THE CORRAN HERALD A Heritage Group Production

ISSUE NO. 11 Oct EDITION 1987 • PRICE 40p BALLYMOTE MAN THE TAAFFES OF BALLYMOTE ON SPANISH ARMADA Co Louth Batty Connell left Ballymote in March 1973 and Bohemia to join the Garda By Nial Ferry Siochana. His two brothers, John and David is the Welsh equivalent Michael, also `joined of Taaffe and this Norman-Welsh up'. In physique and family is descended from Sir Nicholas Taaffe who settled in character and in their in 1196. This man's education at Ballymote grandson, Richard Taaffe, was Boys' School and Corran His earliest, truly amazing Sheriff of Dublin in 1295 and he College, they were ideal report of the discoveries there is later became Sheriff of Co. Louth. recruits. They have done sent to the Corran Herald in his Richard's son, John, I was an Archbishop of Armagh. native Ballymote. We are deeply well! Smarmore , near Ardee, Co. grateful for this and look forward Batty was posted to North Louth, is still in the possession of Donegal and has been in to him playing a big prart in the the Taaffes. Greencastle since 1976. The sea events of 1988, the fourth centenary of that expedition that In the 1580's Bunninadden and recreation associated with it Castle was granted to William attracted him. He became a strong brought so many tragedies to our North-Western coast. Taaffe, a Catholic Royalist swimmer. He could leave a adventurer from CO. Lough. He trawler three miles out and swim This is the story — 'I have been was appointed Sheriff of Co. Sligo ashore. Here he took up a sport or diving for 12 years. In February in 1588. WIlliam fought on the passtime which has brought 486 I decided to start a diving club English side at the Battle of results that will surely have in Moville, Co. Donegal, where I Kinsale and he distingushed reprecussions among hisorians have been working for the last 11 himself by capturing and hanging and in the museums of the years. We, as a new club, found Doctor Eugene MacEgan, the western world. As a sub aqua our first ship-wreck off Inishowen Catholic Bishop of Ross (1601). diver one might say he has joined Head on 5th May, 1986. From here For his services o the crown a ship of the ill-fated Spanish we went from one ship-wreck to William Taaffe was rewarded with a knighthood and with Armada many leagues under the another. Contd. on Page 2 sea. • extensive grants of land in Co. Sligo and nine other counties. Sir William made Ballymote Castle his home. Those lands in the Ballymote area which Taaffe did not hold himself he regranted to the Mac Donaghs and others for an annual rent. On August 1st, 1621 his eldest son, John, was created 1st Baron of Ballymote and Viscount of Corran. The 1633 Civil Survey gives two examples of the leasing arrangements between the Taaffes and two of their tenants. The 1633 Civil Survey gives two examples of the leasing arrangements between the Taaffes and two of their tenants. Contd. on Page 5 Ballymote Man • DIVORCE by Una Preston

Divorce is very much in the news on spanish armada ...... today. Even those who would have recoiled from the notion of In March of 1987 which I was breaking what they regarded as diving with the Moville Sub-Aqua a life-long contract for 'better or ( all four of us) we were cont. from Page 1 worse' are now being brain- approximately thirteen miles washed into giving it second south of Malin Head, and thoughts. The family is the approximately a half mile north of corner-stone of society and that Kinnagoe Bay where 17 years has nothing to do with ones ago, wreckage from La Trinidad religious beliefs. The human Dr. Colin Martin returned to the Valencera was found by the city site on the 8th September, child takes 18 years to mature of Derry Sub-Aqua Club. La accompanied by a team of B.B.C. and during those years the Trinidad Valencena was one of camera-men to record some of the future citizens with need the the biggest boats in the Spanish most interesting funds, guidance and example of both Armada fleet, which set sail from particularly a ships gun-carriage. parents. The parents who have Spain to conquer England in the This particular gun carriage is the given the child life owe it what is Spring of 1588. Here I found a 50 only one of it's kind in existance in necessary to enable it to fullfil its pounder bronze siege cannon. the world, and certain measures role in society. It will be said that This gun is 10 feet long and bears had to be taken to protect it from many marriages have the the crest of the then King of Spain the ferocious seas and gales of the constituents of failure from the 'Phillipus Rex', weighing 2½ ton Atlantic. An extensive sand- beginning. There are many and in mint condition. We refused bagging operation was carried reasons for this but one basic and in mint condition. We raised out around the gun-carriage the