Place Names/Irish: Latt etc
Tullyhappy Tulach Apaidh – the ripe moundSturgan – the peakSkegatillida Sceach a’tSeilide – the snail’s…
Further Dates in Down’s History
1552 Downpatrick plundered and destroyed by Con O’Neill
1552 Downpatrick re-visited by Con’s son Shane who went on to destroy its gates and ramparts
Characters of 50’s Magennis St
Dear only knows what the Cup was for, but that’s Eva Connell holding it up proudly.
The first two ladies on the back row are Doris O’Hagan and Kathleen Fagan. The third is Maisie McCaul, Paschal McCaul’s mother and so grandmother of our contributor, John.
Alice McKeown and Mary Rogan complete the back row.
Left front is unknown: then it’s Maggie O’Hagan holding the cat: and finally Sarah McKay, Bernadette’s aunt completes the line-up.
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Random Jokes
Russia’s richest man, an oil baron, has been given a jail sentence for tax evasion. In America today, he’d have received oil concessions in Alaska. He is reputed to have siphoned $1b of taxpayers’ money. Asked to comment, a Dublin crime boss, speaking from his headquarters in Merrion Square dismissed this as ‘loose change’.
Spirit of Spring
The mind’s eye sees it – the spirit of a spring morning – and the instinct senses it, quick as thought: a new presence which was not around the morning before, nor the night before – nor the day before.
Lost on a Bus
I used that half-hour wisely, diligently studying the contents of my ready-reckoner card. In the end I felt confident that I had memorised a small section of it, and was familiar with the names of most stops – if not their location. I was ready to face the customer.
Growing up in Ireland
We went to the shop down the road, played Hide and Seek in the park, Hopscotch, Donkey, skipping, handstands, stuck in the mud, football with an old can:
Eliza Goddard, Russell’s love
Shortly we will feature a review of Francis Gallagher’s short biography of Thomas Russell. First a note on how Newry featured in his life.
Originally from Cork (son of a Church of Ireland decorated British army officer and a Catholic mother from Tipperary) Russell, who served with distinction himself in the Army before taking up a career as a librarian, was a phenomenon in many ways.
Dickie the paratrooper
I asked Dickie Rodgers – winner of our Reminiscence Competition – about his working life.
End for end, boys!
McAlpine was working with a crowd of gangers on a contract in a remote part of
’48: the aftermath
If that had been the end of the historical contribution of Young Irelanders, then they would have been, as a body, assigned to a mere footnote in the annals of Irish history …
The Old House
One of the primary functions of this website is to stir fond memories of childhood.
What better way than to reflect on the words of that perennial favourite ballad “The Old House” ?