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 Abbey Street Businesses recalled with James Reddiough
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted May 26, 2019

Abbey Street Businesses recalled with James Reddiough

The recent passing of Andy Forde prompted the scribe to reflect on the commercial life of Abbey Street in bygone decades.  Andy of course had a lovely grocer shop and deli in the centre of the [...]

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 Abbey Street Businesses revisited.
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted May 26, 2019

Abbey Street Businesses revisited.

Recently this columnist wrote an account of the businesses in Abbey Street and Joe Langan of the Men’s Shed in Ballina spoke to me about it and he offered to give me a fuller account of the many [...]

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 Dr. John Crowley – the first TD for North Mayo recalled.
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By James Reddiough
In Feature
Posted May 26, 2019

Dr. John Crowley – the first TD for North Mayo recalled.

Dr Crowley was a Medical Officer in Ballycastle for 33 years and is buried in Doonfeeney cemetery with the remains of his son, Finbar, who died at the age of three and a half years.  Dr. Crowley [...]

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 Tadgh O’ Leary – his Life and Times 1879 – 1959
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted March 8, 2019

Tadgh O’ Leary – his Life and Times 1879 – 1959

He was born in Lehid,  Ardea on the Kenmare Peninsula in South Kerry in 1879.   He attended De La Salle College in Waterford and qualified as a teacher studying from 1899 to 1901.  He undertook a [...]

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 Oatlands House and the RIC
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted March 8, 2019

Oatlands House and the RIC

Oatlands House was built in 1859 by Charles Downing a Justice of the Peace who bought the O Dowda Estate in 1854 after it was declared bankrupt under the Encumbered Estates Act of 1849.  Downing [...]

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 The Passing of Big Tom – A Tribute by James Reddiough
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By James Reddiough
In Music & Dancing
Posted December 8, 2018

The Passing of Big Tom – A Tribute by James Reddiough

The world of Irish Country Music was under a deep shadow this week at the passing of Big Tom McBride. The Mainliners and he played together from 1963 to 1975 and when they broke up in May 1975 [...]

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 The Night Big Tom Came to Town
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By James Reddiough
In Music & Dancing
Posted December 8, 2018

The Night Big Tom Came to Town

Last October’s Late Late with Ryan Tubridy must have brought back memories for many of the country and Irish days that are now making another comeback. Who better to personify those days than Big [...]

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 The Days in the Bog are Numbered
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted December 8, 2018

The Days in the Bog are Numbered

By 2030 the turf machines will no longer harvest turf or peat to burn in power generating plants so the news tells us. Turf was important during the war the Turf Board was established as a semi [...]

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 1916 and the Decade of Commemoration
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted November 26, 2018

1916 and the Decade of Commemoration

A special decade of commemoration has been organised by government.  It is a decade of centenaries that is there to remember the historic events that influenced Ireland from 1912 to 1923 and it [...]

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 Emmett Dalton – Father of the Irish Film Industry
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By James Reddiough
In
Posted November 26, 2018

Emmett Dalton – Father of the Irish Film Industry

Dalton was born in America in the State of Massachusetts in March 1898 to Irish American Parents and he was raised in Dublin from 1900 where the family lived in Drumcondra and he attended the O’ [...]

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