the same site. Large-scale building projects, already well ahead of the blueprint stage, and expected to start shortly, indude the erection of a new county ho~pital, in the environs of the town, and a new post office, for which an ideal site has been purchased. ' In the matter of housing, Letterkenny has a commendaible record. At present, the local authority owns well over two hundred houses, more than half of which have been erected in comparatively recent times. Ard O'Donnell, the scene of •the Council's biggest buHdi.ng push, now boasts of over a hundred excellently-kept dwellings, and forms the main part of "Greater Letterkenny". Similarly, at Oldtown, (now renamed iRos Suiligh) a new scheme of forty houses, erected iunder a direct labour :scheme by the County Council, have recently been tenanted. In recent years, the luvely piast:mal setting of this area, where the first attempt was made to erect a town .on the banks of the Swilly, became badly disfigured through the enforced conti.11ued occupation of houses, 110ng since unsuitable as dwellings. The Oldtown scheme was the answer to the grave s:um problem at 1this end of the town. The g.ravity of Letterkenny's one-time housing problem may be gauged from the :fact that, notwithstanding the huge ar!:ea:i.~s that have been cleared off, .there is still an insufficiency of housing. The Urban Council, determined to wipe out every slum, relieve the present serious uver- 'crowding 1and pr.ovide a decent home for every family, has acquired extra Ia.nd, just outside the town boundary, for yet another housing scheme. This rather extraordiniavy step was rendered unavoidable, when all available ground, acquired in the urlban district for the purpose had been used up. Sports and Amusements-In the social a.nd cultural domains, the Cathedral town has attracitions in plenty. During the winter months, it fairly buzzes with 1a.ctiivity, to cater for all tastes. lAmateur drama is in the ascendant, pivoted mainly by ithe Vocational Players, the robust brai.n-child of the directing forces of the Vocational School, partnered by stage dev10tees from outside. A Piantomine Society, founded less than two years ago, has now got into its stride, and presented two annrnal shows, which easily beat all attendance records for a.~y attraotion in the town. Both offerings 1were a triumph of enthusiastic co-ordinated effort on the part of a group of over seventy. Supplemental attractions include bridge, table tennis, golf, badminton, tennis, 1G1aelic, soccer, and rugby football clubs, cricket, and a boxing club with fully equipped gymnasium. Students of Irish language a,nd Irish dancing are catered for by a craobh of the Gaelic League, which also promotes drama through the medium. CHURCHES, SCHOOL1S ETC. St. Eunan's Cathedr:al is a magnificent p i 1 e in the modern style, remarkable for bold innovations. Dedicated in 1901 the building occupied ten years and cost approximately £300,000. In the gr:ounds is a statue of· Cardinal O'Donnell 353.
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