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The Awakening

The Awakening – Cultural Weekend at Rathmullan House Over 3rd 4th & 5th February The Earagail Arts Festival & Rathmullan House Hotel invite you to refresh your mind, body and soul and shake off the post-Christmas blues at our new winter weekend tonic .-The Awakening. As well as an intimate concert with Rainey Boy Sleep […]

Design Showcase in Rathmullan

Donegal’s top designers are holding a major showcase of Donegal design and craft work from Friday 9th to Sunday 11th December in the award-winning Rathmullan House Hotel. The Donegal Designer Makers, a group formed in late 2009, is holding a three-day “Visual Feast” exhibition, sponsored by the Donegal County Enterprise Board. The exhibition and sale […]

Seals Released back to Sea

Two pups, a common seal and a grey seal, have spent the past number of months being nurtured back to life at the Dingle Sea Sanctuary in Kerry. Both were found orphaned at just a week old in separate locations in Ramelton and Rosbeg. Since they were found however both tiny pups have become inseparable. […]

The Saldanah

Published in Derry Journal on Friday 7 October 2011 Preparations are underway to mark the 200th anniversary of the sinking of the HMS Saldanha, one of the greatest sea tragedies along these shores, with the loss of more than 250 lives. The navy ship was caught in a violent storm, and it’s thought she was […]

Bobby and Bessie Tasker

Five decades on after they first stood in front of the altar of St. Joseph’s Church in Rathmullan to take their marriage vows, Bobby and Bessie Tasker returned from their home in Scotland in June 2011 to renew those pledges in the presence of the same celebrants who conducted the original ceremony and in the […]

Open Day in Rathmullan

Sunday 17th April was open day in Rathmullan. The sun shone, faces were painted, sailing boats were launched, crafts were on display and there was great food and music at Rathmullan House Hotel. (see photos above) Donegal Live – Sunday 1st May in Glasgow On Sunday 1st May we are travelling to Glasgow to promote […]