gun on the 11th April, 1987, reason cannot be ignored —the and it is now at my house in which lies in 30 feet of water. ignorance or otherwise of the Greencastle. On our new site we With the diving season coming to contracting couple. They have found a large wooden ships close for this year, we are looking should be old enough and gun-carriage, pewter plates, forward to an exciting and mature enough to understand wooden ships, gun-carriage successful season next year. what marriage is about. They wheels, and ships planking, and should have the material needs approximately 200 yards last of Culfadda Show to set up house. They should our site, we located the ships i realise that they are both human main anchor. One might say we The people of Culfadda held with human faults and that they have found everything from a their sixth annual Agricultural and will have to be patient and needle to an anchor. Horticultural Show on the 17th forebearing with each other. August '87. It was by all standards Because of the amount of an excellent show of which all Women in the past were in a wreckage found on our site, we who participated should be justly disadvantaged position. The located the ships main anchor. proud. Obviously a lot of hard marriage contract made them One might say we have found work has gone into it and the subordinate to their husbands. everything from a needle to an response from the community The state treated a wife as the anchor. was very good, both with regard chattel of her husband having Because of the amount of to quality and quantity. The few if any rights of her own. This wreckage found on our site we Judges sent by the County has now been largely remthe law decided to call in a leading world Committee of Agriculture and has now been largely remedied, expert on Armada Shipwrecks, othe judges expressed surprise at thanks to the efforts of some Dr. Colin Martin of the Scottish the quality of the exhibits and said worthwhile feminists. She must Institute of Maritime Studies. He the show was as good as could be now be regarded by the law and arrived on the 16th May, 1987 and expected anywhere. carried out a limited survey of by her husband as an equal Availing of a pleasent day a materials on the site. On his sharing partner in every respect. large number of people turned completion of this survey he Given this equality and a mature out to see the exhibits in the Hall finished us with a report. It now and prepared approach to and to watch the judging of cattle, seems that we have indeed marriage due pre-marriage ponies, goats and sheep. They located the wreck of the La assessment of compatability, were also entertained by a Trinidad Valencera. there she be no need for the colourful Fancy Dress Parade, a trauma of ieperation with its With most of her cargo, and at Dog Show and a very entertaining disastrous a, ect on the lives of last 33 bronze cannons to be Cat & Kitten Show. All in all ii was children of the marriage or, in raised yet, this is indeed the find a great day for the area and it the case of divorce, when one or of a lifetime. On National Museum came to a wonderful close in both partners re-marry, the have shown a great interest in the Higgins' Lounge that night with new discovery, and they have the selecting of the 1987 Queen of tragedy for the children of losing sent their representative to the Show. She was a lovely both stable home life and inspect the site with us. Because Ballymote Girl by the name of parentage. Those who advocate of its valuable contents, a Caroline Hever who was divorce should take a serious preservation order was placed on crowned by the Chairman of the look at its effect in other the site at out request. Show, Mr. Joe Cryan. countries. 3 THE FRUGAL YEARS by PJ. Duffy

Johnie was a schoolboy in the grader attc4'ding primary late nineteen thirties during school, this new medium was those stringent years that equally confusing, but by followed in the wake of the degrees, at least part of it finally economic war. The school he sunk in. attended was located in a Come the month of May and remote rural part of the west of an improvement in weather Ireland. It consisted of two conditions, those hardy boys classrooms which were fitted and girls would discard their with open fireplaces where turf shoes and socks and plod supplied by the parents of pupils barefoot to and from 'school attending, burned away each day. All children would throughout the day. follow suit, or else run the risk of The old schoolmistress who being dubbed sissies. was about to retire introduced Constant trodding on the him to his first exercises on the rough shingle often brought on old school slate which was still painful festering blisters called in existance at most rural stone-bruises and to add to the and that was that the leader of schools. Now and then she agony hacks and other the country, DeValera, had would issue a stern warning' irritations would erupt around secured the ports. 