Last O’Hanlon article
We hope our occasional series on the O’Hanlons through the ages may have inspired some to pursue their own family history.
Trapped in Hearse: a sequel
The other week I happened to be up on a visit to my mother’s house. There was no one else there at the time, my two brothers not having arrived as yet.
Frugality
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Derrybeg Drive People
Any list of residents is a mere snapshot in time. Some became long-term residents – indeed a few homes are still held by the original tenants, or children or grandchildren of the first tenants.
Meadow Reunion News
Things are happening on this front. First, the date and venue have been confirmed as Friday 22 February in the Miller Suite of the Canal Court Hotel. Tickets (yet to be printed) will be sold on a first come-first served basis, but probably after Christmas.
Gaelic football
I was watching the GAA Gaelic All-Ireland Final yesterday (congratulations again to a magnificent Kerry side, once more victorious) when the following tale from Old Newry came to my mind.
O’Hanlons: traitors in the fold?
It would be wrong to paint any members of the O’Hanlon clan of the sixteenth century or earlier as traitors because of cooperation or compliance with the dictates of the ruling English. Even Hugh O’Neill ….
Barracks Curfew: final
The relief that my mum must have felt hearing that item of information regarding David’s whereabouts was evident to me by the fact that her vice-like grip on my hand relaxed a little.
Curfew 1957 : Part 4
Holding Kate’s hand I stood and watched my mum as she departed down the street in search of our Davy. I don’t know what came over me …..
Curfew: Barracks: Davy lost
Before the curfew hour started the parents of the children playing in the streets would go out and bring their children home. My Mum was no exception. I recall ….
O’Hanlons in Tudor times
We have sadly neglected of late, our genealogy section and especially the history of the O’Hanlons in this area. We right this now by resuming our outline history of that clan………..