Donegal We Make Things

Book and film screening that celebrates manufacturing in Donegal

Manufacturing businesses took take centre stage during one of the key events for Local Enterprise Week 2018 when they featured on screen and in print in “Donegal – We Make Things,” a celebration of manufacturing in the county.

Joe Bonnar Metalcraft, Letterkenny; MacBride Brothers Joinery from Convoy O’Donnell’s Bakery from Laghy; Welditz from Carndonagh; Silver Strand Ropes from Moville and Diorite from Buncrana featured at the event in Buncrana Cinema on Monday 5th March.

Their stories were told on screen in “Donegal – We Make Things” at an event hosted by broadcaster Anton Savage that also saw the launch of a book of the same name that charts their stories.

According to Head of Enterprise, Michael Tunney, Monday evening’s screening and book launch is a real celebration of people who refuse to be average, who refuse to be held back by how the a real celebration of people who refuse to be average, who refuse to be held back by how others perceive living in Donegal to be.

“This is truly a celebration of the fact that manufacturing is not only possible – but is truly alive and well in Donegal,” he said.