The unusual story of a fishing rod
By Jerry Keating
Some years ago while fishing the lakes of Killarney, I asked my fishing companion John ‘Chippy’...
Down memory lane
By Margaret O'Hanlon
Recently I took a trip down memory lane to my childhood in MacCurtain Street in...
Doing the Wren – 1980s style
An interesting insight into 'doing the Wren' almost 40 years ago comes courtesy of The Avondhu archives dating from January 1981.
A Winter wonderland in India
By Annie Quinn
We had travelled from Kildorrery early in December, to do voluntary work, teaching English to the Tibetan...
Row row row your boat on a shoe string budget
By Michael O'Brien
On returning home one weekend quite recently I could see from the bridge in Fermoy the clear...
Cottage restoration ‘overwhelming’ for American family
“It would require a language beyond my mind to express the gratitude and love that I feel toward all of you for the collective...
Tim Nagle – Cork hurler & Killavullen native
By Christy Roche
On November 6th, 1928 the Cork Examiner carried an account of the unveiling of a monument in Killavullen Catholic Church grounds on...
Araglen RIC Barracks raid – The first to be captured in...
By Neil Donovan
While a number of IRA companies/battalions around the country claim the distinction of being the first...
The Galtee General – Lt. General James Parker DSM
By Denis Morgan
Lieutenant General James Parker was born in Mitchelstown, County Cork, on 15 April 1929. He entered the Cadet School, the...
Joan – an inspiration to Karate club members
Joan Sheehan was 34 years of age when she first trained with Kildorrery Karate Club. Her son Martin was only 16 at the time...
