DONEGAL SCOTTISH GlobalDIASPORA Festival EVENT Donegal County Council invites members of our emigrant family in Scotland to re-engage with their home county through two unique weekends of traditional music, heritage, history, social and sports activities. 19th - 22nd OCTOBER 2018 & 26th – 27th OCTOBER 2018 Additional local activities such as surfing, guided walks etc can also be arranged but will have an additional charge and must be booked in advance. To book, contact Dohertys Travel by emailing; [email protected] or phone 00 353 74 9521105. Departs Historical Genealogy Buchanan Walk & Traditional Street at 7am Retrace Your Music Arrives in Ancestors Weekend Dungloe at 4pm For further information: www.donegaldiaspora.ie/programme/donegal-global-irish-festival DONEGAL DIASPORA SCOTTISH Global Festival EVENT WEEKEND SCHEDULE WEEKEND 1 - FRIDAY 19TH OCTOBER 2018 07:00 Coach Departs Buchanan Street Station Glasgow, Stand 55 10:30 Ferry Crossing from Cairnryan to Larne 16:30 Arrive in Dungloe, Co Donegal 17:00 Check into accommodation 18:30 Dinner at your appointed accommodation 20:00 Official welcome by Cathaoirleach of Donegal County Council & Fáilte Ireland. Guest speaker: Brendan Mac Suibhne. Venue: Ionad Teamplecroine (Travel by bus or approximately 10 minute walk) 20:00 Music session in Óstan Loch Altan with Scottish and Donegal musicians SATURDAY 20TH OCTOBER 2018 Venue: Ionad An Mhachaire / Maghery Community Centre 08:00 – 10:00 Breakfast at your accommodation 10:30 Bus departs for Maghery (4 miles from Dungloe) Registration Tea & Scones on arrival Session 1: 11.00 The Herring Gutters of Lerwick and Donegal delivered by Douglas Sinclair, Lerwick Historical Society 11.20 A Lerwick Workers Perspective by Ms. Ann Marie Saunders 11.40 A Donegal Herring Gutters perspective by Mr. Frank Gallagher Session 2: 12.00 The Tattie Hokers delivered by Annie O’ Donnell Author of “The Tattie Hoker” 12.20 An Island Girl’s Journey by Ms. Kathleen Nancy Gallagher 12.45 Break for walk or scenic drive followed by lunch & Lerwick Fiddle music by Bernie Saunders – preference must be notified in advance 13.45 Lunch Session 3: 14.45 Donegal Tunnel Tigers - The life and times of a Tunneler by Mr. Lawerence Lanty Gallagher, Aranmore Island Session 3 will be followed with audience engagement on all topics covered – MC Mr. Hugh Rodgers * If you wish to explore your family connections to Donegal Local historians will be on hand to answer your questions 15.30 Close 16.00 Bus to depart Maghery for Dungloe *Running in parallel to the talks the following music session will be taking place and all welcome to attend 14.00 – 17.00 Music session in Hudi Beag’s, Gweedore St Rochs Comhaltas Branch, Glasgow 18.30 Gala Dinner and Concert at An Chúirt Hotel followed by guest speaker and with Scottish and Donegal Musicians SUNDAY 21ST OCTOBER 2018 This day is free for you to explore our beautiful county. Feel free to explore the area’s many walks and beautiful scenery or visit family and friends. Although not part of the package there is a choice of taking a trip to Aranmore Island or visit Glenveagh National Park. Doherty’s Travel will provide the transport but entrance fees, meals and ferry expenses will be extra. Note: Advance booking of additional activities is essential 19:00 Farewell Dinner & Music Session at the Waterfront Hotel MONDAY 22ND OCTOBER 2018 11.30 Bus departs Dungloe for Ferry crossing from Larne to Cairnryan at 16:30 to arrive Buchanan Street Station, Glasgow at 20:15 approximately ADDITIONAL INFORMATION Local Church times • St Cronas Roman Catholic, Chapel Rd, Saturday evening at 18.30 & Sunday 10:30 • Church of Ireland; Service at 11:00 in St Crones COI, Church Road ADDITIONAL ACTIVITIES THAT YOU MAY WISH TO AVAIL OF DURING YOUR STAY Walks Dungloe River Walk, 3k or 5k Burtonport Old Railway walk, choose from the 5k or 7k (easy surfaced track) Loughanuire Railway walk approximately 10kms Golf Cruit Island Golf 9 hole links, further information call +353 (0)74 9543296 Boat Trips Sea Safari and Marine Heritage boat trips Burtonport & Arranmore Charters, further