6 years ago
Women in politics event pinpoints a need for change
Many women gathered at the Donegal County Museum on Thursday the 13th of June to celebrate the role of women in over 120 years of local government.
The event, hosted …
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6 years ago
Donegal event to celebrate women’s role in local politics
A special event will be held in Donegal County Museum on 13th June reflecting on the role of women in local government over the past 120 years.
After the 2019 …
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6 years ago
Shining a spotlight on 100 years of trailblazing women
Donegal County Museum has today opened an innovative pop-up exhibition charting ‘100 Years of Women in Politics and Public Life 1918-2018’.
The exhibition is sure to intrigue, shock and inspire …
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6 years ago
Donegal Traveller women unveil stunning symbolic quilt
A spectacular pictorial quilt created by Traveller women and girls from all over Donegal was launched at Donegal County Museum.
The quilt, a community arts initiative of Donegal Travellers Project …
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6 years ago
Fascinating exhibition on Donegal women’s lives on display in museum
Did you know that in the nineteenth century single women left Ireland in equal numbers to men? These women were instrumental in sending money back to support the family at …
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7 years ago
Museum curator inspired by family to work on Donegal Book of Honour
Donegal County Museum Curator Judith McCarthy has been working on updating the County Donegal Book of Honour for the last few years and describes the task as a …
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8 years ago
Could you be related to this remarkable Donegal servicewoman?
Donegal County Museum and the Royal Signals Museum are seeking any information, memories, photographs or to make contact with relatives of Catherine Hayes Osborne, Milford, Co Donegal.
Catherine Hayes Osborne …
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8 years ago
Visible and invisible women invited to speak up
To celebrate this year’s International Women’s Day 8 March 2017, women of all ages from all over County Donegal and the North West are invited to join in a collective …
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