Woodlock wedlock for bakery boss and creamery clerk
Tag: Kilmeaden
Curraghmore sisters’ sorrows
The above magazine cover from 1923 featuring two of the Beresford sisters from Curraghmore, namely…
Lady Irene Congreve was charitable and musical
Lady Irene Congreve died on 23 January 1962, leaving her estate to her only child,…
Mount Congreve woodman Johnny’s camáns and cures
Johnny Cahill was a master craftsman very much associated with Butlerstown teams during the thirties,…
‘Wonderful’ dairymaid Hannah hangs up her apron
Mount Congreve retirement presentation, autumn 1964 – (from left) Jimmy Power, Willie Power, Tony Hanrahan,…
Adventures of Alfie, aka “The Phantom”
Alfie Geraghty grew up attached to Whitfield Court Alfred Anthony Geraghty – known to all…
Warm hospital welcome for Blues heroes
The late Peter Thomas (clutching his medal) and Brian Gardner with Nurse Ciss Tritschler and…
Occupational hazards of post-civil war postman
An apparently good-humoured and courteous hold-up in the Kilmeaden area in late May 1921, a…
Banks of Suir a lime kiln hotbed
Lime kilns (or limekilns) were once common features of rural landscapes throughout Ireland in the…
Followers of fifties fashion at The Sweep
A couple of photos from the early fifties. The first is of Betty Lynch with…