APRIL Offices of the V!ocatio~al EdU!Cation CommHtee Administrative staff were transferred to Letterkenny from Ballyshannon. A Gaelic Athletic Association schools board was set up at Ballintra to cater for So.uth Donegal. · Seven people were rendered homeless by a fire which destroyed four thatched cottages 1ait Slate Row, Ballyshannon. A Crucifix was placed in the County Council chamber for the firs1t time. The deaths took place of :Ylr. V. P. Duffy, weH-known Donegal solicitor, and Mr. W. J. Doherty, M.R.I.A.I., Buncra:na. Mr. Andrew Ga.mbl.e, who wa-s in charge of the Ramelton nrefighting unit, was s2verely injured when fig;hting one of the worst outbreaks in the town's history. Damage running into thousands of pounds was ea used when fire destroyed the hardware warehouse of .Messrs. J. M.cColgan & Co.1 Buncrana. Ver:y Hev. P. McQuaid, P.P., was !C?lected president and Mr. H. J. O'Kelly, 1chai'rman, of Bundoran Ratepayers' Association. 1Buncrana Urban Council finally struck a rate of Z6/4 in the £ based on the £ 11,445 valuation. The Minister for lands, Mr. J. Blowick, i1~itiated, near Barnes~ more Gap, the biggest afforestation scheme yet undertaken in th~ county. Damag·e estimated •at between three and four thousand poun~s was caused by fire at the stores owned by Messrs Timony, hardware merch'ants, Donegal town. M.. AY ,May brought tlhe fever of election to Donegal where t1welve candidates fought for the ·seven seats in the two constituencies. Prominent ftitgures in the political 1w.orld who visited the county included Mr. De Valera and General Mulcahy. Prior to ithe election Mr. S. 1M1cBride visited the County to deliver ~ectures. Returned :as deputies fo1r the County were - West Donegal : Mr. Joseph Brennan and Mr. C0:1imac .Breslin (Fianna Fail) and Mr. P. O'Donne11 (Fine Gael). East Donegal : Mr. Neil Blaney, Mr. Liam Cunning:ham (Fianna Fail); Mr. D. 1\icMenarmin, B.L., (Fine Gael) a:nd Mr. W. A. W. Sheldon (l1ndependent). Almon.g those defeated was Mr. Michael Og IMacFadden who had represented West Donegal constitue1nts fior over quarter of a century. Thousands of [pounds M110rth of damage was caused iWhen a shirt faotory at Ballybofey was compietely de,stroyed by fire. 374.
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