Ardara News 22nd September 2022
The Johnny Doherty Festival There’s another busy weekend up ahead as the annual Johnny Doherty Festival makes its post-Covid return with a variety of events between Friday and Sunday. The
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Ardara News 15th September 2022
The Johnny Doherty Festival Celebrating local music and dance traditions, this hugely popular festival held in honour of esteemed fiddler Johnny Doherty will make its post-Covid return from next Friday
Ardara News 8th September 2022
Fashion Show The Ardara ICA will host a Fashion Show on Sunday September 18th in the Parish Centre from 3pm to 5pm. Clothing from Lynda’s Boutique, Eddie Doherty Tweeds, John
Ardara Health Centre Updates
Covid Booster Vaccine Clinic We will be holding a covid booster vaccine clinic tomorrow afternoon, Tuesday 6th September. Please phone us on 074-9541134 to book your vaccine. The clinic is
Ardara News 1st September 2022
One Fine Dave A celebration of the life and music of Dave Wintour takes place in the Highland Hotel, Glenties (note change of venue from previously advertised) tonight, Thursday 1st
Ardara News 25th August 2022
Ukrainian Collection The Methodist Hall will be open this Thursday and next Thursday 6-8pm to receive the following items which have been requested by the Ukrainian families who have recently
Ardara News 15th August 2022
Shows The Ardara Shows took place this year for the first time at the GAA grounds at Kentucky and what an outstanding day it was. The weather was just brilliant
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
It’s the Ardara Show day! A fantastic family day out with live entertainment for kids and adults and an endless list of competitions and displays.
Ardara News 12th August 2022
Wild Atlantic Festival Today at the Wild Atlantic Week festival, visit the Pop-up Art Exhibition in the Heritage Centre from 12pm to 4pm, where paintings and crafts made during the
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
Events for Friday 12th August 2022 Coffee Corner, Chat & Coffee Rear of the Heritage Centre. 11.00am. Wild Atlantic Wellness @ Sukah Eire Sukah Éire. 11.00am to 12.00pm. Laughter Yoga
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
Events for Thursday 11th August 2022 Wild Atlantic Wellness @ Sukah Eire Sukha Éire. From 7.30am. 7.30-8.15am Flow Yoga & Breathwork 9.30-10.45am Hatha Yoga 12.45pm-1.15pm Lunchtime Breathwork 6.00pm-7.00pm Emotional Freedom
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
Events for Wednesday 10th August 2022 Mystery Bus Tour The Heritage Centre. 11.00am. Mystery tour of Donegal leaving at 11.00am from the Heritage Centre. Numbers limited. Art Class The Heritage
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
Events for Tuesday 9th August 2022: Coffee & Chat; Watercolour Workshops; Nature Trail; Weaving & Spinning; Wild Atlantic Wellness.
Dancing at the Crossroads Tonight
Join Clement Gallagher and friends for a night of fun as they go back in time with a Ceilí on the Street. Tonight at 8.30pm on the street in Ardara.
