RALLY OF THE CLANS the Cl,ar.s Committee, :Mr. F. P. Britton, and fifty years had passed since an :chairman of the :Ballyshan~1on Tostal / O'~Dor_nell chieftain had walked freely Council, 'Mr. J. C. MacDonagh, crgae-·through his territory rec·eiving recognitiser of the Rally -of the Clans., Lieut. ion from his kinsmen, and now a Col. W·2ddick (represe::1 ing Col. chieftain was :returning to bridge that Collins-Powell, O.C., Western C:m- gap in the history of oue of Ireland's mand), .c:ud Comdt. J. L. O'Brien, area most storied corr_ers. It was a solemn officer, rwi::·o escortEd him to the sce:~1 .. 2 momEnt as the grcup was s·een approof the ce:!'emonies outside the Market aching over the bridge. There was the Y.ard. Here the ;Minister inspcted th·e ·central figure, The O'Donnell, tall, F.C.A. guard of hcuour which was st1ately and of scholarly mien. Beside drawn from units of ~,he South Donega1 him walked Count Gabriel O'Donne11 Battalion. of Austria, Rev. F:r. Terence O'Dcnnell, -The first official act of Donegal's O.F.M., Ros Nuala., and 1Mr. F. P. thre·e weeks of Tostal participation Britton, Schoolboys from the Ballytook place the::~ as the Minister hoist-' shannon technical school and the De La ed the Tosbl f1ag while ~he band Salle schools lined the bridge each buglars ar..d ' drummers sounded the holding a replica of an tSlat Bhan, the gn1eral salute. silver mounted hazel stick, symbol olf chieftair:ship. As they approached the AN HISTORIC MOMENT. strains of "O'Donnell Abu," played by the band, was wafted en the breeze By this time the crowd cf general over the town and .alcng the historic public had grown to big proportions ,Ern€. and all traffic aver the bridge was halt- On arrival at the Market Place, the ed. Ther€ was an expectant hush as O'Donnell was greeted by· Mr. J. the :assembly waited in brilliant sun-Gillespie, P.C., who presenting him shine for ~1he historic moment when with 2n tSlat Bhan said: The O'Donnell would re-enter the "As the pers.:::n deputed by the aucient territory of his forefathers, as County Commit~,ee of the O'Donnell Prince ;of his Clan.. :Three htT1dred Rally to meet you here .to-day, -in the Ma.chiners of Ryegrass, Flaxseed Importers. AGEN'IIS FOR ALL THE BEST AGRICULTURAL MACHINERY MAKERS. SUL. AJMMONIA-- POTASH - PHOSPHATES. WM. THOMPSON· and Co. (Donegal) Ltd.- LETTERKENNY. 50G.
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