions.

I was very impressed with this book - if you have ancestors/family connected to any of the townlands of St John's Point, this book will not disappoint with it's wealth of information - there are extracts from census, school rollbooks, the Griffith's Valuation and more.

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	The Cliff Scenery of South-Western Donegal: Embracing Detailed Notices of St. John's Point, Killybegs, Sliabh liag, and Glen Head : and interspersed with a Rare Variety of local legends and historical annotations Author : Kinnfaela (TC McGinley) 1867 172 pages Publisher: Four Masters Press (2000) ISBN-10: 1903538025 ISBN-13: 978-1903538029 Kinnfaela was the pen-name of Thomas Colin McGinley, 1830-1887, an exceptionally gifted National School teacher who taught at Croagh, near Dunkineely. The Cliff Scenery, first published in 1867, is a travel book written about the country where TC McGinley spent most of his life. Scenic beauty, familiar places and local geology are the framework within which stories told at the fireside are written, often in dramatised form. Among these are accounts of the stay of Bonnie Price Charles at Malinmore in the late summer of 1746.
	The Great Famine in South-West Donegal 1845-1850 Author : Pat Conaghan 1997 280 pages Publisher: Bygones Enterprise ASIN: B001OSW5VY ASIN: B0000COTL5 From the back page : In this book the Famine in south west Donegal is examined from a local point of view for the first time. The people in this area suffered immensely following the blight on the potato crop during several successive years. The inhabitants of Glenties, Ardara, Glencolumbkille, Teelin, Carrick, Kilcar, Killybegs, Dunkineely, Inver, Mountcharles, and Donegal came through those terrible years without a significant level of deaths. However, they paid an enormous price for their survival. Many lost their homes, their farms, their livestock, and, most of all, their quiet dignity, when, unable to feed their children, the British Association stepped in to keep them alive.
	Killaghtee: People, Places, Past and Present 2001 173 pages This is a unique collection of old photographs and stories from the locality. The book was launched in the Green Isle on Saturday the 28th of July 2001. The book describes the history, heritage and culture of Killaghtee Parish, on the Bay of Donegal. It contains a selection of short articles, extracts from journals, songs and prose. If you have a scan of the front cover of this book and/or know where a copy can be got, please Email me I am after a copy of this book!
	St. John's Point, County Donegal: In Former Days and Now Author : Brid Ward (bridgetward@eircom.net) 2010 410 pages Publisher: Brid Ward (July 2010) ISBN-10: 0956590802 ISBN-13: 978-0956590800 Review in the Donegal Democrat 27 Jul 2010 From the back page : With this book the Author has taken a unique approach to telling the history and stories of her native place. She brings the reader on a journey along the roads and byways, through fields and over hillocks, along the shore and sailing out to sea with the fishermen of yesteryear. We experience the intimate lives of the people who once lived in the the cabins of the deserted villages, who walked the roads and played in the school yards. We leave the peninsula and travel to the nearby town of Dunkineely to trade cattle, shop and socialise and to worship at the churches in Dunkineely, Killaghtee and Bruckless. We learn of Chieftains, castles, ringforts, churches, holy men, landlords, emigration, teachers, working women, fishermen, ancestors, flora & fauna, cures and traditions. I was very impressed with this book - if you have ancestors/family connected to any of the townlands of St John's Point, this book will not disappoint with it's wealth of information - there are extracts from census, school rollbooks, the Griffith's Valuation and more.