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
Events for Monday 8th August 2022 A Walk in the Wood The Diamond. 2.00pm. Historical walking tour of eastern end of Ardara to Woodhill. Dr. Lochlann McGill will do a
Today’s Wild Atlantic Week Events
Events for Sunday 7th August 2022 Family Fun Day Pearse Memorial Park. 3.30pm. Children’s SportsWheelbarrow Races3-Legged RacesEgg & Spoon RacesBar-B-QMums & Dads RacesLong Kick CompetitionPenalty KicksTug of War Relaunch of
Wild Atlantic Magic Show
Colm Dawson presents “Wild Atlantic Magic” in the Heritage Centre today, Saturday 6th August, at 4.00pm. A show not to be missed! Tickets €8 (adults) €5 (kids). Visit our Wild
Ardara Show Returns
After a two-year hiatus, the Ardara Agricultural Show returns to the beautiful town of Ardara on Saturday 13th August 2022. Dating back to 1905, the show attracts thousands of visitors
Wild Atlantic Week Festival Opening
Festival Opening With a Special Celebration Ceilí & Irish Night The Wild Atlantic Week kicks off at 8.30pm tonight, Thursday August 4th, with a Ceilí & Irish Night. This event,
Ardara News August 2nd 2022
Wild Atlantic Week The Wild Atlantic Week festival kicks off this Thursday 4th August with a very special Ceilí & Irish Night in the GAA Clubhouse. Recent additions to the
Ardara News 21st July 2022
Wild Atlantic Week The preparations for the Wild Atlantic Week festival are well underway, with many events scheduled for the beginning of August. The packed programme of events can be
Ardara News 14th July 2022
Bluegrass Festival The Ardara Bluegrass festival kicks off this weekend with events in the Beehive Bar and Nesbitt Arms Hotel. Full schedule available on the Bluegrass Festival page. Guided Butterfly
Ardara News 6th July 2022
Ardara Public Survey As part of the Ardara Regeneration Project, Paul Doherty Architects – Donegal Town will be carrying out a public survey, for locals and visitors, on Friday 8th
Ardara News 24th June 2022
Grant Awarded: Protecting & Enhancing Ardara’s Natural Heritage We’re delighted to share that Ardara has been awarded funding under the Local Authority Waters Programme to research and enhance our local
Ardara News 16th June 2022
Going Pink St. Shanaghan House in Ardara is going pink for Breast Cancer Awareness. The public right of way through St. Shanaghan House Sheltered Housing complex is used by many
Ardara – Ardaghey Road Blocked Friday 17th June
L2863 Ardara – Ardaghey Road (Inver) – Road Blocked Friday 17th June due to Essential Road Works Donegal County Council wishes to advise that due to essential road works, the
Road Closed L2563 Maas to Ardara
Donegal County Council wishes to advise that due to the essential road works, the local Road L2563 between MAAS and ARDARA will be blocked for a time from 12:00noon to
Ardara News 3rd June 2022
Summer Lights Festival Cancelled We are sorry to announce the cancellation of this year’s festival, at such short notice, due to circumstances beyond our control. We wish to sincerely apologise
Ardara News 26th May 2022
How Can We Change Ardara for the Better? There’s still time to have your voice heard and change Ardara for the better – take the 10 minute survey here. Ardara
Ardara News 20th May 2022
Summer Lights Festival A multicultural event of ethnic music, dance and food, the Summer Lights festival takes place in Ardara from Friday 3rd June to Monday 6th June. Programme of
Ardara News 12th May 2022
Senator Eileen Flynn on Nationwide Ardara and our own Senator Eileen Flynn featured in Monday night’s edition of Nationwide on RTÉ One. Senator Flynn talked about the great community spirit
Darkness Into Light Portnoo
Darkness into Light Portnoo 2022 is looking forward to welcoming you all at 4.15am at The Dolmen Centre on Saturday morning 7th May. All funds go to Pieta. Ending Suicide.
Ardara News 3rd May 2022
Pint of Science – Space: Theory and Practise The first Pint of Science Ireland event in Ardara takes place in Nancy’s Bar next Tuesday night with talks delivered by Dr.
