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Tag: Butlerstown
‘The Antelope’ Davy Christopher
Tracking the career of little-known star sprinter and soccer trainer Davy Christopher A Butlerstown man…
Butlerstown cop was bodyguard for world’s richest man
Waterford connection to the wealthiest man in history Born in 1874 and from a family…
Jaunty Jack Hunt was a carefree talent
“I was stopped in my tracks… I read it in his eyes before he said…
Kilmeaden creamery couple
Denis Murphy, manager of Kilmeaden Co-operative Creamery and his wife Mary Keane-O'Keeffe, a native of…
Oldcourt newcomers, The Studderts
Having arrived as wartime outsiders, two English sisters fondly remember their time in Killotteran, County…
Haughey’s congrats on station’s maiden morning
Frances was first of station's flagship anchors Frances Shanahan from Hilltop, Kilotteran, became the newly-licensed…
Parnell’s Westminster ally Biggar and Butlerstown Castle
Butlerstown Castle and key Parnell ally who could bore for Ireland AMONG the many owners…
‘Pirate’ broadcasting beginnings in Killotteran
A 1980 photograph of Des Whelan, 23-year-old station manager and programme controller of the then-"pirate"…
Awesome site: The Harp Stone at Glengoff
The Harp Stone at Whitfield, Butlerstown, standing at c.3.4 metres, is one of County Waterford's…