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Order of Malta Hall 1972
In this photograph, we go back more than thirty-six years. The venue is the Order of Malta Hall.
The Bullets game
I was a little unfair to AA: if you look carefully you will see the ‘bullet’ still in the right hand of this acrobatic player. Anyway here is AA’s story!
‘So after so many years of hoping to see what a Bullets match was truly like, I got my wish on Sunday 2nd March 2008.
GAA in action: Down
We have till now neglected to vaunt our local GAA stars, in all sports and cultural traditions. This is a small effort to make amends!
Down 1959
In 1959 Down played
Gaelic football
I was watching the GAA Gaelic All-Ireland Final yesterday (congratulations again to a magnificent Kerry side, once more victorious) when the following tale from Old Newry came to my mind.
Barny’s Boys
In your editor’s youth, there was only one soccer team always in contention for every trophy. That, of course was Rockview Rangers, which played its home games on the ‘Ropewalk’ behind High Street.
Red Hot Poker here!
As intimated already, the two axles of your ball-bearing buggy had to be flat and not bowed. If they were bowed, the steering didn’t work properly. I remember a number like that, and the frantic and unsuccessful efforts of owners to plane the offending wood back to a level surface!
1962 Football Team
Pat Murtagh, a former classmate who is featured in this photograph, supplied a list of names for identification. He notes too that Tim Casey (Newsagents,