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Written by John McCullagh
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Tuesday, 23 October 2007 |
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We
made mention a little while back of the Ragged School
in Talbot Street. Let us take a step back 90 years and see
who was in charge – and who were the other residents of Talbot Street in 1917, in the middle of
the Great War.
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Mary
Byrne
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3
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John
Boyd
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4
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M
Murdock
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5
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Joseph
Rigby
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6
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Mrs
Baker
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7
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Mrs
Chambers
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9
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Mrs
Fox
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10
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David
McComb
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12
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John
Moffit
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14
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Miss
Parker
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16
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Robert
Morrow
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17
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John
Stewart
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18
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William
J Chambers
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19
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Mrs
Preston
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20
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Miss
Pace
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22
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James
Kempton
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23
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Mrs
Forsythe
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24
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A
Lowans
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25
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James
McGivern
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26
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Francis
Mathers
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27
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Mary
J Irwin
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27d
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Margaret
Graham of The Ragged School
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29
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Agnes
Sterrit
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31
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David
Herron
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Your
editor was recently contacted by a member of the Lowans family abroad. I note
the above – at 24 Talbot
Street of A Lowans – as the only reference to a
surviving member of the Newry family of Lowans! Irish and World Affairs 1917:
The last of the Easter Rising internees were released from jail
Sinn Fein elect de Valera as their President
Thomas Ashe died on hunger strike at Mountjoy Gaol
At the Battle of Messines in Flanders, the 16th (Irish) Division fought alongside the 36th (Ulster) Division
Francis Ledwidge (b. 1887) was killed at the second Battle of Ypres
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Reminiscence 