'Don't drop your slates on the the ankles and insteps. These Now people were facing the floor or you'll break them'. minor abrasions were usually prospect of an even greater taken for granted, the parents The schoolmaster, a spruce conflict in Europe, as some it its young man in his thirties raced comparing them with similar weaker nations began to reckon back and forth on the classroom ones they had got in their with the menacing demands of floor, head erect and grashing in schooldays. the German dictator, Hitler. With his right hand a wooden foot Johnies father and mother daggers drawn the battle- rule which he used as an differed little from the parents of hardened Nazi had sought indicator. During the day he other children in their district. revenge for the humiliation of would digress from subjects at They owned a small farm of his country in a previous clash the blackboard and move to the around twenty acres of land. that had taken place in Europe school map for instruction in Most domestic footstuffs were from 1914 - 1918. geography. On a sidewall hung produced on the farm and September 1939 . now saw an ancient map of Europe with money was parted with only Europe plunged into conflict two round wooden rails, one at when other bare essentials of once again. Bombs rained down the top, another at the bottom. life were needed. Yet they were on its capital cities, ships were Half of the underneath portion alwasy preaching about how sunk at sea. of the rail had come away from hard times were and how How did all this affect Johnie the fabrlc reinforcing, and was difficult ' it was to get by. His and his family and others like the dipping in a semi-horizontal father was the product of an old them living as they were in the position, towards the floor. school which was replaced by west of Ireland? At first little the one his son now attended, On an opposite wall hung an change was felt, but by degrees, the old place being a sort of all- old map of Ireland tattered and shortages all securities forced round institution that prepared it moth-eaten, it also was a the Government to declare a its pupils for life. He emerged as product of the old establishmen, state of emergency. Ration no mean scholar and at nightime and had • Kings and Queens books were delivered to the used to read the daily counties clearly outlined in its home of every citizen resident in newspaper for his family and inner contours. Londonderry. the state, and at the local store some neighbours. He told that was a word, and a name that your couppon became more Johnie that the country they tended to boggle the mind of the important, than cash. most docile pupil as he scaned lived in was impoverished Still it was amazing how the upper portion of the map, because of strife and disruption people adapted themselves to but how was a young mind to brought about by three the emergency situation. come to grips with the fact that skirmishes of war, a war of Housewives cursed Hitler for not very long ago we were part independence, a civil war and denying them the sweet things of an empire on which the sun more recently an economic war of life, others blamed the never set. — on the latter conflict, no shots wad been fired, that was at least Government for , their stingy The young teacher would a consolation, but the hardship rations. At the end of the day, the ignore those old charts and take _ it inflicted on small farmers had vast majority accepted, their lot, his class to a glossyew-fangled brought them to the brink of and some witty human Irish map, outlining in Gaelic bankruptsy and despair. One composed a ballad about the the counties and tow'is of the good thing had however Governments handling of the new state. Yet, even to a forth emerged at the end of'the day, situation: 4 among members of the family. once familiar oil tankers seldom He now hadn't seen an orange or i l d <;< ! ^ ♦ (, ) ^ seen replenishing supplies at r, a banana for years. local shops. The tiny dre' that Cheers for Lemass and Sean was available was set available Members of the Local MacEntee, was set aside so that the Security Force came to the Bless their brown loaf and half • newspaper could be read, and school and cast mortar on the ounce of tea, children's homework done for limestone plaque that bore the We're saying good luck to them all school on the following day. name of the school and the date of its erection. They did the The long, the short and the tall For young Johnie, now same thing to the old milestones We'll get no white flour while Dev approaching his teens, the situated alongside the main is in power, names of two people were to roads. The teacher explained So cheer up young lads bless them remain indelibly imprinted in his that this was done to baffle all. mind and these were DeValera foreign troops in the event of an In desperation many people and Hitler. Who is DeValera? the invasion taking place. The took to purchasing extra inquisitive youth would expected invasion did however foodstuffs on the blackmarket. question his father. He is the not come about, and luckily we This often proved a risky leader of our country would escaped the ravages of this adventure and brought them into come th., redly. 