The Killaghtee Reunion Festival 2026 is dedicated to local history, language, art, crafts, sports, and culture. On the schedule page of our website, click “culture” on the filter dropdown to view the cultural programming for this year’s festival.
Discussion Forum
The Forum offers a unique space for thought-provoking discussions and engaging presentations that delve into Irish history, politics, literature, contemporary issues, and cultural identity. Audiences can hear from scholars, professors, writers, historians, and cultural experts as they explore historical and modern topics.
Hosted by John Breslin/Kevin Furey, the forum will feature
Mark Nesbitt
Senator Manus Boyle
Thomas Pringle
To view this year’s schedule, go to the schedule page and click “Culture” on the filter dropdown menu. You can view presentation topics on the schedule page.
Literary Corner
Katrina Robinson
The Literary Corner at Killaghtee Reunion Festival celebrates the depth and diversity of Irish and Celtic writers. This area features a line-up of acclaimed and emerging authors, offering festivalgoers the chance to meet the writers behind the words, hear about their creative journeys, and get books personally signed.
In addition to author appearances, the space includes a curated bookshop stocked with a wide range of titles—from historical fiction and contemporary memoirs to children’s tales and cultural studies—all rooted in Irish and Celtic themes.
Katrina, Robinson is a writer and freelance journalist based in Oxford, England, although her spiritual home is here, as her parents, Tommy McClintock and Annie Long, came from Darney and Multains. Katrina has written articles for many magazines , including The Telegraph, Women Alive and Christian Connection.
Like everyone, has had quite a few ‘challenges’ in her life, including midlife divorce, which devastated her, but she made up her mind that she did not want it to ruin the rest of her life. Katrina made it her mission to recover and rebuild by redesigning her life and working on herself.
Today, Katrina is happily re-married, loves her life, and has vowed to support and inspire other women who have been through the same, or some significant loss.
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Adrian Gallagher
Wild Mountain Way – Donegal on Foot and Alone tells the story of a unique four hundred kilometre journey on foot from one extremity of the county to the other – from Malin Head in the north to Glen Head in the southwest – that was undertaken by the author, Adrian Gallagher, during the Summer of 2019 and involved some 20,000 metres of climbing – many times more than is required to climb Mount Everest!
Irish Music Sessions
Once home to seven pubs, serving the local fishing community, Dunkineely still boasts three pubs, Mac’s, MacIntyre’s and McLaughlin’s. Each has it’s own unique feel, and features live music both traditional and modern.
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Theatre
Bruckless Community Centre brings local folklore to life, showcasing a full performance of the musical ‘At The End Of The Day’. Based in South-West Donegal, and inspired by the patchwork quilt ‘Love Across The Waves’ by Arranmore and Tir Boghaine Women’s Groups, and the Bruckless Bay Disaster, ‘At The End Of The Day – The Musical’ provides a look at life in Donegal during the early 1800s.
Written by Leslie Long, the plot of the musical mainly follows the relationship of Matthew Lyons and Nuala Green, from the time they first meet, to the time they become engaged to be married, and also the events leading up to their meeting, including the Bruckless drownings and the economic conditions of the time.
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Genealogy
Gallagher Clan
The Gallagher Clan Organisation was established in 2005 to unite the worldwide community of Gallaghers by exploring and document all relevant sources which tell of Gallagher activity down the ages, and building up a family history resource which can assist individuals find their own and their forbearers place in the story. Adrian Gallagher started the project in 2003 and 20+ years later continues the work Carry on any activities necessary to further the above aims. Facilitate a gathering of the Clan at a local level within each geographic area and worldwide
Sports
Sports Day
Join the members of the Saint Ultan’s GAA Club as the Millennials take on the Oldies in the Battle of the Centuries.
Gaelic Football
Join the members of the Saint Ultan’s GAA Club as the Millennials take on the Oldies in the Battle of the Centuries.
Crafts
Our craft market provides a great opportunity for you see what our local crafters have to offer. From paintings on slates, to jewellery, and wooden pottery, there is always a huge variety of local products on display.
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