How the Christmas Canals came to pass
Tag: Kilmeaden
Maurice recalled his Kilmeaden upbringing
The late Maurice Connolly wrote a lovely nostalgia piece for me back in 2012 about…
Joe’s ‘production cycle’ took him to dairies daily
Entries in Joe Kennedy's 1921 (or 1922) cow-testing diary featured some very notable milk suppliers.…
Small business family behind Ballyduff bride
An A. H. Poole photograph of a wedding party from 28 August 1946, five days…
‘Glenroe’ couple draw big audience to Kilmeaden
Miley and Biddy were “knocking around together a long time” Long before the days of…
Kilmeaden creamery couple
Denis Murphy, manager of Kilmeaden Co-operative Creamery and his wife Mary Keane-O'Keeffe, a native of…
Old Ireland recreated by photographer Richard Fitzgerald
Richard Fitzgerald, one of Ireland’s most influential ‘old world’ photographers, died in England in November…
Nicky was driving force on course and on tours of duty
A native of Blacknock, Kilmeaden, retired Battalion Quartermaster Sergeant Nicholas Aulsberry (to give him his…
Many Irish mailboxes still show regal insignia
A May 2017 tweet by Waterford author and historian Liam Cahill (sadly since deceased) alerted…
Sparianco spirit of playwright and author
Maurice Connolly’s writing revealed real rural life The late Maurice Connolly — a native of…