This gallery features images of men and women of Carndonagh at work on the road, in construction, in services and in the field. As the old saying goes, Carn wasn’t built in a day!
The men who built the ChapelSunday, 28th October, 1945.
Rev. Fr. Bonner and the men responsible for the building of the new Church.
Front (L-R): John McLaughlin, John Doherty (Jack, Cloontagh), John Canny, Laurence McFarland, Paddy McDermott, Barney McLaughlin, Denis Harkin.
Second Row (L-R): Hugh Doherty (Castledoagh), Sam Irwin (Dublin), Denis McLaughlin, Paddy O'Neill, Fr. Bonner, Denis Doherty (the Creamery), Dick Doherty (Castledoagh), Mickey Gibbons, Hughie McGonigle.
Third Row (L-R): Pat McClure, Jack McDermott, Michael Thomas McLaughlin, Unknown, Patsy Doherty (Urris), Barney Lafferty, Benny Doherty (Billy), Eddie Grant, Tommy Hirrell, Mickey Canny, Leslie Finton (Dublin).
Back (L-R): Barney Long, Hugh Toye, John McGuinness, John McLaughlin (Tullyarb), Jimmy Long, Jack McDaid, Willie Gordon,
++. McEleney (Corvish).
Rev. Fr. Bonner and the men responsible for the building of the new Church.
Front (L-R): John McLaughlin, John Doherty (Jack, Cloontagh), John Canny, Laurence McFarland, Paddy McDermott, Barney McLaughlin, Denis Harkin.
Second Row (L-R): Hugh Doherty (Castledoagh), Sam Irwin (Dublin), Denis McLaughlin, Paddy O'Neill, Fr. Bonner, Denis Doherty (the Creamery), Dick Doherty (Castledoagh), Mickey Gibbons, Hughie McGonigle.
Third Row (L-R): Pat McClure, Jack McDermott, Michael Thomas McLaughlin, Unknown, Patsy Doherty (Urris), Barney Lafferty, Benny Doherty (Billy), Eddie Grant, Tommy Hirrell, Mickey Canny, Leslie Finton (Dublin).
Back (L-R): Barney Long, Hugh Toye, John McGuinness, John McLaughlin (Tullyarb), Jimmy Long, Jack McDaid, Willie Gordon,
++. McEleney (Corvish).
Churchtown Cottage BuildersChurchtown Cottages are a short row of cottages, all of which are still standing on the short brae before Molly's brae (right hand side on road to Buncrana).
Horse Thresher at Farren's, Carrowreagh
Lint StookBundles of lint or flax drying out in a 'stook', before being used to produce linen or may have been used in thatching.
Waterworks BuildersThe men who built the waterworks near Molly’s Brae, Churchtown.
Bernard Gallagher, CorvishBernard Gallagher, Corvish, harvesting with horse and cart.
Furrowing for TurnipsGeorge Coyle and John Mc Geoghan furrowing for turnips. The introduction of the tractor made this easier work than it had been for previous generations.
The Crusher, 1925Road workers crushing the stones for the building of the road, with the steam roller would levelling them. This photo taken on the Malin Road, 1925.
Steam Roller on Malin Road, c.1920s
The Inishowen Steam Laundry, Bridge StreetThe laundry is thought to have been built by John Doherty (Arthur). He and his wife Josie Doherty (Jack) came back from America, and probably brought the idea of public wash houses with them.
Harkins bought the laundry from John some time around the 1950s - the photo predates that. It is still a laundry and dry-cleaners on Bridge Street.
Harkins bought the laundry from John some time around the 1950s - the photo predates that. It is still a laundry and dry-cleaners on Bridge Street.
Mr. Farren, cutting hay in LissMr. Farren cutting in Liss with a scythe.
Tommy Hirrell, Charlie Doherty (Mullier) and Johnny Davenport in TulnareeTommy Hirrell, Charlie Doherty (Mullier) and Johnny Davenport in Tulnaree.
McCloskeys, WoodtopThe Mc Closkeys at work in the fiedl with horse (ploughing?), possibly in the fields around their home in Woodtop.
Sam McLucasSam Mc Lucan with the flail.
John, Eddie, Roddy at the turfJohn, Eddie, Roddy Doherty (Hela, Gletogher) at the turf.
The pole beside them may be a recently erected electricity pole, dating this photo around late-1950s or after - old world meets the new.
The pole beside them may be a recently erected electricity pole, dating this photo around late-1950s or after - old world meets the new.
Willie & Dan CrampsieWillie & Dan Crampsie footing turf.
Local WorkmenFront (L-R): Hughie Doherty (Brian), John Diver, Alec Reid, Sam McLucas, Neil Doherty (Coiner), Jimmy McDaid.
Back (L-R0): Corney McCallion, John Doherty (Mullier), Mickey Doherty (Cashelcraw), George Porter, Mickey Gibbons, Andy Doherty (Susie), Mickey McLaughlin (the Wood), Mickey McCarron.
Back (L-R0): Corney McCallion, John Doherty (Mullier), Mickey Doherty (Cashelcraw), George Porter, Mickey Gibbons, Andy Doherty (Susie), Mickey McLaughlin (the Wood), Mickey McCarron.