{"id":26096,"date":"2023-08-03T03:02:59","date_gmt":"2023-08-03T02:02:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/event\/the-gweedore-sheep-war\/"},"modified":"2023-08-03T03:02:59","modified_gmt":"2023-08-03T02:02:59","slug":"the-gweedore-sheep-war","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-gweedore-sheep-war\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gweedore Sheep War"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><span><span><em><span><span>The Sheep War began on 10\/12\/1856 when an estimated 40 young men entered the house of a Scottish shepherd in the isolated mountain area of Altan. What followed was a time of great unrest in North West Donegal which led to a select Committee hearing in the House of Commons.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span><span>Saturday 12th August @ 6pm:\u00a0 Join us for an evening of talks which will focus on the events that led to the Sheep War and the ensuing unrest. The guest speakers will deliver talks on what Gweedore and Cloughaneely was like prior to the 1850\u2019s, the first resident landlords in the Dunlewey area, Sir James Dombrain and Lord George Hill and the events of the Sheep War itself.\u00a0 <\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span><span>Location: Ionad Pobail Dh\u00fan L\u00faiche F92 PK22<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span><span><span><em><span><span>Sunday 13th August @ 11:00am:\u00a0 Join us on a guided walk to Altan, and hear about the history of the building.\u00a0 Registration at the Ionad Pobail in Dh\u00fan L\u00faiche, transfer to M\u00edn na gCapp\u00f3g to start walk into Altan.\u00a0 Followed by refreshments back in D\u00fan L\u00faiche.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":26097,"template":"","class_list":["post-26096","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>The Gweedore Sheep War - Creative Ireland Programme<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Sheep War began on 10\/12\/1856 when an estimated 40 young men entered the house of a Scottish shepherd in the isolated mountain area of Altan.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.creativeireland.gov.ie\/en\/event\/the-gweedore-sheep-war\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"The Gweedore Sheep War - Creative Ireland Programme\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Sheep War began on 10\/12\/1856 when an estimated 40 young men entered the house of a Scottish shepherd in the isolated mountain area of Altan. 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