The 43rd edition of the Letterkenny & District Christmas Annual will be in the shops by the beginning of next week. Currently going through the finishing touches at the printers, the team behind the annual hope to have the popular 200 page book out by next week so that it meets the closing dates for posting to friends and relatives all over the world. “Townies everywhere, from Boston to Clydebank and Sydney to London, love to have their copies in time for Christmas,’ explains editor Kieran Kelly, “so we like to have it out by the end of November each year so that there is still time for the Christmas posting dates.” This year, once again the Annual is full to the brim of interesting articles, short stories, poems and old photos of Letterkenny that will bring a warm smile to many faces this Christmas season. “In total, we have contributions from over forty different writers, local historians and poets that maintain the high standards of Annuals past, which provide the reader with a rich tapestry of Letterkenny life both in the past and indeed in the present,” says Kieran. “On top of that, we have over 300 photos of the town and of popular characters over the years that were so kindly donated by so many people; as always it really is a Community effort putting this all together.”
