Photo Gallery
We are extremely grateful to all those who have entrusted us with some of their treasured photographs. Someone once said that “a photograph is the pause button of life”, it allows us a glimpse of how people once lived, worked and played. These photographs have enhanced the pages of History & Memories Vols 1 & 2 and brought joy to our readers and have put faces on names that were known to us in name only.
Cloonbarry House (Photo: Clare McCullough nee McCarrick)
A Fair Day in Aclare (Photo: Paula Gallagher)
Banada Lace
Banada Lace
Station Mass Cloongoonagh (Photo: Eilish Marren)
Fr Willie Lundy meets General Patton (Photo: Anne Monds)
Banada Players at Western Drama Festival Tubbercurry Back Row: Paddy Murray, John “The Doctor” Brennan, Mick Marren, Josie “Rufus” Walsh. Front Row Seamus Walsh, Tom Lundy and Kathleen Walsh Marren (Photo. Eilish Marren)
Aclare Drama Group in Mungo’s Mansion. Back Row Left to Right: Dan Scannell, Bríd Curneen Gartland, Paddy Mickey Walsh, Phil Tuohy, Martin McCormack, Bernie Brennan, Maureen Kirrane Durkin, Mary McAllister Cahill. Front Row, May Durkin Cahill, Johnny Durkin, Sean Cahill, Teresa Durkin Kennedy and Sean O’Dowd. (Photo. Carmel Clarke).
This photo was taken outside Patrick Goldrick’s house in Lough Talt in 1930. LtoR. Mrs Stenson nee Sheil, Miss Stenson, Patrick Goldrick, John Stenson, Mary Ann O’Brien (at window), Mrs Bridget Goldrick, Mrs O’Reilly (nee Battle, cousin of Mrs Burke Lough Talt), Mrs Wignell a friend of Mary O’Brien. Seated at the front Ann Goldrick born during the famine and died in 1935 also in front. Martin and Mary Goldrick and Joe Burke (Photo: Alfie Deehan).
Stepping Stones- from Curraghboy across the River Moy to the bog road taken 1957/58. L to R –Lily Walsh, Aunt of Lily O’Hara, Kathleen (Bradley) Miller, Elsie Sweeney and her daughter Anne (Photo: Anne Sweeney Devaney)
Tying down the Haycock, John Marren Tubberoddy with his father John Marren Dawros (Photo: Eilish Marren).
Ploughing in Letterbrone. Johnny Boland with his nephews Frank & Vincent Quinn. (Photo taken by Johnny Boland Jnr and kindly given to us by his niece Katherine Auger).
Heading for the turf by Lough Talt in the 1960’s , Eithne Deehan and Vincent Deehan. (Photo: Alfie Deehan)
Banada Ball Alley Restoration Group (Photo: Tom Walsh)
John F Mullarkey and Jim Jones playing Handball in Banada with John Neary and Jim Cafferty in the background (Photo: D. Jones. )
The late Jim (Cobbler) Fleming and his late wife Annie pictured in their home in Curraghboy
Climbing Croagh Patrick in the 1950’s. LtoR Bartley Kildunne, Jack Kilgannon, Joe Burke, Maggie Connor (Curley) Photo: Alfie Deehan.
Nurse Mary Griffin pictured with Therese Sheerin, Aclare. (Photo Therese Sheerin)