Mapping Brian Friel’s Ballybeg

A digital online exhibition mapping the world of Ballybeg, Co Donegal as imagined in the plays of Brian Friel. This exhibition is about the literary world of Brian Friel’s Ballybeg. One thing we know for sure is that the fictional town of Ballybeg is situated in County Donegal in the Northwest of Ireland. This exhibition makes connections between Ballybeg, as imagined in the plays of Brian Friel, with the real world of Donegal. The project aims to suggest interconnections between these two worlds as evidenced through the text of the plays and through Friel’s own words in his notebooks, diaries, interviews, articles, and programme notes.

This on-line exhibition was funded by The Heritage Council and Donegal County Council as part of the implementation of the County Donegal Heritage Plan. The exhibition supports the Glenties Historic Towns Initiative (HT19192) which is a partnership between The Brian Friel Trust CLG, Donegal County Council, Dedalus Architecture, property owners and the local community funded by The Heritage Council and the Department of Housing, Local Government & Heritage.