Newry News and Irish Fun
Now they built a big ship down in Bell-Fast
Construed for till sell to the Turks
And they called on the Yard’s chief designers
To test all the engines and works
An’ finally the engines were ready
And they screwed on the very last part
An’ yer man says, ‘Let’s see how she runs, lads’,
Kathleen O’Hanlon 1914 – 2005 – Her Funeral Oration
My mum was born Catherine Josephine Hoey on 9th June 1914 in Adavoyle. To put her long life in context, that was the year WW1 broke out. She was one of twin daughters to Hugh Hoey and Mary Catherine Dowdall.
‘Beware the demon drink!’ the minister roared from the pulpit.
‘It has brought ruin, immorality and disaster upon individuals and families alike. It is sinister too, creeping up on people: it may start with just one, but that leads to another.
When we say “in full” we mean, as far as we know! But YOU know better!!
Please mentally knit the two photos together: we couldn’t show it as a continuous snap without reducing the size too much!!
John Cully of Mad Earth is working in Jakarta with tsunami victims; Martin Payne is on Guestbook. Jim Clarke and Jim McManus? First manager was Keith Hunter – then George Meekan of Belfast. They played blues and rock at local gigs.
I’ll upload the rest of this photo later. In the meantime, another little quiz.
The boy in the middle of the back row is Martin mcCaul, then of 5 Orior Road. Now he is Chairman of Killeavy Social Club!
Who are the others? Over to you!
It was close to Christmas, the season of goodwill, and at the height of our ‘Troubles’ but like the great majority of Northern Ireland’s citizens, I – relatively unfazed and unscathed – was going about my normal life and business.
This is the right-hand side of the earlier photo. The Abbey primary pupils are (L-R, from back) :
Sean McKevitt; Kevin Crilly; Francis Mallon; Martin McAlinden; Martin Mooney: Brendan McAnulty (O’Neill Ave)
Paddy Duffy; Declan McChesney; David McSherry; Charlie McSherry; Kevin O’Brien; John Murphy; Anthony Russell
Martin Moore; Sean O’Rourke; Martin Rocks; Desie Turley; Gerry Quinn, Mullaghbawn; Rory O’Rourke; Aidan Madden
Raymond O’Neill; Tom O’Hare
(Aidan Madden is the son of my dear friend Mary, and brother of my Bridge-pal, Fiona.)
They are (L-R and Back to Front):
Pat O’Hanlon: Liam McCrum: Raymond McParland: Tony Hanna: Sean McKevitt:
Brother McQuillan: Kevin Toner: Adrian O’Hare: ? Quigley: Martin Blair: Liam Goss: John McAllister:
John McClelland: Pat McLoughlin: Martin White: Sean McBlane
Martin Spiddle