Number 68. 2016. €15.00
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Pearse’s Letter to a Donegal Mother by Anthony Begley 5
Easter Rising 1916 – Early Reactions in the North West by Dr. Seán Beattie 11
Easter Rising 1916 – A Global Context by Dr. Sandra Buchanan 23
Military Presence in Donegal in 1916 by Richard Doherty 28
Donegal County Archives and 1916 by Dr. Niamh Brennan 31
From Culdaff to the Somme by Rachel Magowan 39
Patrick Pearse and the MacManus Brothers by Helen Meehan 43
From Nationalism to Republicanism: Letterkenny and 1916 by Kieran Kelly 49
Constable Charles McGee RIC (1892-1916) by Dr. Méadhbha Ní Bhaoill 54
Constable McGee and the Easter Rising by Dr. Seosamh Ó Ceallaigh 62
Noble Sentiments by Dr. Lochlann McGill 67
Derry and The Easter Rising 1916 by Brian Lacey 70
The Fermanagh Press and Donegal 1916 by John Cunningham 81
Commemoration and Memory by Dr. Desmond Murphy 85
Donegal and 1916 by Rev. Dr. John Silke 88
“An Outbreak of Criminal Folly": Donegal Vindicator 1916 by Rev. Raymond Blair 96
Vol. Joseph O'Doherty Recalls 1916 by Joseph O'Doherty 100
Feeding the Rising: Food and Farming in 1916 by Mervyn Watson 102
Reflections on the Rising by Rev. Bernard J. Canning 105
The IRB and The Easter Rising by Liam Diver 107
Private Con Duggan by Seán Boner 109
Emerson Herdman's Photographs of the Rising by Seán Boner 111
Notes on Medieval Donegal III by Tomás G. Ó Canann 114
Book Reviews 121
Donegal Bibliography by Helen McNutt 123
Fr John Silke Obituary 130
List of past presidents 131
Officers 2016-17 132
List of Members 133
Calendar of Events 2017 140