The Rectory Grounds in Eglinton were packed by people of all ages, on Wednesday evening, as the three main local churches marked the first anniversary of last summer’s flooding in the village with a Community Fun Day. Eglinton was one of the communities worst-affected when…
Several hundred people attended a cross-community, open-air service in Buncrana on Wednesday evening to mark the 20th anniversary of the Omagh bombing in which three local boys died, along with two young Spaniards who had been staying in the Donegal seaside town. The five had…
Hundreds of people gathered in Market Street in Omagh, on Wednesday afternoon, for a commemoration service organised by the town’s churches to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the single worst atrocity of ‘the Troubles’. Twenty-nine people and two unborn children lost their lives after a…
Members of the Donegal group of parishes were ‘all at sea’ on Saturday evening in their efforts to raise money for their ‘Save our Spire’ campaign. More than 130 parishioners and friends defied a less than benign weather forecast and braved the steady, mid-August mizzle…
The Rector of Faughanvale is to play the church organ non-stop for 12 hours next month to raise money for a new parish hall. Rev Canon Paul Hoey’s ‘organ marathon’ is one of a number of fund-raising events which have been organised in the village…
The Church of Ireland Youth Department has launched Live to Give – a resource on generosity, giving and money, and what the Bible has to say about those issues. The resource has been written by CIYD National Youth Officer Simon Henry, Nicola Brown from the…
Garvagh’s annual cross-community SPARK Week is in full swing, and once again this year the organisers of the week-long programme have had to cap the number of participants because the scheme has proved so popular. “We can scarcely keep up with demand,” said the Rector…
