Person
- Active
- fl. 2024
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- heritagecommunityirish-arranmore
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Barry McDonough is identified as the maker of the pear-wood baton presented in the 2024 Beaver Island–Arranmore ceremony. A later organizational account also describes him as a volunteer supporting BIIHG logistics.12
Open questions
- What sources document McDonough’s wider craft work, ancestry, and BIIHG role?
Footnotes
Sources
- Katie Johnson, “The 2024 Feile,” Northern Islander, October 2024.Identifies McDonough as the sixth-generation Islander who handcrafted the pear-wood baton used in the 2024 ceremony. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
- Kitty McNamara, “Irish Heritage Group Reaches Milestone Thanks to Board Commitment,” Northern Islander, November 2024.Describes McDonough as a volunteer supporting BIIHG logistics; it does not establish complete board membership or biography. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.
Added 3 August 2026. Recent changes
Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, “Barry McDonough”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/people/barry-mcdonough/, accessed [date], citing Katie Johnson, “The 2024 Feile,” Northern Islander, October 2024. (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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