'Isn't DeVale' a a savage war that finally came to conflict with the law. Housewives '° r y^ ii?mc ' he'd chuckle. It is an end in 1945. Thousands had pleaded with their grocers for that ' O'I-,t you muss died on the battlefilds of the extra grain of tea, or little bit of unaers:c n,Yihat thls man had world, and the little devil who butter. Spanish fatne ..nd an Irish began it all had died by his own mother. The subject would then There was a little story told of hand. an incident involving the late rest there, for the time being Johnie, was now to gain his James Dillon, which took place in anyway. own insight into death and its his grocery store at Ballagh- As the battle intensified and meaning, when an old man who dereen, when a young clergyman spread across Europe our used to visit their house, during asked him for an extra pound of people's attitudes to the conflict those dark years, passed away butter on the premises. When varied greatly. There were those quite suddenly. He went to see seconds later an assistant came who thought it was just good `him, lying there motionless in up with eight ounces, and offered enough for those British bullies his coffin, thus learning his first it to the disgruntled clergyman, he to be getting a pounding, it important lesson about life and at once rejected the offer saying, served them right, if their it's inevitable insecurities. 'I'd rather eat cart grease that country were oocupied, weren't touch it now'. Well, said the they past masters at this kind of Years later, he went . to a indomimatable James, 'Everyman thing themselves. nearby town to see this man DeValera, who had come down to his taste'. Then, you had people like to the west to address an A law compelling all farmers Johnies father who believed that election meeting. Now a to till one fourth of their arable Hitler was a tyrant and a slashing young man of twenty land brought the tillage scoundrel, who wouldn't stop inspectors to the farms to make there, and would occuppy our one years, he stood at the foot of the rostrum looking up at the sure the order was carried out. piece of territory as well. We lank statesman,- who was might think we were badly off, Johnnie would follow his dressed in what appeared to be a father and the instructor out into but we could have another Cromwell who might drive us long dark showerproof coat. the fields where the latter would Johnie could scarcely believe out altogether and replace us unroll a large ordinance his eyes. Here was the leader with his so-called master race. survey map, which he kept who had guided the country under his arm. He would ask to With boyish curiosity Johnie through critical times and be shown the farm bounderies, would question at length those steered it clear of the war, here and then using a short people who visited their house, was the man with the strange modulator would estimate the and ask for details of the name his father used to read acerage that must be tilled. happening abroad. about in the newspapers back in After he had gone away his 'Who is this man Hitler?, and those dreary war years. Here at father described him as an where does he come from?' He last in the flesh was the enigma, impudent little upstart, who was told, that Hitler was a the mystery, the man who was professed to know much more corporal in the German army, adored b0» some people and than he actually did, and that and had by devious means disliked by others. He seemed nobody knew the acrage of gained power in the German neither p' moous or conceited, farms better than the people state. He was now hell-bent on just a pl, simple individual, who owned them. establishing a German empire. who outlined in great detail his plans for the country's future. Come night time and the Johnie grew into his teens neighbours would gather in to. with memories of scarcity, and The meeting drew to a close hear Johnies father read the warnings and messages of and the large gathering latest war news from a worse to come. His thoughts disposed in various directions. newspaper. The parrafin oil would often go back to the days Small groups stood by at street which filled th old parrafin oil when as a tiny boy, his mother corners discussing, of course, which filled the oil lamps got used to take home oranges and the