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Donegal history goes on
show
21.11.08
AN exhibition
showcasing 200 years of Donegal history will go on
display in Inishowen as part the County Archives'
tenth anniversary celebrations.
The travelling exhibition entitled 'The Past in the
Present' will visit public service centres,
libraries and community centres in the county over
the next year. Nine panels featuring themes such as
homesteads; Donegal 'wains'; fun and games; local
democracy, landlords and worship will form part of
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"The panels contain a
brief history of the themes and are accompanied by
images scanned from the County Archives collections.
"Images include photographs, posters, leaflets,
extracts from letters, registers, minute books and
other items," explained Donegal County Archives
Service assistant archivist Ciara Joyce. The
exhibition is the first of its kind and is the first
time a local authority Archives Service in Ireland
has put together an exhibition designed entirely
around its own collections.
In Inishowen, the exhibition can be viewed at
Carndonagh Public Services Centre from November –
December 2008. For more information, contact Niamh
or Ciara at 074 91 72 490/455 or
archivist@donegalcoco.ie . |
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