Indices of Donegal Annuals - 1950s
1950 to 1959
1950s
| 1950 President: S.D. MacLochlainn | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| Committee & Membership | 232 | |
| Transactions of the Society 1946-50 | 235 | |
| Notes & Queries | 237 | |
| Talta Thír Chonaill | Niall Ó Domhnaill | 244 |
| Shore Dwellers and Sandhill Settlements of Co. Donegal | Chris MacDonagh | 252 |
| Thrills and Disappointments of a Donegal Collector | Andrew Lowry | 256 |
| Na Dálaigh (The O'Donnells of Tirconaill) | Rupert Coughlan | 263 |
| Willie Reilly and his Colleem Bawn | Marcus Macenery | 281 |
| In Memoriam | 286 | |
| 1951 President: Rev. J.H. Bewglass | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| Editorial | 286 | |
| List of Members | 290 | |
| Music in Donegal | Rev. A McLoone | 293 |
| Historic Fords of Donegal | Rev. T Molloy | 303 |
| Memories of the Twin Towns | Dr. Sarsfield Kerrigan | 309 |
| Co. Donegal Family in Germany | 316 | |
| The History of the Diocese of Raphoe | Kit Taaffe | 319 |
| Crannogs of Tírconaill | Chris MacDonagh | 325 |
| A Donegal Naturalist of the 17th Cent. | 329 | |
| In Foreign Fields | 331 | |
| Book Reviews | 333 | |
| Approach to Donegal | Benedict Kiely | 336 |
| A Tour Round the County | 339 | |
| Clergy and Religious Institutions | 360 | |
| Garda Síochana | 364 | |
| Pigots Directory 1824 | 366 | |
| 1952 President: Very Rev. Peadar MacLoinsigh | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| Committee & Membership | ||
| The Story of Doe Castle | Chris MacDonagh | 381 |
| History of Public Transport in Donegal | C. A. Celkin | 406 |
| Donegal in Industry (Manufacture of Tweeds) | 417 | |
| Ireland's First District Justice | 424 | |
| Antiquities in the Parish of Donegal (Townawilley) | 428 | |
| Antiquities in and around Killybegs | B. J. McNelis | 431 |
| Kilbabbin | P.Maguire | 433 |
| Gleanings from Old Newspapers & MMS (Murder in Fanad) | 434 | |
| Burials at Knader, Ballyshannon | P.A. Jackson | 435 |
| Donegalmen in the American War of Independence | K. Taaffe | 439 |
| Correspondence- O'Donnells of Glasagh | 444 | |
| "Na Glúnta Rossanacha" - léarmheas | Pádraig Ó Cnáimhsighe | 448 |
| 1952 In Retrospect | 449 | |
| 1953/4 President: Rev. Richard Laird | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| The Kidnapping and Imprisonment of Red Hugh | Morwenna Donnelly | 457 |
| Gleanings on Donegal History | Fr. Canice Mooney O.F.M. | 463 |
| Count O'Donnell Proposes a Coadjutor for the See of Raphoe | Fr. Terence O'Donnell O.F.M. | 473 |
| Ancient Roadways of Donegal | Patrick J. McGill | 478 |
| Seaghan Mac a'Bhaird | Micheal Óg Mac Phaidín | 485 |
| Four Ancient Stone Forts in Co. Donegal | R.F.G. Adams | 491 |
| The Name Béal Atha Seanaigh | T.S. Ó Maille | 499 |
| Hearth Money Rolls | Chris MacDonagh | 501 |
| Ancient Church at Malin Head | 503 | |
| Rally of the Clans | C.A.Celkin | 505 |
| The Plantation of Donegal- A Survey | V.W. Treadwell | 509 |
| Members and Officers | 518 | |
| 1954/55 President: (1954) Patrick J. MacGill, Ardara. (1955) Miss C. Atkinson, Cavangarden, Ballintra. | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| Life in Donegal in Pre-Famine Days | Seán Bán McMenamin | 1 |
| The Founding of The Friary in Donegal | Fr. Canice Mooney, O.F.M. | 15 |
| Red Hugh's Return Home | Morwenna Donnelly | 24 |
| Bord na gCeantair gCung | Brian Mac Cafaid | 31 |
| The Plantation of Donegal | V. W. Treadwell | 41 |
| The Rundale System in Donegal | Desmond McCourt | 47 |
| Fragmenta Rapotensiana | Fr. Terence O'Donnell, O.F.M. | 61 |
| Where is Magh Ceidne And Magh Ene | Rev. P. Ó Gallchobhair | 70 |
| Parliamentary Returns for The Diocese of Raphoe | T. 0. D. | 74 |
| County Donegal Museum | Curator's Report | 78 |
| 1956 President: Rev. Terence O'Donnell, O.F.M., Rossnowlagh, ('56/'57). | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| Where was the Donegal Friary at Drowes | Rev. P. Ó Gallchair | |
