In November 1934, 7,368 Protestants in east Donegal signed a Unionist petition to the British and Northern Irish governments requesting to transfer their region to Northern Ireland. Dr Samuel Beckton, author of The East Donegal Border Petition and the Derry-Donegal Milk War, 1934-8, will be giving a talk in the Manorcunningham Community Resource Centre on November 17 at 2pm on the 90th anniversary of the East Donegal Border petition.