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John McCullagh

Number 1 Hits of 1961

June 7, 2020January 31, 2007 by John McCullagh
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They were the best of times: they were the worst of times …


SONG TITLE                                                    ARTIST                           WEEKS @ 1     WHEN?

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Baggin’ a woman!

June 7, 2020January 30, 2007 by John McCullagh
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It was back in the oul’ days – about eighty or ninety years ago – and there was this chap and he needed a woman. He was about forty he’s self and a little bit past it …

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Newry Drama Festival 2007

June 7, 2020January 29, 2007 by John McCullagh

I have received the programme for the Newry Drama Festival 2007 which runs for nine nights from Friday 23rd March till Saturday 31st March inclusive. I know that most patrons appreciate a synopsis of the plot of each play before viewing it, in order to be better able to exercise their critical faculties.

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Encyclopaedia of Ireland

June 7, 2020January 28, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Professor Lindsay Proudfoot is responsible for the Newry entry in the otherwise wonderful reference work, The Encyclopaedia of Ireland (Gill & Macmillan 2003). 

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Head on spike: Redmond

June 7, 2020January 26, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Redmond O’Hanlon had an ‘active service’ life of a mere seven years, but in that time he acquired a fearsome reputation. 

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Tories: Redmond and gang

June 7, 2020January 25, 2007 by John McCullagh
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In brief then, Redmond O’Hanlon’s short and violent life followed what may be viewed almost as a preordained pattern. 

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O’Hanlon Pedigree

June 7, 2020January 25, 2007 by John McCullagh
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Oral tradition in South Armagh holds fast to the folk memory of the seventeenth century local character, Redmond O’ Hanlon as a ‘Robin Hood’ type person who robbed only from the rich, to help the poor. 

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Thomas Martin and descendents

June 7, 2020January 23, 2007 by John McCullagh

The photograph is of Thomas Martin, who was great grandfather to our esteemed readers Patrick J White (who supplied this information) and John McCaul.

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Aromatherapist

June 7, 2020January 23, 2007 by John McCullagh
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It was a stifling hot day and a man collapsed in the middle of a busy intersection. 

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