events of the day, and their scarcer and scarcer with the bananas and divide them up various impressions, upon seeing the great man. Contd. on Page 9 5 In 1652 Lucas surrendered When the British The Taaffes Ballymote Castle to the civil war was over the victorious Cromwellian, Sir Charles Coote, King William of Orange on very favourable terms. His recognised Fancis' titles. Francis sister-in-law, Lady Taaffe, was died in 1704. In recognition of his allowed o live in Ballymote military exploits on behalf of 'Lord Taaffe gets Knockadal- Castle under th ¶rotection of the . Christendom, the Cathedral of feen, a ownlandof 245 acres near state of England and she was Nancy was draped with black and Ballymote to undertenants for £15 allowed o enjoy the Taaffe his corpse lay in state for one per annum and country charges, 5 estates without interference. The month attended by the Duke of fatt mutons, 40 workmen, 1 fatt Taaffes were very fortunate in this Lorraine's guards. During his life, beefe, 40 quarts of butter, 1'/ instance because almost all the Francis had also been Chamber- barrells of wheate, 4 barrells of Catholic landowners of Ireland, lain to the Austrian Emperor, malte, 20 henries with a number of who ook part in the war against Ferdinand, sand a Councillor of eggs and 40 horses for carriadge'. Parliament, lost their property in state. Tomaltach Bacach O'Scanlon the Cromwellian settlement. It seems likely that the Taaffes leased two quarters of Emlaghfad Lucas Taaffe was allowed o did not live in Ballymote after (240 acres) from Viscount Taafe. transport a thousand Catholic 1677. They had at Ardee At a rent of£11 16s. He paid £7 in soldiers o Spain. This batch of and Carlingford in Co. Louth and cash, four fat mutons, two Irish soldiers was one of the first they were spending more time on medders of meal, four medders of groups of 'Wild Geese' who the European mainland. Francis' butter, three barrels of malt, 30 swelled the armies of Spain, France and Austria for the son, Theobald, inherited the lands workmen for one day and 10 and titles in 1704. He died without horses for carriage'. following century and a half. Lord Theobald Taaffe also went ino children at Lisle in Belgium in A number of Sir William exile in France and Spain. 1738. He was the 5th Baron of Taaffe's relatives also settled in After the resoration of King Ballymote and the little Earl of the Ballymote area. Chrisopher Charles II in 1660 as King of Great Carlingford became extinct with Taaffe arrived from Ballybriggan, Britain and Ireland, Lord his death. Co. Dublin. He was the ancestor of Theobald Taaffe was allowed Theobald's possessions now the Taaffes of Kmgsfort and return o Ballymote and he was Ballinaglough. Sir William's Bon- passed o his cousin, Nicholas, created 1st Earl of Carlington in who became the 6th Baron and in-law, Jasper Brett also came recognition of his services o King from Fingal, Co. Dublin to settle in Charles during his exile in France. Viscount of Corran. Nicholas ws Derroon, where he built a tower Lucas also returned o live out the born in O'Crean's Castle in Sligo house. Jasper was High Sheriff of remainder of his life in Ballymote. in 1677. Like his ancesors, he CO. Sligo m ,l 627, 1628 and 1635. His son had lost his life in the also fought the Turks in Europe When Sir Phelim O'Neill's service of the King of Spain. with the rank of Field Marshal and rebellion broke out in 1641 Lord Theobald died in 1677 and he was he won fame by leading the John Taaffe, of Ballymote, interred in the family omb in Bally Austrian army to vicory over the although a Catholic, refused o interred in the family tomb in Turks at Belfgrad in 1738. All have anything o do with rebellion Ballymote Abbey. Theobald's the through his life he campaigned in against the English parliament. son, Nicholas, inherited the family Europe, Britain and Ireland for Isis sons, Lucas and Francis, estateci and the titles, 3rd Baron of Catholic Emancipation in Ireland however, marched with . Hugh Ballymote and Viscount of Corran and Britain. Mac John Glas MacDonagh anciOnd Earl of Carlingford. Nicholas won the last of his agst the English of Sligo own •icis, the second son of family to own the Taaffe estates in wt the rebellion spread to this Viscuunt Theobald Taaffe, was Ireland. According o a Penal law cd y. Sir Phelim O'Neill and born in Ballymote in 1639, of the time a Catholic could not Ló Taaffe's own son, Fr. Peter probably in the Castle. He was inherit property if that property Taaffe, Drogheda Franciscan educated Olmuz in Germany. He were claimed by Protestant monastery, wrote o Lord Taaffe was appointed pager o the Duke relative of the testaaor. Under appealing to him o join in the war of Lorraine's son. Having joined this law, Robert Sutton, a in defence of his religion but Lord the Austrian