Memories From The Archives – August 1996
Dubbed the ‘craziest football match of all time’, tension was running at fever pitch in Castlelyons, with Pairc Peadar O Laoghaire set to host...
Memories From The Archives – July 1996
An ambitious fundraising target of between £2,000 and £3,000 was set by three Ballyduff men, preparing to undertake a 140 mile charity cycle in...
Memories From The Archives – July 1996
Some photos ‘that maybe should have been censored’ were being passed around the parish of Glanworth, showing some of the things that the parish...
Memories From The Archives – July 1996
Warrents were issues for the arrests of three men believed to be involved in the theft of a car in Cork, which was later...
Memories From The Archives – July 1996
A somewhat unusual entry recorded in the Garda Report in July 1996, stated: ‘A local person placed a tin of paint, just purchased, in...
Memories From The Archives – June 1996
An English fisherman died while fishing the River Blackwater at Convamore, Ballyhooly. One of a party of four fishing on the river, Douglas Cooper...
Memories From The Archives – June 1996
A novel fundraising event in June 1996 saw a group of gentlemen from both Killavullen and Castletownroche go down on bended knee to raise...
Memories From The Archives – June 1996
Four brave Ballylanders lads were putting their well groomed beards on the line at the local Macra club’s field evening – namely, Johnny Connolly,...
Memories From The Archives – June 1996
Aghern Duck Derby was acclaimed a ‘quacking’ success, with over five hundred ducks coming under starter’s orders. It was reported that the famous ‘Aghern...
Memories from the archives – May 1996
Of the seven-man team preparing to represent Ireland at the 1996 World Fly Fishing Championships in May 1996, three were from the locality –...
