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St Colman’s College, Fermoy secured the Harty Cup title in March 1996, recording an emphatic 3-19 to 1-4 victory over Nenagh CBS in Clonmel. Leading...

Champagne was flowing at National Lottery HQ in Dublin for the ‘Famous Five’ syndicate from Rathcormac, who scooped the £1 million Lotto jackpot. Syndicate...

A blow to the economic fabric of Clogheen in March 1996, with the announcement that Moroney’s Bakery had gone into voluntary liquidation. In existence...

A large crowd, estimated at ‘well over 1,000’, participated in a March for Peace in February 1996 through Fermoy town, in response to a...

After 12 years under the proprietorship of the Byrne family, The Firgrove Hotel in Mitchelstown was set to change hands. Pat Tangney, owner of...

It’s like a joke you’d hear told, ‘Did you hear the one about the fox that walked into a pub and …’; well, rewind...

‘Suspected marauders’ were operating in the area, with gardai issuing a warning to the public to be on the look-out for this ‘very verbal...

A national litter awareness campaign was initiated by the newly formed Irish Business Against Litter (IBAL) organisation, chaired by Fermoy businessman Tom Cavanagh and...

What was believed to have been a lightning strike wiped out 13 livestock on the farm of Mike and Anne Kenny at Macroney, Kilworth...

Three Watergrasshill youngsters, representing the local GAA club, had qualified for the Munster Scor na nÓg finals in January 1996. Some ‘impressive answering’ in...