Cup of Tae Festival an Outstanding Success
This year’s “Cup of Tae” Festival was an outstanding success with huge crowds enjoying lots of great music and the hospitality of the Ardara people. The Opening Concert in honour
Sunday Lineup at the Cup of Tae
Music Recital Heritage Centre. 1.00pm Traditional musicians from all over Ireland. This recital is limited in numbers. Open Air Recital The Diamond. 3.00pm Open air music recital which will include
Today at the Cup of Tae
The Lineup for Saturday 30th April at the Cup of Tae Festival Free Music at the Heritage Centre The Heritage Centre. 1.00pm This is a unique opportunity to enjoy traditional
Ardara News April 26th 2022
Good Times Return: “Cup of Tae” Opening Concert Ardara is proud to announce that its most famous festival, the “Cup of Tae”, returns in all its glory this weekend, honouring
Return of the Cup of Tae Festival
Festival time is here again! Our 2022 Cup of Tae traditional music festival kicks off next Friday 29th April. This year’s programme is available on the Cup of Tae Festival
Hosts Wanted for Spanish Students
Looking for families to host Spanish students this year. 2 students per household. Coming the 3rd July for 3 weeks. They go to school from 9-1pm, & sports from 3-
Ardara to Maas Road Blocked
Donegal County Council wishes to advise that due to essential road works, the local Road L2563 between MAAS and ARDARA will be blocked for a time from 8:00am to 4.30pm
Stray Cuddly Toy Found
A cuddly toy dog was recently found wandering the road near Aighe. The owner can contact us at ardaraawake@gmail.com to arrange a place in town to collect it. Although this
Ardara News 22nd March 2022
St Patrick’s Parade on Friday 18th March An outstanding parade took place in Ardara this year including floats and bands. We had 26 performers. On a bright sunny day Ardara
Walkers’ Message to Harry
The Ardara Walking Festival took place over the weekend. On Saturday one of the Walks was on Acla Mountain in Fintown, and included a group of people from various parts
Ardara News 16th March 2022
St Patrick’s Parade The parade takes place on Friday 18th March from 3.30pm from the Church Grounds. Ardara welcomes back its Parade after a two years absence, and it’s all
Ardara News 8th March 2022
Ardara Walking Festival: St. Patrick’s Weekend Preparation for the Walking Festival is well underway at present. Some excellent walks have been identified by the organizer Kevin Maguire. The programme is
Ardara News 22nd Feb. 2022
Assaranca – Lochnaluchraman Loop walk By Walk on the Wild Side We are going to try for a 12km loop hike starting and finishing at the Assaranca waterfall, and passing
Ardara News 8th February 2022
St. Patrick’s Day Parade The St. Patrick’s Day Parade will take place on Friday 18th March, 2022. A wonderful person from our community is to lead our parade on Friday.
Ardara Cleanup Week
Local Cleanup 7th to 14th February Ardara Cleanup Week starts today and runs until February 14th. A lot of our roads and laneways are bare now and litter is very
Ardara News 31st January 2022
Zumba Classes at the Heritage Centre Get Groovin’ at Your Own Pace – The Dance Party Workout for the Young at Heart. Everyone welcome to join this fun & easy
Lovin’ the Dunes
Lovin’ the Dunes: A Guided Walk by ‘Walk on the Wild Side’ A fantastic wee 10 km hike for Valentine’s weekend through the beautiful Sheskinmore Nature Reserve starting and finishing
The Campbells
We started the Cup of Tae festival in 2001 and our encouragement and support was always the Campbells. In the early days we went on the Packie Keeney show with
Training Course: Ardara: A Sustainable Environment
About the Course This course starts on Monday, 7th of February and will run on Mondays 7-9 pm. This Innovating Communities Course will maximise and harness Ardara’s potential to build
Ardara News 18th January 2022
Local Cleanup 7th to 14th February A lot of our roads and laneways are bare now and litter is very obvious. This is also a good time to collect litter
Christmas Lights: Thank You!
As we start another new year we sincerely wish to thank all who supported the Christmas Lights Appeal. Many of the Town Businesses were generous with their contributions in a
Special Feature: “Parked up in Portnoo”
This year’s Duchas annual had some excellent articles and from time to time we may highlight some of them. This article by Gail Park is a beautiful piece, showing why
Ardara News 30th November 2021
Big Switch On The big switch on of the Christmas lights will take place this coming Sunday 5th December at 6.00 pm. As in all other towns, we have decided
Roadworks Between Glenties and Fintown
Donegal County Council wishes to advise that due to essential road works, the R250 road between Glenties and Fintown will be blocked for a short period from 9.30am – 1pm
Donegal G.A.P. Heritage and History AGM
Revised 2021 AGM arrangements Due to the current Covid-19 situation, Donegal G.A.P. Heritage and History Group’s 2021 AGM will now be held remotely via Zoom at the previously communicated time
Ardara News 23rd November 2021
“Keep Your hands to Yourself” Festival The “Keep Your Hands to Yourself” Festival was a great success last weekend the 19th November, and saw Ardara having its only festival in