Imperial Army he Protestant relation of Nicholas Taaffe refused o rebel. He died in quickly rose o the rank of Field- Taaffe, claimed Ballymote and the January, 1642 and was buried Marshal. At the siege of Vienna in other Taaffe estates in Ireland. near the High Altar of Ballymote 1863 he left the left wing of the . The dispute was settled in court. Abbey. Christian army against the Nicholas Taaffe received one John's són, Theobald, now Turkish invaders. After routing third and Robert Sutton was became the 2nd Baron of several regiments of Turks and granted two thirds of the value of Ballymote. He joined the Caholic Tartars, he captured Cara the property. The entire property Confederation of Kilkenny and he Mustapha, the Grand Vizier and was then sold to William commanded the Catholic army of his headquarters. Fitzmaurice (Lord Shelbourne). Munster that was defeated in Francis' brother, Lord Nicholas Nicholas Taaffe received £25,000 battle at Knockanross near ook the side of King James II in as his one-third share of the Mallow, Co. Cork in 1647. His the war against William of estate. Fitzmaurice made a brother Lucas Taaffe, became Orange. Another brother John private deal with Taaffe received governor of New Ross in 1649. He Taaffe died at the siege of Derry. private deal with Taaffe that if a was a Major-General in hte Nine Taaffes fought as Jacabite Catholic would ever be allowed Catholic army and he ordered that soliders in the Battle of the Boyne to own such a vast estate in the the moate of Ballymote Castle where Lord Nicholas Taaffe of future, Fitzmaurice would resell should be deepened in the face of Ballymote lost his life. Francis, the property to Taaffe at the price possible attack by Paliamentarian who was in Australia, inherited the family lands and titles to Fitzmaurice had paid, i.e. £25,000. forcess. In 1649, their brother, Fr. After the death of Lord Peter Taaffe was executed during become 4th Baron of Ballymote and 3rd Earl of Carlingford. He She^bourne in 1761 his wife the massacre of Drogheda after reMori o ratify her husbands being interviewed by Cromwell never returned to Ireland to claim his possessions. agnsemmnt with Nicholas Taaffe. himself. cont. on page 6 The Taaf f e's Nicholas and his family then decided to go into permanent THE exile in the Austrian Empire. Nicholas feared that his SATURDAY SHOP descendants, pressed by Penal EMMETT STREET, BALLYMOTE Laws, would become Protestants if they remained in Ireland. The OPEN EVERY SATURDAY AT 10 am Taaffes decided to reside in Bohemia at Elischau and Kolinetz. Variety of Items on Sale Nicholas became a Chancellor to the Empoeror and he lived to be • Home-made Cakes • Brown Bread • 92. His castle at Elischau is now a • White Soda Bread • Scones & Pastries • Czechoslovakian military school. Birthday, Wedding, Anniversary and Among Nicholas' many distinct- ions was that of introcucing the Cakes for all occasions baked to order potato into Silesia in East All Home-Baked by Prize-winning Germany. He died in 1769. Bakers Randolphus succeeded his grandfather as the 7th Baron and Jams & Marmalades Viscount in 1769. In 1830 the titles Gift Items, Arts & Crafts, Fancy Goods, Jewellery, etc. passed to his son, Francis, who Household Goods became the 8th Viscount. Francis held the post of Chamberlain, Privy Councillor and Minister of Justice. Lewis wrote the Taaffe family memoirs in 1856. Lewis' I 1929 the American Vetzerra. Before his death he son Charles inherited the titles placed the papers in the Vatican adnd he established his right to sit pufisher, Randolph Hearst, offered Eduard $200,000 for the archives. The tragic Mayerling in the British House of Lords as secret Mayerling documents. deaths became the subject of an 10th Baron of Ballymote and Although living in considerable epic Hollywood movie starring Viscount of Corran in 1860. poverty in Dublin, Eduard Omar Sharif and a BBC television Charles' brother, Eduard Graf rejected this and many more drama. Von Taaffe, the 11th Viscount tempting offers. He died in 1967, With Eduard's death this (1833- 1895) was Imperial Prime leaving unanswered all questions renowned Norman-Welsh-Irish- Minister of the Austrian Empire concerning the deaths of the Austrian-Czech line of Taaffes for fourteen years (1868 - 1870 Crown Prince Rudolf and Marie became extinct. and 1879 - 1893). All through his life, Eduard enjoyed the complete confidence of the Emperor, Franz Joseph. When the Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria and Marie Vetzerra died together in a hunting lodge at VIDEO SERVICES Mayerling in 1889m tge Enoerir Mayerling in 1889, the Emperor entrusted the documents of the 2nd ANNIVERSARY case to Viscount Van Taaffe rather tahn to the State Archives imposing absolute secrecy on SPECIAL Von Taaffe and on succeeding generations. NO VIDEO? In 1919, Eduard's son, Heinrich, the 12th Baron of Ballymote and Viscount of Conan, was removed Hire a Video Player from us from the Roll of Viscounts by the British Government because he Only £2.99 had fought for his native country, 1 Night including 1 film Austria against Britain in the Great 3 Nights including 2 Films Only £6.99 War (1914-18). Weekend including 2 Films £6.99 Heinrich's son, Eduard Karl Richard (1898-1967) used only NOW IN STOCK: Crocodile Dundee, Off Beat, his Austrian Imperial title, COunt 'r ' =°gal Eagles, etc. Taaffe. He married an Irish woman Salvac' in 1931 and they settled in Dublin. 