1082. Photo evokes happy memories of times past
10/09/13
9:22am
Eye on the past
Journey to a place of pilgrimage. No 1079
20/08/13
8:54am
BOOKS open up avenues to places previously unknown and sometime suggest journeys never before planned. I was conscious of this after reading *****************Walsingham – A Place of Pilgrimage for All People************** written by Claude Fisher which I bought in a...
Poems of the Great War: Eye on the Past 1078
AUGUST is generally one of the quieter months around the town of Athy as the schools have yet to re-open.However...
Tuesday, 13/08/13 - 8:41am
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1077: History written in our roads and buildings
INLAND towns such as Athy benefitted enormously from improved road making practises of the 18th century. Prior to then, responsibility...
Tuesday, 06/08/13 - 9:10am
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A hero of the Latvian nation
St Michael’s Cemetery Athy was the scene of an unusual gathering last week when a group of Latvians accompanied by...
Tuesday, 12/03/13 - 10:37am
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Centre helps us to value our heritage
PART of Athy’s developing cultural heritage is the Heritage Centre located on the ground floor of the town’s 18th century...
Tuesday, 05/03/13 - 9:07am
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EYE ON THE PAST 1054: Remembering the voice of Sunday evening radio
THE recent death of Seán Óg Ó Ceallacháin sent me searching amongst my sports books and in particular amongst the...
Tuesday, 26/02/13 - 10:02am
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EYE ON THE PAST 1052: town mourns passing of two stalwart campaigners
WITHIN the space of a few weeks Athy has lost two of its most stalwart campaigners. You may think it...
Tuesday, 12/02/13 - 10:01am
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Offaly St- A street of memories
DAVID Neill was half a generation ahead of me and so, although we were both of Offaly Street, we never...
Tuesday, 22/01/13 - 12:00pm
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A to Z of business in Athy
PORTERS Directory and Guide published in or around 1909 carried an alphabetical list of names of Athy businesses associated with...
Wednesday, 12/12/12 - 9:54am
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Athy’s sole llink to 1916 ‘Rising
WE are facing into a series of centenary commemorations over the next 10 years or so. These will include the...
Tuesday, 27/11/12 - 10:44am
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Passing of two community heroes
TWO people with whom I shared a friendship in recent years passed away last week. Pat Henshaw, born in Malta...
Tuesday, 20/11/12 - 2:15pm
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Shared memories of a past community
LAST week Gertie Healy was laid to rest in St Michael’s Cemetery. She had been absent from her usual place...
Tuesday, 13/11/12 - 1:41pm
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Remembering our war dead
THIS year’s Armistice Day, 11 November, coincides with Remembrance Day and so uniquely we can commemorate at 11 o’clock on...
Tuesday, 06/11/12 - 10:50am
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