Number 65. 2013. €15.00
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Early Medieval Decapitation, Dooey by Niamh Carty 9
Lebelly Castle, the Castle of the Finn by Ross Cooper 15
Conservation Project: O’Doherty Castle, Isle of Doagh, Clonmany by Richard Crumlish and Marius Harkin 21
Ballyshannon Historians by Anthony Begley 23
Bishop Patrick O’Donnell and Rome by Very Rev. Dr. John J. Silke 34
County Donegal Grand Jury 1753-1798 by Emma Wright 38
Three Donegal Towns that Received Charters in 1613 by Matthew Potter 45
Donegal Through the Lens by Seán Beattie 48
Derry and Donegal Politics: 1800-1921 by Desmond Murphy 56
Opposing High Taxation and Praising the Irish People by Rev. Raymond Blair 63
Londonderry and Lough Swilly Railway: 150 Years by Frank Sweeney 68
A Tireless Hunter of Dreams: Arnold Bax and Donegal by Kenneth Dodds 71
The Illies and Environs in the 19th Century by Gearóid MacLochlainn 75
Donegal and the Irish Boundary Commission by Paul Murray 82
The Early Gaelic Revival in the Donegal Bay Area by Helen Meehan 91
World War 1 Chalice Returns Home by Canon Bernard J. Canning 98
Capt. McKay Rorty and the American Civil War, 1861-65 by Aidan O’Hara 100
“In the Sunny Long Ago” by Billy Finn 102
Domhnall MacDiarmada: File Ghaothbearra le Éamonn Ó Ceallaigh 109
Book Reviews 114
Donegal Bibliography 2013 by Helen McNutt 123
Officers 138
Schools’ Competitions. 2013 139
List of Members 142
Calendar of Events 2014 154