Last Man to Hang
We conclude, with this item, our series on the murder of Pearl Gamble by Robert McGladdery on Saturday 28 January 1961. Today is the forty-sixth anniversary of that fateful night. Had this terrible fate not befallen her,
Originally posted 2007-01-25 20:49:22. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
20 Best Places To Visit in Ireland
Here you will find the best places to visit in Ireland. These are…
1848 Householders (RC) Donaghmore
Householder Lists, South Down 1848 : compiled by Father Ryan (Administrator, Donaghmore 1848) …
Originally posted 2006-12-31 15:21:05. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
William Kirk of Keady
The centre of the S Armagh
Originally posted 2005-11-30 10:14:13. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Death in a hovel
People think they are hard done by these days.
Read an edited version of an entry in Newry Reporter 31 March 1908:
Originally posted 2005-11-02 19:38:26. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
That’s the spirit!
‘On you go now! Run, son, like the devil
And tell your mother to try
To find me a bubble for the spirit level
And a new knot for this tie.’
Originally posted 2011-02-07 23:35:09. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
The Last Druid 1913-1996
Michael J. Murphy, writer and folklorist, was born in Eden Street, Liverpool , in June 1913 and died at Walterstown, Castlebellingham, Co. Louth, on May 18th 1996.
Originally posted 2011-04-23 16:10:56. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Coal-digging dockers
Wide-mouthed shovels,
Digging, scraping,
At the unyielding coal
Originally posted 2007-07-02 17:04:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Who will win?
‘Fools rush in’, they say, and here’s this fool rushing in again with his predictions for the Amateur Dr
Originally posted 2006-03-30 13:53:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Miscellaneous Memories: 1
‘.. there was no central heating in houses. In our house there was a big range .. like a modern Aga .. that heated the kitchen. There was no heat in our bedrooms at all .. so we had to have hot water bottles in bed. You looked after your bottle. There weren’t many then, like there is today.
Originally posted 2006-04-07 00:00:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Son of Ballinliss
I’m thinking it must be word-and-idea association that drives me! Anna Belle spoke of Ballinliss and that brought to mind another past-pupil of that tiny school.
John McNally of Ballinliss, Killeavy spent twenty years gold-mining and prospecting in
Originally posted 2006-05-07 00:50:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Chamber Music Christmas
You simply must NOT miss ….
Originally posted 2009-12-10 13:55:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Miss Munroe: First School
The only school in the district was a one-room Protestant school two miles away. Our parents were reluctant to send us but keeping up with our ‘larnin” was more important than religious persuasion so off we went, Sally and I!
Originally posted 2006-09-10 14:29:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter