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By Enda Cullen

Donegal: The Forgotten County

By Enda Cullen, Contributor

May 15, 2013 by 9 Comments

An appreciation by Enda Cullen. Apologies to readers from other counties but my mother used to say that Donegal and Clare people were the friendliest people in Ireland.  She has passed on to a better place now and I never found out why she thought that, but like most of her beliefs I have found them to be true. As a family we always went to Donegal on holiday.  It could be … [Read more...] about Donegal: The Forgotten County

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September 11, 2002

In an effort to show solidarity and support for the United States just a year after the 9/11 World Trade Center attacks, all Irish businesses, schools and shops came to a close at 1:46pm on this day in 2002. This time marked the exact moment, in Irish time, that the first plane hit the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New York City. A year earlier, on the day of 9/11, President Mary McAleese went on RTE Radio to express her shock in the wake of the attacks.

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