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  • June 22, 2017
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Frank Coyne’s Memories – Part 4

  Courting Mary, Wedding Bells, A Yellow-Pack Honeymoon and the Home-Coming Mary and Frank Mary (right) on her Wedding Morning with sister, Rosie Courting Mary and drifting together Around this…

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  • June 22, 2017
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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…

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  • June 21, 2017
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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…

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  • June 17, 2017
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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…

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  • November 10, 2016
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Set Dancing

by Martin O’Grady Source: Athenry ADC’s publication -The Athenry Journal.  No, 20: 2005 “Around the house and mind the dresser”…. Is a familiar Irish phrase and, of course, older folk…

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  • January 22, 2016
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WILLIAM “BILL” O’TOOLE

Musician from Coldwood By Gerry and Mary Mulvihill Source: ADC Publication – The Athenry Journal, Vol. 1, 1995. “Music, oh how faint. how weak, Language fades before thy spell, Why…

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The Swingtime Aces

Source: Athenry ADC Publication – The Athenry Journal No. 2, 1995 On September I4th 1972, The Swingtime Aces gave its final performance in The Carousel Club, Manchester. There ended fifteen…

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