oral history…The Journal – Issue Two – Killaloe/Ballina29 Nov 202020 Nov 2021The Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society are delighted to announce that their second issue of "The Journal" has been sent to print and we hope to have copies available in the…
oral history…Tommy Cunningham – Sharing More Memories12 May 20207 Jun 2020Tommy was born in 1915 in Roscrea and he came to Killaloe in 1951. He was a postman for 41 years in Killaloe and the Ogonnelloe area until his retirement…
events, talks…Killaloe-Ballina Community Radio – April 198725 Apr 202026 Apr 2020Main photo: Benny O'Grady pictured with Paddy O'Brien (RTE). Just over 33 years ago, Killaloe-Ballina RTÉ Community Radio aired from the Molua Centre in the Green, Killaloe from 6th -…
oral history…Mrs. Lizzie Ryan – Sharing More Memories14 Apr 20202 Jun 2020Mrs. Lizzie Ryan, Lackareagh (The Glen) in Killaloe, was born in 1900 and passed away in 1996 at the age of 96. She was the oldest person in the area.She…
oral history…Tony Quigley – Sharing More Memories31 Mar 202016 Apr 2021Tony Quigley from New Street in Killaloe was born in 1932 in Newtown. Tony loved his home town of Killaloe and was a keen fisherman from a your age. He…
out and about…Annie Noonan, a pretty Killaloe girl, loses her life while bathing22 Jan 202016 Apr 2021In July of 1933, a local girl crossed the bridge from her home in Killaloe to the Jetty in Ballina (near Flangan's). Unfortunately she never made it home. Her name…
events, talks…Maureen Scanlan – Sharing More Memories9 Jan 202016 Jun 2020Maureen Scanlan was born in 1915 in Abbey House, Killaloe. Maureen was a great granddaughter of John Crotty, who owned Crotty’s on Main Street. She passed away in 2003 at…
out and about…Hunting for Crow’s Feet – Ordnance Survey Benchmarks in the Killaloe area2 Dec 2019Long before the days of satellites and GPS, the mapping of Ireland was painstakingly carried out by surveyors and engineers who travelled the country triangulating, levelling and plotting every corner…
events, talks…Sharing More Memories27 Nov 201911 Dec 2019We are delighted to announce December’s lecture will take place on Wednesday evening, 18th December at 7.30pm. We are ready to share another selection of the oral history recordings made in…
events, talks…In Song and In Story7 Nov 20197 Nov 2019We are delighted to announce October’s lecture will take place on Wednesday evening, 20th November at 7.30pm. Paddy Collins will take us on a stroll along our streets with memories of…
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