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As our local Badminton Club reopens its season we wish them as successful a season as in 1986/'87 when they made history by gaining promotion to Division Ill of the Sligo County Championship. They did it in style, qualifying topy of the Division and beating Manor- hamilton in the playoff. The team: Eva Gill, Siobhan Davey, Kathleen O'Connell, Carmel Mulligan, Jim Gallagher, Eddie Sweeney (Captain), Gerard Kielty and Raymond Under- wood are the first from L – R Ballymote to win out Division Ill. Jim Gallagher, Eva Gill, Eddie Sweeney (Ulster sank) Ballymote also reached the Ona Kilbane, Martin Golden. final of the annual Ulster Bank Plate, where they were narrowly defeated by Sligo City (Division Ill County Champions). This extremely close and exciting match was played in the Gilhooley Hall, Sligo, and was only decided on the last point o of the final game.

Ballymote were victorious when Jim Gallagher and Eva Gill beat runners up Martin Golden (Ballymote) and Una Kilbane (Manorhamilton). All in all a great year! The club is grateful to the Hall Committee for the use of hall on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday nights ... 8.00 -12 p.m. New members are most welcome and may wish to contact Kathleen O'Connell (Chairperson), Martin Golden (Secretary) or Eddie Sweeney L – R Back Row (Treasurer). Jim Gallagher, Gerard Kielty, Eddie Sweeney, Front Pow Carmel '•Iulligan, Eva Gill, Kathleen O'Connell. VINCENT JOHN DODDY McDONAGH BAR & LOUNGE & SONS (with Meeting Room) FOR • TELEVISIONS • VIDEOS • BP Petrol, Diesel, JVASHING MACHINES • GAS Oils. ELECTRIC COOKERS, ETC, OPEN 9 am — 11 p.m. PHONE: 071-83351 8 The Cheerful Cobbler

Charles lived alone. JIM McGARRY uepnvea or me use or one leg by an accident In early youth, he used a crutch. But with that On the other hand, Charles One aay while playing a crutch, he could move faster took the deepest personal particularly tricky fish, he than most people could walk. interest in the footwear of his unbalanced the crutch where it That he always did not choose to regulars. For them he exercised lay beside him. It was not until do so was his own affair. When the greatest care and suffered he heard it splash in the water occasion demanded however the deepest disappointment if below that he realised what had and he did move fast it was his work did not stand up to the happened. Mockingly it whirled usually to the discomfiture of wear he expected. I always around before moving off others. remember the cry of anguish downstream. Without a when I returned one day with a moments hesitation, Charles While Charles lived at the pair of brogues in my hand on dived into the waters below, bottom of the hill, we lived at the which a couple of months earlier swan after the crutch, and top of it. We always knew the Charles had put iron tips on the climbed out of the river more outlook for the day's weather as toes and heels. Taking the shoe than a hundred yards further soon as Charles appeared in the shoes in his hands and sadly down. Such a feat is unknown doorway of his little house. The examining the broken plates, he before or since. first thing he did was to examine cried 'God Almghty I can hold Or his way home, he had the the sky to see if the day was anybody in this vllage with bad luck to meet the Parish going to be fine enough to hang leather but I cannot hold you Priest's prim housekeeper. One out the cages with his birds in with iron'. And then throwing look at Charles and she knew them. It it did not look good, he them on top of the heap of shoes the worst. 