Education Committee to the people of Dungloe, who built a technical school by voluntary labour and with locally raised money. The school, said Mr. M. J. Cryan, C.E.0., cost £1,600 and was worth £7.000. Killy•begs defeated St. Eunans, Letterkenny, in the final of the county senior G.A.A. football championship by 0-9 to 1-5. The death took place of Lady Helen Henrietta Blennerhasset Fitzmaurice Dean-.Morgan, wife of the sixth Baron Muskerry, St. Ernans, Donegal. The funeral took ulace to La1d1ev cemetery. Sixty anglers from clubs representing four provinces competed for the Provincial Angling championship on Lough Melvin. At a meeting in Letterkenny a County Donegal Badminton Association was formed. A Co. Donegal football league association under the auspices of the F.A.I., has .been formed with ::VIr. L. McMenamin, Ballybofey, as chairman and treasure'" Twelve years old Lena White, Ballyshannon, took first place in a Church of Ireland Scripture examination and received the Hon. G. Lowry-Corry silver medal. OCTOBER Mr. Lemass, An Tanaiste, Minister for Industry and Commerce, officially declared the Erne Hydro-Electric scheme open. He was presented with an address of welcome by the Ballyshannon Town Commissioners. Rev. Bro. Leo, superior, De La Salle comrr.mity, Ballyshannon, was trnnsferred to Mount La Salle, Ballyfermot, Dublin, as vice-principal of a new 1,000 pupil school. He was succeeded at Ballyshannon, as superior, by Rev. Bro. Denis, headmaster of the secondai·y school, and by Rev. Bro. MarK, Navan, as principal of the primary school. The new £70,000 pier at Killybegs, was officially opened by Mr. Lemass, Minister for Industry and Commerce. The death occured of Rev. Art O'Friel. C.C., Knockfola, Derrybeg, a native of Fanad. Ramelton-born hypnotist Jack Wafer broke the wor:d's fa3ting record at Brighton. He lived for 72 days on soda water and cigarettes. Rev. Joseph Crossan, of Moville, was appointed to take charge of Hanyang diocese in China . Lieut. E. J. McDaid, aged 26, li.S. Army, only son of Mr. J. :VIcDaid, well-known Letterkenny business man, was awarded the Bronze Star and medal for heroism in the Korean war. A branch of Macra na Feirme was formed at Bal_lyshannon. The death took place at the City and County Hospital; Derry, of Rev. John O'Brien, P.P., Malin. He was 90 years of age. He served in eight T>arishes throughout the Diocese, including Carndonagh and Clonmany. The death occm·ed of Mr. Edward O'Friel. ex-county council· lor. Termon. SuPt. T. Noon:rn. r..S.. ·Ballyshannon. was transferred ·to the trainini:r deuot. Dublin. He was a native of Limerick and was stationed at Ballyshannon for 15 454.
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