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There is a fantastic exhibition taking place during this year’s Pan Celtic International Festival dedicated to the enchanting Duckett’s Grove. From April 2nd to…
Danny McDaid recalls a remarkable life in athletics that took him from rural Donegal to the Olympics in Munich and Montreal.
Pictured at the launch of the 2021 Donegal Half Marathon at the Danny McDaid Track at the Aura Leisure Centre in Letterkenny where the race will finish. From left, Danny McDaid, Donegal Half Marathon Ambassador; Eunan Kelly, Donegal Half Marathon Treasurer; Cathal Curran, Kernan’s Retail Group and Brendan McDaid, race director. The 2021 Donegal Half Marathon is now open for entries. As the country begins to ease gradually out of Level 5 lockdown, the Donegal Half Marathon Committee are confident that an actual race will be allowed to take place in Letterkenny on Sunday, August 29th, 2021. S...
Advertisement Danny McDaid (left) with Jerry Kiernan at the opening of the Danny McDaid Athletics Track in 2013. Photo: Brian McDaid. Danny McDaid pays tribute to Jerry Kiernan Posted: 5:00 pm January 28, 2021 SHARE By Ciaran O’Donnell It was while he was heading home to New Mills from the family farm up on the hill last Thursday morning when Danny McDaid’s mobile phone rang. He pulled in to take the call from his brother. Frankie, who’s based in Dublin. It wasn’t good news. Jerry Kiernan had died in his sleep the night before. He was 67. Danny had been talking to Paddy M...
The â¬6,000 raised through the 2020 Virtual Donegal Half Marathon will go towards the purchase of equipment for the Acute Stroke Unit at Letterkenny University Hospital. And in a marvellous act of generosity, the eventâs main sponsors, the Kernan Retail Group, covered the full cost of the purchase of a life-saving defibrillator at Kernanâs, Tullygay, through its partnership with Community Recycling Initiative. Speaking at the cheque presentation, Donegal Half Marathon Ambassador, Danny McDaid, said that while staging a virtual event for the first time this year was challenging, ...