In pictures: Dr Sheil Book Collection handover Ceremony in Ballyshannon

A collection of approximately 100 books, many of which belonged to the late Dr Simon Sheil, were presented to the new Ballyshannon Community Hospital at a special ceremony.

Dr Simon Sheil, who endowed the former Sheil hospital, was a doctor who practised in the town. Dr Sheil had a library of several hundred books which he valued very highly and were referenced in his will following his passing in 1889. Please click on the arrows to go through the gallery

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