Memories from the Archives – March 1998
While repairing a ditch in the townland of Garryantaggart, Bartlemy, community activist and historian John Arnold unearthed a historic clay pipe, which he claimed...
Memories from the Archives – March 1998
A dog with three legs and answering to the name ‘Ranger’ was causing ‘severe distress’ to factory workers in St Joseph’s Square, Fermoy. Workers...
Memories from the Archives – March 1998
Following advice from structural engineers, it was agreed to ‘cease the tolling of the bells’ at St Carthage’s Cathedral in Lismore. Preliminary examinations revealed...
Memories from the Archives – February 1998
A look back at what made the local headlines 21 years ago in February 1998.
Memories from the Archives – February 1998
The matter of ‘filthy’ telephone kiosks came on the agenda of the monthly meeting of Fermoy UDC in February 1998. Cllr John Murphy, who...
Memories from the Archives – February 1998
Workmen were ‘back on the job’ at Doneraile Garda Station, with the official opening of the long overdue project deferred. Following completion of the...
Memories from the Archives – February 1998
“Anyone wishing to see a real gate should visit Anglesboro” – the advice of local Pad Lane, speaking to The Avondhu in February 1998,...
Memories from the Archives – January 1998
What was established as being the body of a young seal was located by a farmer spreading fertiliser ‘in the middle of a large...
Memories from the Archives – January 1998
Trees, mostly noble fir and numbering about 20 which were found ‘snapped like matchsticks’ in Bloomfield Wood near Ballyhooly, had locals bewildered. A member of...
Memories from the Archives – January 1998
“As long as the legs hold out, I’ll keep at it”, 86 year old Ballindangan man James Condon determinedly told our reporter in January...
