A new Killybegs group aims to bring life back to the town centre
A new group has been set up in Killybegs with the aim of bringing new life back to the town centre. The bustling fishing town in south Donegal is well known for its fishing industry and marina but locals feel that people are bypassing the town centre as a result.…
Minister Kevin ‘Boxer’ Moran to visit Killybegs in the wake of recent flooding
The minister with responsibility for flooding says he will soon be visiting Killybegs in County Donegal to see the areas affected by recent floods there caused by heavy rain and high tides. A number of premises in the town were affected earlier this month when the Glen River burst its…
Eoghan Ban Gallagher says AFL trial was ‘a great experience’
Donegal defender Eoghan Ban Gallagher says that going to Australia for trials with AFL club the Brisbane Lions was a great experience. The Killybegs man and Cloughaneely’s Jason McGee both spent a couple of weeks down under following Donegal’s exit from this year’s All-Ireland race at the hands of Galway.…
Chowder, seafood and all things marine will have you ‘Hooked’ on Killybegs this weekend
The coastguard will be one of the organisations giving a demonstration on their work at the Hooked Festival in Killybegs on Saturday. The festival which is run by the Killybegs Community Council is taking place on Saturday (2nd of September) at LYIT Killybegs. Chairperson of the Community Council, Emer McGuinness…
Kilcar, Killybegs and Bundoran book their places in quarter-finals
Kilcar, Killybegs and Bundoran are all safely into Monday night’s draw for the Donegal Senior Championship quarter-finals. Kilcar knocked out holders Glenswilly to top their group, while Killybegs also ended as group winners following their defeat of Naomh Muire. Kilcar boss Barry Doherty and Glenswilly manager Aidy Glackin gave their…
LISTEN BACK: Declan Boyle
Former Finn Harps, Sligo Rovers and Celtic player Declan Boyle was part of the Donegal Bay Rowing Club team that competed at the All-Ireland Coastal Rowing Championships hosted at the Lakeside Centre in Ballyshannon last weekend. The Killybegs native spoke to Ocean FM’s Darragh Cox at the event…
‘Hooked’ maritime festival in Killybegs on Sept. 2nd
Any chefs in Donegal who feel they are King or Queen of the Chowder still have a chance to enter the Donegal Chowder Cook Off as part of the Hooked Maritime Festival in Killybegs. The festival which is run by the Killybegs Community Council is taking place this year on…