Recalling Avondhu news headlines from December 1994
1994 was a year to remember for Mitchelstown Golf Club - following the opening of a 6-hole extension in July, history was made when...
Memories from the Archives – November 2001
It was announced in 2001 that both Fermoy and Mitchelstown were to be official hosts for the Special Olympics; Fermoy would host 25 athletes from...
Memories from the Archives – January 2000
Two teenagers from Castletownroche were film stars in their own community as Anglea’s Ashes, the story of Frank McCourt’s childhood, hit cinemas. Paudie O’Sullivan and...
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 – September 2000
It was claimed, in September 2000, that the Fermoy Bypass was the only PPP (Private/Public Partnership) in Cork. Someone did the maths and stated that...
Memories from the Archives – January 2002
On one front page of The Avondhu in January 2002 was the news that the Grand Hotel in Fermoy was at ‘Sale Agreed’. However,...
Memories from the Archives – October 1998
The departure of the troops from Fitzgerald Camp, Fermoy was carried out with the kind of efficiency that is the hallmark of professional soldiers....
Memories From The Archives – December 1995
Only 3 months after the launch of the Mitchelstown Community/Leisure Lotto, a ‘significant contribution’ was being made to the project’s funds, with in excess...
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 – 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...
