St. Patrick’s Day in Athenry (1902)
Source: Galway Observer – Saturday 22 March 1902 The cause of Temperance in Athenry is making great progress during the past twelve months, and we require no further evidence of…
Source: Galway Observer – Saturday 22 March 1902 The cause of Temperance in Athenry is making great progress during the past twelve months, and we require no further evidence of…
Source: The Irish Press, Friday February 6, 1947 Source: The Irish Press, Friday February 7, 1947 William Verrand, a common soldier in the service of Raymond Le Gros, came to…
A Kind of Returned Yank By Gerry Whelan S.J. Nairobi, March 1997 I know the people of Athenry are well used to returned ‘Yanks’. Everyone seems to have a…
The Canton Hall, Church Street, Athenry. _____________________ Meetings and Minutes
Social Life in the 1950s/1960s, No ‘Hanky Panky’ and “Respectable Ladies Do Not Sit on Gentlemen’s Knees’’. Subsistence farming and renewed acquaintances Meanwhile, back at the ranch,-to quote the…
Source: The kind permission of The Journal of the Galway Archaeological and Historical Society (1952)