| Castlefin - At The Base Of The Lagan | Dr. S. P. Kerrigan | 93 |
| Donegal Schools a Century Ago | P. J. McGill, N.T. | 102 |
| Ancient Christian Burial Places of Drumholm | Hugh Deery | 110 |
| Other Days in Donegal | Fr. Terence O'Donnell, O.F.M. | 114 |
| The Old Lifford Corporation | J. C. T. MacDonagh | 120 |
| Medieval and Modern Castles in Co. Donegal | J. C. T. MacDonagh | 123 |
| Materials for History of Abbey Assaroe | J. C. T. MacDonagh | 127 |
| Fragmenta Rapotensiana | Fr. Terence O'Donnell | 130 |
| A Seventeenth Century Letterkenny Manuscript | J. C. T. MacDonagh | 139 |
| The County Museum | Curator's Report | 143 |
| 1957 | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| The Franciscan Friary at Drowes | Revd. Fr. Canice Mooney, O.F.M. | 1 |
| The Sharon Murder, 1797 | Frank L. Gailey | 8 |
| An Saol atá thart ins na Rosaibh | Padraig Ua Cnáimhsighe, O.S. | 17 |
| Quiet Donegal | D.V. | 23 |
| Conall of Tír Chonaill | Margaret E. Dobbs and Sean MacAirt | 25 |
| Portnoo as an Archaeological Centre | Isobel R. Crozier | 65 |
| Proceedings 1951-1956 | 71 | |
| From Rural Village to Regional City | Denis Verschoyle | 73 |
| Assaroe Cemetery | Rev. Fr. Pádraig Ó Gallchoir | 81 |
| Red Hugh at Dundalk | Morwenna Donnelly | 107 |
| The Ardaghey Scalan | Cahir Healy, M.P. | 113 |
| Mol an Dálach 's roinnfidh sé leat | Niall Ó Dónaill | 114 |
| Glencoimkille: Its Early Christian Monuments and Pilgrimages | Patrick J. MacGill | 120 |
| Notes and Queries | 127 | |
| Subsidy Rolls | (P. 0. G.) | 130 |
| Curator's Report, 1957 | 131 | |
| Fragmenta Rapotensiana: Parish of Kilbarron | Revd. Fr. Terence O'Donnell, O.F.M. | 133 |
| Cumann Seanchais Thir Chonaill, 1957 | 149 | |
| 1958 President: Mr. J. C. T. MacDonagh (1958/'59). | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| John Colgan, O.F.M., and The Louvain School | (Rev. Canice Mooney, O.F.M., Dún Mhuire, Killiney) | 1 |
| “At Drowes": A Symposium | (Brendan Jennings, O.F.M., Seán MacAirt, M.A., and Niall O'Donnell) | 6 |
| The Heirs to the O'Donnell Chieftaincy | (J. C. T. MacDonagh, B.Comm., President of Society) | 22 |
| Tour of Historical Sites in the Parish of Killaghtee | (Denis Verschoyle, City Hall, Cape Town, S. Africa) | 35 |
| Betha Columbcille: Léarmhas | (Pádraig Ó Beirn, M.A., Teelin) | 45 |
| The Erne-Drowes Line | (Lucius Emerson, Ballyshannon) | 55 |
| Woodlands of Donegal: 1640 to 1840 | (Eileen McCracken, M.A., Magee College, Derry) | 62 |
| Where was O'Donnell's Fortress at Murvagh? | (Rev. P. Ó Gallchóir, Meánscoil Thiarnaigh, Clones) | 65 |
| Death comes to Lord Leitrim | (Prionnsias Ó Gallchobhair, O.G.S., Srath an Urlair) | 69 |
| The Sharon Murder | 73 | |
| Notes & Queries | 74 | |
| 1959 | ||
| Description | Author | Page |
| Derry and Raphoe in the Twelfth & Thirteenth Centuries | (Rev. Aubrey Gwynn, S.J., Professor of Medieval History, ) | 84 |
| Allingham's Laurence Bloomfield - A Historical Document | (Alison O'Reilly, Memorial University, St. John's, Newfoundland) | 101 |
| The Dickson & Connolly Families of Ballyshannon | (Rev. J. Morell McWilliam, Dumfrieshire, Scotland) | 111 |
| An "Wasp" i dToraigh | (Leis an Ath. Eoghan O Cholm, Oileán Thoraigh) | 118 |
| The Plantation of The Laggan And its Economy, (1600-1900) | (James H. Rutherford, B.A., Manorcunningham) | 122 |
| Rock 'n Reel | (Denis A. Verschoyle, Capetown, S. Africa) | 141 |
| Heirs to the O'Donnell Chieftaincy (Part 11a) | (J. C. T. MacDonagh, B.Comm., Ballybofey) | 146 |
| Whales and Whaling in Donegal Bay | (P. J. McGill, B.A., N.T., Woodhouse, Ardara) | 156 |
| Bliain An Droch-Shaoil (1847) | (Liam MacMeanman, B.A., O.S., Fal Charrach) | 161 |
| Some Notes on Inver and Killymard | (Ignatius MacHugh, Ballymacahill, lnver) | 164 |
| Where was O'Donnell's Island on Lough Beagh? | (Rev. P. Ó Gallachair, Meánscoil Thiarnaigh, Clones) | 170 |
| Notes and Queries | 174 | |
| Proceedings (1958-'59) | 178 | |
| In Memoriam | 179 | |
| Reviews | 180 | |
| Membership | 181 | |