The Canton Hall 1929-1935
The Canton Hall, Church Street, Athenry. _____________________ Meetings and Minutes
Athenry Fancy Fair and Sports 1932
Source: The Connacht Tribune – 3rd September 1932 ____________________________________
Frank Coyne’s Memories – Part 3
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…
Frank Coyne’s Memories – Part 2
‘Hand-me-down’ Clothes, Mother’s Smuggling Operation, Farm Yard Milk, John Joe White’s Bakery Lack of Money and repairing boots While we had an abundance of food, money or the lack of…
Frank Coyne’s Memories – Part 1
Frank Coyne The Coyne Family Front (l-R): Mary, Margaret, Bernadette and Ann. Back (l-r): Joe, Peter, Carmel, Frank and Tim Insets: Pat and Nora ______________________________________________ Family Ancestors My name is…
Wandering Aengus by Eoin Masters
The author, Eoin Masters (real name Séan Masterson, son of Gárda Sergeant Masterson), in the first section of this book gives an account of the first seven years of his…
Sale of Back Lawn 1933
Sale Forbidden by Court INTERESTING EVIDENCE Source: Connacht Tribune 1933 At Galway Circuit Court on Tuesday, his lordship Judge Wyse Power began the hearing of an action in which the…
AGGIE QUALTER WRITES HER HOME TOWN’S HISTORY
SOURCE: THE TUAM HERALD 29/07/1989 Athenry’s Aggie Qualter is a sprightly octogenarian; her agility and mental alertness belie the fact that she has spent the past 82 years living, loving…
YEATS, LISSADELL AND THE SLIGO LEITRIM RAILWAY
BY DES GLYNN SOURCE: CONTACT MAGAZINE 1980 The Yeats summer school is on in Sligo and this being the season therefore of Yeats scholarship, I would like to draw the…

