Golden Eagle..Dinosaur's Next??

News this morning on the RTE website that for the first time since 1910 a baby golden eagle has survived.

The chick hatched in Glenveagh National Park in Donegal.

Will be interesting to see if they can re-establish these and who knows what next?

P.S. Glenveagh is a fantastic place and the scenary is amazing. Absolutely worth a visit if you are ever up that way. Park yourself in Letterkenny and head to Glenveagh early to take it all in. Then have a night out in Letterkenny which is fantastic.

New All-Ireland Monopoly

Hasbro are creating a new version of Monopoly for Ireland which will include 22 counties. They are asking for people to vote on why their county should be included.

You can vote here.

If you are not from Ireland or are undecided, then vote for Donegal and make sure and leave Monaghan out of your selection....haigh!

At long last..we've done it!

Yesterday was a history making day. Not only did I manage to spend 24 hours in Cahir at a party and not drink, but Donegal won their first ever football national league title.

To a lot of counties this may be trivial but when you have played in 13 finals in 15 years and won none of them, to win anything is special.

The mad thing is that Donegal have done a lot of things first in GAA that are forgotton. Im not sure of the exact year, but when Donegal played hurling in Croke Park in the 1920's they were the first team to wear numbers on their shirts in Croker (if you dont believe me ask Mícheál Ó Muircheartaigh who said it on the radio).

In the 1970's during an All-Ireland Semi-Final Donegal had a penalty. The wind moved the ball from the spot and as the Donegal man replaced the ball the ref gave a free out for not asking him could he replace the ball. We lost that semi-final.

Its great to have won this title since our only other victory was the 1992 All-Ireland final. Since then we have lost every Ulster, McKenna Cup and League final we played in. This should give us great heart for the Championship First Round v Armage in late May.

Well done lads.....

Donegal...its different up there

I strongly suggest that everyone should go to Donegal at least once. It is the loveliest place in the world with the loveliest girls and loveliest lovely things...see for yourself

Donegal Direct
County Homepage
Ireland's Northwest
Donegal Tourist
Go Ireland Donegal Webpage