Newpoint Dr
John McCullagh
Creggan Church & Graveyard
On the banks of the River Creggan overlooking the rolling green hills of
Dad reaches out
My father too was heart-broken. This was the first time in my life I had seen him cry and I wanted to cry too, with him, and with mother, for Hughie, and for myself but the tears would not come. I walked away to be alone.
What are ball-bearings?
It has just occurred to me that you may not know just what a ‘ball-bearing’ is.
Well, you surely know what one tiny 5mm diameter steel ball bearing is!
Chicken a la Bang!
My name’s Tommy Morrow and I was telling you about my life after I ran away from home at a very early age. The little house I rented for 9d a week became a ceili house …
Postcard Warrenpoint: 2
Naturally, postcards prominently featured the ‘new’ Public Baths, the Promenade and the Ferry Boats near Havelock Place. As these present examples do!
1962 Football Team
Pat Murtagh, a former classmate who is featured in this photograph, supplied a list of names for identification. He notes too that Tim Casey (Newsagents,
Linenhall Sq: 1935: 2
More nicknames to decipher? OK. Mousey, Bum, Soapy and Crow. Work it out!
Robert Stewart was grandfather to Robby Martin of Flashpoint!
Recent Baptims/Deaths
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