Music & Drama

Frank McGuinnnes
Born in Buncrana is an award-winning Irish Playwright and Poet.

Tommy Tiernan
Born in Carndonagh is one of Ireland’s top comedians.

The Henry Girls
Karen, Lorna & Joleen are three sisters from Malin. They make up on of Ireland up and coming folk groups and have scored and performed music for movies and documentaries.

Dinny McLaughlin
Born on the outskirts of Buncrana in the townland of Shandrum, Dinny McLaughlin is n Internationally acclaimed Traditional Music and Dance Legend. He’s a tin-whistle player, piano player, a gifted composer, Irish dancer, a music teacher and a dance teacher.

Ciaran Tourish & Dermot Byrne
Ciaran originally from Buncrana and Dermot originally from Burnfoot are two members of the internationally famous traditional music group Altan.

Lizzie Doherty
Internationally acclaimed fiddle play, composer and lecturer.

Hazel McIntyre
Well-known author, born in Inishowen and thinks of Culdaff as her spiritual home.

Sean Beatie
Famous Inishowen historian and author.

Brian Friel
Brian Friel was born in Derry and is one of Ireland's most prominent playwrights. He now lives in Inishowen with his wife Anne.

John Hume
John Hume has a holiday home in Greencastle. He is a former Northern Irish politician from Derry, founding member of the Social Democratic and Labour Party and co-recipient of the 1998 Nobel Peace Prize, with David Trimble and is regarded as one of the most important figures in the recent political history of Northern Ireland and one of the architects of the Northern Ireland peace process there.

Phil Coulter
World-wide acclaimed music composer and entertainer. He considers Inishowen is second home after Derry.