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First Inishowen Annual goes on
sale
29.11.10
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You from Inishowen?
Scratching your head over what to get someone this
Christmas? Look no further. The inaugural Inishowen
Annual (2011) has just been published and is on
sale in shops around Inishowen. Running at a bumper full-colour 100 pages,
the book is jam-packed with stories, craic and
photographs! Priced at a very affordable €15, this
is without doubt the perfect Christmas stocking
filler for Inishowen folk living at home or abroad. |
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So, if you pick up the Inishowen Annual between now
and Christmas, what might you expect to find between
the covers? Editor Dónal Campbell explains: “Those
of us lucky enough to live in Inishowen are very
aware of its rich seam of myth, history and legend.
Every corner you turn you bump into someone with a
story to tell, a yarn to relate, a point to make.
The Inishowen Annual commits some of those tales to
print – consisting of a fascinating cross-section of
wonderful yarns and facts that owe their origins to
Inishowen. Some date back centuries, others a few
years. Some significant on a national scale, some
entirely localised. It all adds up to a brilliant
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Specifically, readers
can delve into fascinating articles on “bum-boating”
on the Foyle; the Boundary Commission’s proposals to
hand large chunks of modern-day Inishowen over to
the North; Inishowen hauntings; purtie gathering a
quarter of a century ago; some of Inishowen’s best
known songs; the Quigley’s Point boxer who ruled the
ring; tracing your family roots; and how the War of
Independence was played out across the peninsula –
to name eight of many.
“You’ll find faces from the past too in old
photographs,” says Dónal, “as well as some notable
creative writing contributions from Inishowen
primary schoolchildren – the next generation to add
to the layer of Inishowen folklore! Add in snippets
from around the world and a healthy dose of humour
and jokes and it contributes –I hope you’ll agree –
to the perfect Christmas present for Inishowen folk
here in the peninsula or indeed in any part of the
world.”
The annual has been edited and published by the team
responsible for the publication of the Inishowen
Independent newspaper every Thursday. Campbell says
they have received a fantastic reaction from
everyone contacted in relation to the book –
including advertisers who immediately recognized
this book is likely to fly off the shelves this
Christmas: “A huge thank you to each and everyone of
our advertisers and to Healthwise Pharmacies in
particular – we are proud to publish this book in
association with Liam and his team in four
Healthwise branches across Inishowen. We have been
overwhelmed with advance orders received for the
book.”
The book is now sale at shops around Inishowen and
sells at just €15. It can also be ordered by telephoning 074 93
21510. The book can be posted within the Republic of
Ireland for €2 and €4.50 elsewhere in the world. |
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