Athenry Correspondence – Vincent J Carlyle
Source: Galway Express March 9 1889 On Monday night considerable bustle was in town expecting the arrival of Mr. P.C. Kelly, of this town, and chairman of the late Temperance…
Source: Galway Express March 9 1889 On Monday night considerable bustle was in town expecting the arrival of Mr. P.C. Kelly, of this town, and chairman of the late Temperance…
Source: FAS Scheme Both the college and Newford were owned at one time by the Goodbody’s. Although the Goodbody’s owned Newford House, the Kennedy’s (relations to Monsie) looked after…
Source: Connacht Tribune 20 November 1909 THE “FARM.” The Department of Agriculture still refuse to meet the wishes of the people and retain their police barracks and canteens on the…
By Ann Healy Source: Tuam Herald 17 January 1987 In the second and concluding part of ANN HEALY’S account of the now almost forgotten but once famous attempt on…
By Ann Healy Source; Tuam Herald 10 January 1987 IMAGINE, if you will, what it was like to live in rural Ireland a little over a century ago. Only the…
Source: www.alansim.com By a lonely prison wall I heard a sweet voice calling, “Danny, they have taken you away. For you stole Travelian’s corn, That your babes might see…
Source: Fas Scheme When smallpox was raging in Athenry every house in river lane got it, except two large families who lived in the eyes of Maddens bridge. According to…
by Ann Healy Source: Tuam Herald Supplement (1837-1987) THERE is an old saying that still exists: ‘Athenry was, Galway is, Aran shall be the best of the three.” Whatever…
Hello, Is it all over? Author : Mauyen Keane Publisher: Ababúna Press, 1984 Experiences of a nurse from Greethill, Athenry in Jersey and Germany during World War II. Acknowledgement: A…
Source: Athenry Journal No 15, 2002 Wednesday 6th February 2002 saw twelve Soilse members board the 8am train to Dublin to visit President McAleese. Card games and chat helped to…