Newsletter 22, March 16
New Site Map
Brendan and his team at Atlantico have produced this wonderful new map of the site at Fort Dunree. There are paper copies available as well as larger versions on various locations throughout the site.
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Newsletter 22, March 16
Fort Dunree to feature on RTE program to mark 1916
Fort Dunree will feature on a 1916 Commemoration programme which will be broadcast on Easter Monday night on RTE 1.Centenary 2016 is a government funded programme that will be broadcast live from Dublin on Easter Monday at 9.30pm. On this momentous and historic anniversary The show will reflect and celebrate the achievements of the nation from the cultural revival to the present day, through Music, Dance, Poetry and Archive.
The show will have 4 main movements: Awakening, Arising, Aspiring, Arriving.The Grand spectacle will take place in the BordGáis Energy Theatre in Dublin but will also feature other parts of the country and the Irish diaspora around the world.The RTÉ Concert Orchestra, along with a choir of 500 will take to the stage, along with numerous dance troupes and well known Irish singers and performers. Fort Dunree was chosen to be one of four iconic sites throughout the country to hold a flag raising ceremony.
Newsletter 22, March 16
Wild Inishowen hold Tree Planting Session at Fort Dunree
To celebrate National Tree Week, WildInishowen held a Tree planting session on Saturday 5th March. Tree Week has been organised by the Tree Council of Ireland since 1985. Each year a number of events are held around the country, from tree planting to poetry readings, all aimed at encouraging people to celebrate the positive effects which trees have on both our environment and scenery.
25 volunteers turned up on the day and Fort Dunree would like to thank Wild Inishowen, Buncrana Tidy Towns, and also to all the Volunteers that came along. Thanks also to the boys and girls who came to represent the local primary school Desertegney N. S. A very special word of thanks goes to Wild Inishowen Member Colm Grant who organized the whole event with the help of George McDermott . Colm kindly donated all the Trees himself, his generousity was second to none.
Some of the wonderful volunteers planting trees at Fort Dunree
Newsletter 22, March 16
Alfie and Hughie raise €3,300 for Cancer Care West
Two Inishowen men, Alfie McGovern and Hughie Duffy recently staged a number of events in order to raise funds for Cancer Care West. The men are recipients of the wonderful service provided by the InisAoibhinn facility in Galway. All of Cancer Care West’s services are provided at no cost to patients and their families and the charity relies heavily on voluntary fundraising and donations to meet the cost of providing these services.
Hughie Duffy raised funds through a number of events at both the Clonmany and Carn shows.
The second annual Alfie’s cycle and walk took place on 11th October. On a beautiful sunny morning 100 cyclists and over 100 walkers took to the road from Fort Dunree and helped make it a fantastic event. Alfie would like to thank Fort Dunree, North Pole Cycling Club, Saddle Rock Cycling Club, Border Bikes and all others who participated and kindly gave such generous sponsorship and prizes.
Fort Dunree features on advertisement for Audi!
Local man Adam Porter was the star of the newadvertisement for Audi which was shot on our beautiful Peninsula of Inishowen in the County of Donegal. Even though time was limited, Adam was given free reign to take the wonderful crew to his favourite spots to hunt the Northern Lights, one of which of course was Fort Dunree.
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