Thursday 11 October 2012

Some old stories and photos.... and a smile or two


Look what I found? It's none other than our own Junior receiving a handball shield in 1959.


A good few years later; St Michael's College Badminton team, U16 Schools County Champions 1993.

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John Scanlon, formerly of  The Spinning Wheel Restaurant in Main Street and who now lives in Limerick, was the subject of an interesting story in 2009. Here is the link


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Jer. Kennelly unearthed these few snippets from old newspapers for us:

Kerryman Feb. 24th 1912 reports, AOH paid out in 1906, $483,073 in sick and funeral benefits and $73,737 for charitable purposes.

In 22 years AOH paid $7,174,156 for funerals etc and paid for charity sake $4,481,146. They also gave $50,000 to Washington University.

Kerryman of March 2nd 1912; Death of Mrs Cronin of Toor, Duagh on 16 Feb. 1912, she had a big family including, J Cronin, Inland Revenue, Sheffield. J J Cronin Admiralty, London. J T Cronin  GPO London.

Duagh meeting of Ancient Order of Hibernians told to insure with 1 penny per week and member got £10 for death of a father and £6 for death of a mother.

Death of Mrs Michael Stack of Fahabane, Kilflynn, her brother Fr Scollard, daughter Mrs Brosnan and Sr. Dympna Stack in Mercy Convent Swinford.

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One would love to get a hair do in such a polite salon.

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A lover of irony called Schnobbles spotted this in the capital.

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Draw more cash
Or I'll shoot you
You bastard!'
I drew and drew
And the next thing I knew
I had created millions,
Trillions, gazillions.





Artist/poet Mike O'Donnell cheers us up with his wry little poem and accompanying sketch.

More here:


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Jer. Kennelly was in Dublin at the farmers' protest and he brought his video camera




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