information call +353 86 3300516 Saoire Mara Charters +353 87 9870266 Ferry Boat Aranmore Blue Ferry +353 87 3171810 or email; [email protected] - Arranmore Red ferry + 353 74 95 42233 / 9520532 email; [email protected] Tory Island for further information call +353 87 1993710 Water Activities Maghery Coastal adventures, snorkelling, body boarding, hill walking, stand up paddle boarding, guided walks etc., for further information call 0353 87 7547991 BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKERS Brendán Mac Suibhne (Sweeney) Breandán Mac Suibhne is a historian of eighteenth and nineteenth century Ireland. His most recent book, The End of Outrage (Oxford University Press, 2017), is a study of land-grabbing and informing in west Donegal in the wake of the Famine; it was Irish Times Irish Nonfiction Book of the Year and the American Conference for Irish Studies awarded it the Donnelly Prize for Books in History and Social Science. His other books include Subjects Lacking Words? The Grey Zone of the Great Famine (Quinnipiac University Press, 2017) and, with David Dickson, he edited Hugh Dorian’s memoir of the Famine in north Donegal, The Outer Edge of Ulster (Lilliput, 2000; University of Notre Dame Press, 2001). He was a founding editor, with the critic Seamus Deane, of Field Day Review, a journal of political and literary culture. Douglas M Sinclair Local historian, was born in the old part of Lerwick, Shetland into a seafaring family and has lived there all his life. Douglas’ early years were spent roaming the maze of closes, narrow lanes and piers of the town’s south end and listening to the stories told by the people who lived there. Tales of smugglers, whalers, sailors and fishermen who frequented the town over the centuries fascinated him. The boom days of the herring curing industry has been of particular interest and in fact he worked in a fish factory to earn money when a student. Following a career in the National Health Service, Douglas became a tourist guide and a local magazine columnist writing about Old Lerwick. He recently had a book with a selection of these articles published and continues to research the history of his home town. Ann Marie Saunders Was born in Glasgow to Irish parents and has resided in Lerwick for over 24 years. She became interested especially in the story of the Herring Gutters of the 19th century and will relate the recollections of Willie Halcrow. Annie O Donnell Annie hails from Arlands near Burtonport, Co Donegal and was among the young people who emigrated in the 1950’s to work in the tattie fields of Scotland. She has written a number of books about her life in the Rosses and on emigration. Her first book ‘The Tattie Hoker’ was followed by ‘A Donegal Sunset’ and she is currently writing a third book. BIOGRAPHY OF SPEAKERS Lawerence Lanty & Kathleen Nancy Gallagher Both hail from Arranmore Island and they too were young migrant workers. They will recall their experiences of working in the Tattie Fields and Tunnels of Scotland and beyond. Frank Gallagher Born in Scotland to Rosses parents, Frank will relate the memoirs of his Father and late Mother’s experiences of following the shoals of herring all along the coastline of Scotland down into Great Yarmouth. WEEKEND 2 - FRIDAY 26TH OCTOBER 2018 07:00 Coach Departs Buchanan Street Station Glasgow, Stand 55 10:30 Ferry Crossing from Cairnryan to Larne 16:30 Arrive in Dungloe, Co Donegal 17:00 Check into accommodation 18:30 Dinner at your appointed accommodation SATURDAY 27TH OCTOBER 2018 Under Age GAA Blitz Venue: C.L.G. An Clochán Liath 10.00 – 13.00 U14 Tir Chonaill Harps (boys) team and U12 Scottish Select (mixed) team to play C.L.G An Clochán Liath U14 (boys) and U12 Donegal Select (mixed) Team 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Coaching session with Donegal County Players 15:00 Maghery Coastal water sports 18:00 Dinner, prize giving and entertainment SUNDAY 28TH OCTOBER 2018 11:30 Bus departs Dungloe for Ferry crossing from Larne to Cairnryan @ 16:30 to arrive Buchanan Street Station, Glasgow at 20:15 approximately.