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…
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: The Connacht Sentinel April 3 1945 FOOTPRINTS OF HISTORY THERE will be general agreement with the decision of the Galway County Council to oppose the removal of the old…
Amy Higgins Tull, Southbury, Connecticut, USA My Dad was a lover of jokes, history and family stories. So, it came as a shock to me to realize after his death,…
The Friendly Brothers of St. Patrick By Mrs. A. M. Fraser Reproduced by kind permission of The Old Dublin Society Source: Dublin Historical Record, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Aug., 1956).…
Memories of an Irish Grandmother Author: Mrs. Nora Keary, Clorane, Athenry Acknowledgement: Sincere appreciation to the Keary Family, Clorane and Yvonne Igoe, (Née Keane), Greethill for sharing this publication with…
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: 1870: Slater’s Royal National Commercial Directory of Ireland Athenry is a small incorporated market and post town and parish, partly in the baronies of Clare, Dunkellin, and Kilconnell, but…
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…