Memories From The Archives – August 1997
Allegations of abuse of some of the animals participating in a donkey derby at the Avondhu Hunt Show held in the Showgrounds, Fermoy in...
Memories From The Archives – July 1997
Jubilation in Conna and Castletownroche as the Jimmy Mangan trained Stroll Home won the famous Galway Plate at Ballybrit in July 1997. Part owners...
Memories From The Archives – July 1997
‘A very unusual incident’ in July 1997 saw Ballylanders man, Patrick Dalton have a ‘miraculous escape... when a freak flash of lightning struck a...
Memories From The Archives – July 1997
Local fishermen came to the rescue of five kittens, ‘no more than a few days old’, who were observed floating down the river Blackwater...
Memories From The Archives – July 1997
A very special day in the lives of two young local men in 1997, when both Brendan Mallon from Mitchelstown and Joseph O’Mahony from...
Memories from the archives – June 1997
Winner of the Glamorous Granny Competition, held as part of the Shanballymore GAA Festival in 1997, was Glanworth lady, Mary Mahon, who was presented...
Memories From The Archives – June 1997
A ‘well organised and well attended rave party’, held in Glenseskin Woods, Kilworth was raided at 2am by local members of An Garda Siochana,...
Memories From The Archives – June 1997
Anyone with ‘the credentials to be a top class culchie’ was invited to participate in a heat of the National Culchie Festival, as part...
Memories From The Archives – June 1997
A Glenville man had to undergo surgery at a Cork hospital, ‘following a vicious assault by two armed men in the early hours of...
Memories From The Archives – May 1997
An ‘angry and concerned resident, claiming to speak on behalf of a number of people from the (Boherash) area’, contacted The Avondhu criticising Cork...
