JUNE The Rev. George G. Warrington, M.A., Rector, Rossinver, was instituted Rector ·of Finner Parish, Bundlora:n. The Raphoe Diocesan Chloir Festival was held at St. Anne's· Ch.urch, Ballyshannon. Under 1tJhe auspices of the County Vocational Educati-on Com-· m~tt~e. all:. experime_ntal course in practi1cal building, the second of its kind in the 1country, was instiJtuted at BaLlyshannon for young' · building trades apprentiJces. The .. students, ·selected by ex·amination and interview, .came from many parts of the county. Ri1ght Rev. MIOnsignor Jaimes MacGinley, D.p., P.P., V.G., Bally·shannon, Dean of Raiphoe, ce·lebrated the Diamond Jubilee of his Ordination. -··Damage to the extent of £40,000 was caused in a fire which broke out in the Templecrone Co-'Operative Society !Premises at Dungloe. . A canning fa~etory wais established at Ballyshannon. The Rev. Daniel Dargan, S.J., Assistant Central Director of the Pioneer Total Abstinenice Society, addressed over two thousand members of the Society in Letter:kenny, in the biggest Pioneer :rally ever held in the county. The 1appointment of Rev. P. J. MlcLaughlin, a native of Ballyshannon, as vice-President of Maynooth CoHege, was announced. lMr. J. Blake, P.C., was re-elected chairman of Letterkenny Urban Council ; Mor. J. McLaughlin was re-elected cha.irman of Bunc:r1ana Urban Council ; Mr. J10seph Doherty was elected chairman of Bundoran Urban Council and Mr. P. Gilfedder was elected chairman of Ballyshannon Town Commissioners. The Lord May.or of Pittsburg, U.S.A., visited Killybegs, the ·birthplaice of his grandfather. The deatJhs took pla1ce of Rev. P. Devlin, C.C., Malin, and Mr. 0. MicCor.mick, M.P.S.I., 1Milford.. JULY Deputy Corimac Breslin was elected Leas-Oheann Comhairle of Da,il Eire1ann. At the amnual meeting of the County Council, he was re-elected chairman. Half a mile from Allinghaim Bridge, Ballyshannon, a new lake, 1, OOO acres in extent, was created wlhen the sluice gates at the Cathaleen's Falls dam, part of the almost completed Erne hydro electr~c scheme, were cl:osed fur the first time. In the "Demoerat" Cup competition, Gweediore G.A.A. team defeated-Ardara in·the :flinal and regained the :cup. The death occurred of Mr. James O'Neill, Ballyshannon, former-· chief of the Vocati.onal Education Committee, and one of the pioneers of vocational educati!o.n in the caunty. . 375.
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