Athenry Branch of the Land League (1880) Part 1
Athenry Branch of the Land League Source: The Nation – Saturday 29 May 1880 Established on 1st February, 1880, to advance the interests of the tenant farmers, to assist in…
Athenry Branch of the Land League Source: The Nation – Saturday 29 May 1880 Established on 1st February, 1880, to advance the interests of the tenant farmers, to assist in…
Source: Tuam Herald, 13 April 1940 Photo: The handball alley in use circa 1940, Athenry Tourism Facebook Post UNBEATEN HANDBALLERS. As could be seen in last week’s issue of the…
Source: 1846: Slater’s National Commercial Directory of Ireland Athenry is a small incorporated market and post town and parish, partly in the baronies of Clare, Dunkellin, Kilconnell, and Tyaquin, but…
An Unusual Burial at Ballygarraun West Source: Seanda, NRA Archaeology Magazine, 2007 Issue 2 Author: Pat Randolph-Quinney Pat Randolph-Quinney, lecturer in Forensic Anthropology at the University of Dundee, details analysis…
THE RAILWAY STATION AT ATHENRY Source: Galway Observer – Saturday 10 March 1883 Sir – Whether owing to scarcity of fuel or distance from turf and bogs I do not…
Ordination in Athenry Source: The Ulster Echo, Friday, October 2, 1874 The little town of Athenry was, this week, the scene of very interesting proceedings in connection with the Presbyterian…
The Agricultural Labourer Sources: The Tuam Herald, Saturday, September 23, 1893 REPORT BY MR. ROGER C. RICHARDS (ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER), UPON THE POOR LAW UNION OF LOUGHREA (CO. GALWAY). We continue…
The Agricultural Labourer Source: The Tuam Herald, Saturday, September 9, 1893 Having completed my enquiries in the Union assigned to me in England, and received instructions to pursue the…