Memories from the Archives – May 1997
The discovery of the bodies of two well known sisters shocked the townspeople of Mitchelstown, with gardai making the tragic find on entering their...
Memories from the Archives – May 1997
A ‘commanding and stylish’ performance by the senior hurlers at St Colman’s College, Fermoy saw All-Ireland Colleges glory and the Croke Cup return again...
Memories From The Archives – April 1997
Students from Presentation Secondary School, Lismore won third prize in the Young Entrepreneur Regional final with their chocolate making business ‘Melting Moments’ – team...
Memories From The Archives – April 1997
‘Anarchy rules OK!’ – So read the front page headline in April 1997 following yet another abandonment of a Fermoy UDC meeting, with the...
Memories from the Archives – April 1997
A phone call to a member of staff at Bank of Ireland in Fermoy, informing them of ‘the presence of a bomb on the...
Memories From The Archives – April 1997
‘Youth gangs out of control’ was how a number of concerned parents described incidents in Mitchelstown over the Easter weekend in 1997, where ‘a...
Memories From The Archives – March 1997
A group of enterprising Clogheen people had ‘devised a special package’, which was being launched to promote the ‘wild beauty and natural appeal’ of...
Memories from the Archives – March 1997
The noisy siren emenating from the fire brigade station located at James Street in Mitchelstown, was, according to Cllr Conor O’Callaghan, causing ‘much disturbance...
Memories From The Archives – March 1997
A rather curious tale of indiscriminate dumping in March 1997, with the perpetrator returning to the scene of the crime to reclaim his dumped...
Memories From The Archives – February 1997
Watergrasshill GAA followers had reason to celebrate in February 1997, following success of the novelty act group at the Cork county finals of Scor...
