My letter to the editor was not published but our councillors seem to have finally gotten hold of information they all lacked so badly last week. One even ‘attributed the problems to the break up of the state body Duchas’. Now they are all puffing and shoving for votes in the upcoming election for the [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Between Aileach and a hard place
Posted in Election, Grianan Aileach, tagged Grianan Aileach on January 31, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Why indeed
Posted in Grianan Aileach, Heritage Protection, tagged Grianan Aileach, Heritage Protection on January 25, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Article in last Fridays Derry Journal
Why is Grianan of Aileach still being neglected? – MacLochlainn asks
Despite being one of Ireland’s truly historic sites, Burt’s Grianan of Aileach is all but ignored both in terms of the provision of facilities and tourism promotion
In another attempt to rectify this Sinn Fein’s Pádraig Mac Lochlainn has submitted a [...]
What would you think if I sang out of tune
Posted in Grianan Aileach, tagged Grianan Aileach on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
When a new year starts with the realisation that, what was perceived as Grianan of Aileach until now and since the 1830’s, is not the circular structure on top of Greenan Hill but underneath the meagre remains of an old O’Doherty castle at Eleaghmore a few miles away, then one may wonder, what the remaining [...]
