It just struck me! Mary Kane (Rose Mary Kane) – that’s the same moniker as that famous country singer and celebrity panellist from Newry …. well, Meigh, actually, – Rose Marie … and maybe ‘infamous’ is the word.
Anyway, is she any relation?
School Days
Maura Maguire is born
We have recently received the memoirs of Maura Maguire. So delighted are we with this gift that we have determined to share instantly with the readership of Newry Journal. We are confident you will love them too.
‘This account is primarily written for my children and their children, so that they might know of the events that shaped the person who is their mother and grandmother.
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My name is Mary Bridget (Maguire) Mallon. I was born on 10 September 1936 in my grandparent’s home on Monaghan Street, Newry.
My parents were Joseph Maguire and Anne Elizabeth (Doherty).
Old School Friends
Meeting occasional visitors at the ‘paper’ train that arrived from
Poem on Memories
I remember the smell from the kitchen,
of bread and semolina buns
cats and kittens asleep by the fire,
and those Sunday visits from the nuns.
And the days we sat in the sunshine
to let our long hair dry,
it seems so short a time ago,
but the years have hurried by.
Junior Certificate
Some of our teachers were excellent. We also had some who hadn’t a clue how to put over their subject. One such was the Mathematics teacher and I fear we were all disadvantaged by her lack of perception of our needs.
Annamar: fun times too!
At
Sharing with the Neighbours
The most heart-warming aspect of life then was the willingness to share. Without a second thought those who suddenly found themselves with a little roughness would send it around neighbours’ doors for sharing out.
Belgians from Newcastle!
Summertime!
Bare feet, well water, spricks, burning whins, sunburn, going to bed late… these are the things I remember best about my childhood.
Yes, a strange childhood then during the War years. Ration books, coupons, margarine, fresh eggs, country butter.