Ireland’s Answer to Jim Reeves by James Reddiough
Jim Tobin started his career with “The Firehouse” in 1969, after singing with a local band in Co. Meath called “The Craftsmen”. He spent the next 12 years with them at the [...]
Denis Sheerin the story of a Freedom Fighter by James Reddiough
The Military Service Pensions Collection has made it possible for historians to chronicle the lives of people who took part in the fight for freedom and this is true of the person in this essay [...]
Remember their names with Pride – Ballina’s Patriot Streets with James Reddiough
The majority of the street names in Ballina celebrate or commemorate the people who gave their lives for the cause of Irish Freedom from 1798 until 1923. These people either gave their lives [...]
A Visit to the Resting Place of Margaret Barry with Paddy Joe Tighe
I was born on the 29th December 1942 in the village of Ardery in the parish of Aghamore Co. Mayo which is three miles from Tooreen village where the late great Monsignor James Horan of Knock [...]
Recalling the Boarding House by James Reddiough
When I was in my late twenties and into my early thirties I stayed in a boarding house in Dublin in the north west of the city. It was a comfortable house with 8 rooms, 3 wash area and a dining [...]
General Michael Kilroy Recalled by James Reddiough
Michael Kilroy was born in Derrylahan townland, Newport on 14 September 1884. He was the son of Edward and Matilda Kilroy and one of ten in family. He was a carpenter and coachbuilder and learned [...]