Donegal Shines on NBC Today Show

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Published Friday 16th October 2026

Glencolmcille Folk Village, Oideas Gael and Hanna Hats were just three of the locations featured during the historic live broadcast of the flagship American morning show - NBC’s Today Show which was broadcast on Friday 16th October from Kenmare in County Kerry.
The popular television programme brought all 4 hours of its daily show to Ireland in a first for the broadcaster in almost 75 years of the show.

The Chief International Correspondent for NBC\'s Today Show Keir Simmons visited Donegal recently to film the pre-recorded segments which were aired during the show. The 3 Donegal businesses featured in a segment called Inside Ireland\'s Rich History which you can watch below.

A longer piece featuring Glencolmcille Folk Village, Oideas Gael and Hanna Hats was shared on Keir Simmons\' Instagram account.


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Donegal\'s own Eric Roberts also got in on the action as he broadcast live on Ireland AM where he interviewed show hosts Carson Daly and Al Roker.
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