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Down Memory Lane

In our research through the years a vast collection of information from the parish has been made available to us. Some of it we are are still collecting while others we continue to shift through and find more nuggets of information. It is the interviews and meetings with the many different individuals willing to share their experiences and memoirs with us that touch always us most. Many are characters that you meet on the road or at mass, while there are those who have unfortunately passed away since we collected their stories, may they rest in peace. It is these stories that we would like to share with you. These are a mix and match of stories throughout this section, from every background and every era, as well as diary extracts.  We hope you enjoy them.

Maureen Carrig

Maureen tells us about Twomey Walsh’s Drapery shop.

Also an extract from our first edition with Maureen and John

Joe Torpey

Born in 1934, Joe tells his story of working from a very young age.

Peadar Nugent

Merriment and Work in Donail in the 1940s & 1950s

Bridie Collins

Happy Days

John H Elliott

A diary written by a traveller in 1845 giving an insight into out locality.

Michael Culligan

An evening spent with Michael Culligan

TV Malone

An interview with TV

Mary Ryan

Gone but not Forgotten

The story of the local midwife

Kay Gallagher Honan

Kay tells us of her life growing up in Kilrush

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