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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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 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 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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 The Wakes of Yesteryear
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted November 19, 2018

The Wakes of Yesteryear

My mother tells of how when they were young they would go to the dance in the local hall and on the way home they would go to the nearest wake house to keep the family company until day break and [...]

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 The United Irish League in Mayo
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted November 19, 2018

The United Irish League in Mayo

The United Irish League was founded on the 23rd January 1898 after a public meeting at the Octagon Westport, by William O’ Brien MP.  A broad range of nationalists was present.  The League [...]

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 Bob Briscoe and the Struggle for Freedom
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted November 12, 2018

Bob Briscoe and the Struggle for Freedom

Robert Briscoe was born in Dublin in September 1894 to Jewish Lithuanian parents and it is believed that the family name could have been Cherrick in Lithuania.  His father was a self – made man [...]

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 An Meitheal – ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine le Seamas Reddiough
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By James Reddiough
In History
Posted November 12, 2018

An Meitheal – ar scáth a chéile a mhaireann na daoine le Seamas Reddiough

Fadó, bhiodh na daoine ag teacht le chéile chun cabhair a thabhairt dá chéile chun obair na feirme a dhéanamh.  Meitheal an tainm a bhiodh ar na grúpaí oibre seo.  Anois agus an samhradh linn is [...]

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