Memories from the Archives – June 1998
The production line was officially started in June 1998 on a £1m contract secured by ‘dessert manufacturer’, Silver Pail Dairy, to supply Tesco Ireland...
Memories from the Archives – June 1998
The 1st Cavalry Squadron based in Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy proved themselves to be some of the best shots in the country in May 1998,...
Memories from the Archives – May 1998
A Kilbehenny household had a miraculous escape when an articulated lorry left the road and ‘plunged through their garden wall, missing the house by...
Memories from the Archives – May 1998
Four piglets were found dead in the reservoir at Knockananig, Fermoy by a gentleman out walking. It was believed the animals had not been...
Memories from the Archives – April 1998
Workmen laying sewer pipes on the Demesne in Mitchelstown came across a tomb containing human bones in April 1998. The find occurred on land...
Memories from the Archives – April 1998
Some Castletownroche residents were narked over ‘irresponsible parking’ at the ‘new houses’ in the village, which a caller to The Avondhu claimed was preventing...
Memories from the Archives – April 1998
A man described as being ‘ahead of his time’, the passing of Jimmy O’Sullivan, creator of ‘Beverly Hills, the Disneyland of Ireland’ at Ballybeg,...
Memories from the Archives – April 1998
Gimme Five, ridden by Ken Whelan from Lismore, finished ‘a very creditable fifth position’ in the Aintree Grand National in April 1998. Owned by...
Memories from the Archives – April 1998
Violence on the streets of Mitchelstown in late March 1998, as a dispute between two families attending the funeral of a well known Traveller...
Memories from the Archives – March 1998
‘Arrogant and lackadaisical’ was how council officials were described by some residents of the Ard Mhuilinn Estate in Mitchelstown, who were called out to...
