How the 1918 flu changed the course of the War of Independence in Donegal The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating effect not only on our social life and freedoms but also on our economy. It was no different in the last great pandemic in 1918 known as the Spanish Flu. Largely forgotten until recently, the Spanish Flu had similar consequences for our forebears. In the case of Donegal, it had a dramatic impact on the War of Independence a…
Patrick Pearse visited the county on a number of occasions. The Donegal Historical Society museum at Rossnowlagh has a letter from Pearse to an O’Boyle family in the county who wanted to send their son to Pearse’s school at St. Enda’s College, Rathfarnham, Dublin. Most people remember Pearse for the Rising of 1916 but he was a school founder, headmaster and reformer also. The school is now a museum. Many Donegal families sent their sons here as it was a…