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Charles McGlinchey was born in Meentiagh Glen in the parish of Clonmany in 1861 and lived there until 1954. A weaver by trade, he spent almost all his long life in his native place.
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Patrick Kavanagh, principal of Gaddyduff National School, Clonmany, who had spent his childhood as a neighbour, realised the importance of what he had to say and chronicled his memoirs over many years.
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| Brian Friel subsequently edited the manuscript and it was published
in book form as "The Last of the Name" and has been recently
been published in French as "Le Dernier du Nom". |
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Against this backdrop the first McGlinchey Summer School was held in Clonmany in June 1998. The Focus of the first Summer School was the 1938 folklore collection.
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Proceedings
from the McGlinchey Summer School 1999 and stories from local people. The Diversity of the Inishowen Heritage
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Mary Harkin|
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