Omeath Summers: Fabian
‘When the school holidays came,’ Fabian went on, ‘we would set off by pony and trap to Omeath. My father operated a jaunting-car to Calvery and sometimes even to Carlingford at the weekends.
Peter McGuigan/Unknown Soldier
Like many, Peter pretended to be older than his years – he was just fifteen and not eligible for military service – and the Army was happy to play along with this. It happened again in WW2, my own uncle being one such boy soldier then. He was injured and discharged with a decoration. Young Peter in the First World War, like many others, was not so lucky.
Fews Glossary Y-Z
Vapour boast: ’till hear him vapour, ye’d think he owned the townland’ Words quarrel:…
Dan Collins
Fews Glossary: I
Ill-answered impertinentIll-favoured physically unattractiveIll put-on badly dressedIll done done wronglyIll to handle difficult (of person…
June Memories
It recalls balmy breezes with the scent of greening grasses and wild flowers and herbs.