Donegal County Museum

History, Heritage and Culture of County Donegal

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

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#Donegal #YourCouncil 
Níl aon eolas á chur in airde ag Músaem Chontae Dhún na nGall ar an ardán seo faoi láthair
#DúnnanGall #DoChomhairle

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

'THE UNIVERSE STORY' Our latest temporary exhibition is 25 paintings, created by pupils of Ballymore National School, Dunfanaghy who have painted the Universe Story in a most colourful and imaginative way.
Exhibition runs to Mon 23rd Feb, free and all are welcome.

[European Atlas of the Seas @EuropeAtlasSeas]

DYK  2 February is World Wetlands Day?

Find out why wetlands are important & learn about #Wetlands & #Birds with the European Atlas of the Seas’ Map of the Week!
https://t.co/xuM4TsKIjh

#CelebratingWetlands #BluePlanet

[DonegalArchives @DonegalCoArchiv]

Donegal Museum & Archives with Workhouse Union: PeacePlus ‘Our Voices Together: Stories of Migration to and from Donegal’ Launch is today at @Donegalcomuseum
https://t.co/ji2RiOb9Or
@donegalcouncil @Donegalcomuseum

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

led by community engagement organisation - The Workhouse Union, which aims to capture and celebrate the diverse migration experiences of communities throughout County #Donegal
A project supported by #PEACEPLUS; a programme managed by @SEUPB @volunteerdonegal @DonegalPpn

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

We & @DonegalCoArchiv invite you to attend the launch of our latest project ‘Our Voices Together: Stories of Migration to and from Donegal’ In Donegal County Museum Fri 30th Jan 2026 at 2 pm by CllrCanning, Chair of the PEACEPLUS Partnership and Cathaoirleach @donegalcouncil

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

Please RSVP your attendance to [email protected] T 074 9124613
‘Our Voices Together: Stories of Migration to and from Donegal is an intercultural oral history and heritage project,

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

@Chealy_ @MellonMigration @donegalcouncil Thanks Catherine for coming to visit us!

[Donegal County Council @donegalcouncil]

The Historic Structures Fund will offer grants from €50,000 up to €200,000 to assist the conservation and enhancement of historic structures and buildings for the broader benefit of communities and the public

Full details➡️https://t.co/1Z8AyB9DN8

#Donegal #YourCouncil

[Donegal County Council @donegalcouncil]

❄️🌨️ Stay up to date with the latest road and weather conditions, including live gritting routes and traffic cameras across the county and plan your next journey safely by visiting https://t.co/21UemQaaMU

#Donegal #YourCouncil #BeWinterReady

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

We wish all our visitors, supporters, colleagues and friends, a very #HappyNewYear2026 from us all in the Museum! #Donegal
Just a very tiny card from 1878 @DonegalCoArchiv @welovedonegal @donegalpage @donegalcouncil @IrishMuseums @NationalMons

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

We received a very lovely Christmas present - a fused glass piece of our Museum's front door with our Christmas wreath on it. Here is our Museum teddy admiring it .A very Happy #Christmas to you all and a wishing you a very peaceful new year from us all in Donegal County Museum!

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

��Please note our Christmas Holiday Arrangements 2025 🎅
We close Tuesday, 23rd December at 12.30pm
& re-open on Friday 2nd January 2026 at 10am.
We wish to thank you all for visiting us, supporting us & donating to the County Museum in 2025.
See you all in 2026! @donegalcouncil

[Letterkenny Cath Qtr @LkennyCathQtr]

Tuesday was 250th anniversary of the birth of #JaneAusten250 and we in Donegal have a very strong link to one of the world's greatest female writers. @Donegalcomuseum is hosting a display of Austen's relatives in the county and runs until Monday.
https://t.co/hiDnbtyd1a

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

The album remains on display to until Monday @donegalcouncil @DonegalCoArchiv @JaneAustenHouse @JaneAustenBath @JaneAustenMag @JaneAustenLIVES @JaneAusten250 #Janeausten250

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

The 250th anniversary of the birth of Jane Austen - whose connection to Ireland goes well beyond the generations who studied her work - will be celebrated at the Donegal County Museum https://t.co/G0lg4AM1YY

[Donegal County Council @donegalcouncil]

Donegal Library Service is delighted to announce that the digitized Biography of Niall Mac Giolla Bhrighde is now available online for free
Full details - https://t.co/bbQMyVO966

#Donegal #YourCouncil

[Donegal County Museum @Donegalcomuseum]

What a beautiful red sky this evening in #Letterkenny @barrabest @donegalcouncil @donegalpage #Donegal

[DonegalArchives @DonegalCoArchiv]

Donegal County #Archives has digitised many of its collections - online free to view: https://t.co/TCNZuxYbya Includes minutes of meetings of Donegal Co. Council, 1899 to 1970 & of Rural & Urban District Councils; there is a wealth of social & local #Irishhistory there.

[Letterkenny Cath Qtr @LkennyCathQtr]

Hope, both bold and blossoming, shines out from an upstairs room of the @Donegalcomuseum. The Donegal Sexual Abuse & Rape Crisis Centre’s fourth annual exhibition, which recently opened to the public, explores the theme of hope in its many forms.
https://t.co/n5Tc1xiiX9

[Letterkenny Cath Qtr @LkennyCathQtr]

As part of acclaimed ‘Working Over By: Donegal Emigrant Working Lives in Scotland’ exhibition, a public talk will take place in Letterkenny. The nature of migration between Co Donegal and Scotland will be explored in @Donegalcomuseum this Thursday at 7pm.
https://t.co/xOrGtGytNW