'Drunk again, retired that it would be a good in the corner, nstead of as I had Charles. Did you fall into the day, Charles cupped one hand feared, through the doorway, he river?' Without pausing in his to the side of his mouth and put back his head, gave a loud agitated hop, Charles flung over called out in the cheeriest voice I laugh and shouted 'Oh, drive on his shoulder at her 'God ever heard, 'Dear, oh dear, oh the cart, drive on the cart'. Almighty, woman, can't a man dear. Drive on the cart; drive on Apart from his birds, Charles' fall into the river if he wants to, the cart'. After this we watched other passion in life was fishing. without having to confess it to him carry the cages one by one Those parts of the walls of his the Parish Priest's house- across the street, and hang them living-room-workshop not keeper'. on nails in the high wall on the covered with cages were One dark wet night, Charles opposite side. covered with fishing gear. was coming home alone, from When this operation had been On the days Charles did not the pub. He no longer was able completed, Charles stood in the feel the urge to work at the Last, to carry as much drink as doorway, whistling to the birds he took down his favourite formerly. His hop was unsteady. until he got an answering fishing rod and whistling gaily There was nobody about to give whistle. Then he closed the door hopped off to the river. Nobody a helping hand. So when he and hopped off with a jug in his knew the river as Charles did. He stepped into the watertable, free hand for the milkshop on fished not just to catch fish for unbalanced and fell into the the corner. Next door to the that was purely incidental to the road, he lay there. The road was milkshop was a grocery and act of fishing. What fishing dark and unlighted. A car pub, so naturally Charles meant to Charles was the joy of coming on that side of the road continued on to it for a loaf, as patiently pitting his skill against met another with full lights on. he said. Once there he usually the lethargy of a lazy fish. The driver did not see the little decided that what he needed Indeed it was quite usual to meet man lying on the side of the most was a hair of the dog rather Charles returning from an road. A crunch and a bump told than the loaf. Most times he evening's fishing with an empty him that he had hit something. delayed so long over the bag but whistling as joyously as When he got out of the car, he purchase of the loaf that he if the bag were full. For him, the. found a little old man lying on returned home without it. play was the thing. the road murmuring weakly On his return, Charles did not Charles' favourite fishing, 'Dear, oh ( 3r, oh dear'. always settle down to work at perch was from a rock jutting! Chareles was taken to the Last. He worked when he felt out from the middle of the; hospital. died there a few like it and when he had an urgent waterfall. From here he fished so days later. job to do for one of his regulars. often into the pool below that it; But that was a long time ago. Many a bossy female demand- became known as 'Charles' The wind now whistles through ing expeditious service had Rock'. To get there when the the paneless windows of that retreated into the street in river was in spate was a tricky little house where Charles once confusion, there to pick up the job for anyone, but it seemed to whistled to his beloved birds, shoes that had been hurled present no difficulties to while he tapped away with his through the always open-door, Charles. hammer, stopping now and while everyone within earshot He was a usual sight sitting on again to call out cheerily to heard him tell her where to go the edge of the rock fishing into. passers by 'Drive on the cart, oh with her so and so shoes. the dark pool thirty feet below. drive on the cart'.

Our This is a true story. The comic work of Nikolai Gogol is presented on stage together with the tragic story of this District Council "authors life. You will laugh through the tears.

Ballymote Community or District Council has been in This is an S.O.S. Production existence for nearly 5 years but has not achieved its full SCHOLARS ON STAGE potential. It can however claim PRESENTS credit for a fair number of useful initiatives. These would include Park Development, Town Lighting, Area Survey, An Open Employment Day, The Heritage GERRY FARRELL Group, The Corran Herald, and IN now the Tourist Development Group. Yet interest in the body seems to have declined. For Gogol's Sake' Perhaps it is the fault of the officers. They may be too busy with other projects to give the Council the time it needs and AT 8.30 P.M. deserves. The Community and District Council is too vital and essential a body to be allowed to SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18th to die especially in the Ireland of the WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 22nd today when the voice of the people at grass-roots is so hawirs necessary if we are to preserve ---^tjeÍÍ anything of our independence rheca^ne • and identify and escape being TEMPLE iiREEi, iUao swept away in a flood of European Directives. We existed too long as a people with a language, culture and set of laws of our own to be Frugal Years incapable of re-vitalising GURTEEN ourselves and recovering from Johnie and a neighbouring the present impasse. The basic PARISH lad journeyed home on their functions of a Council are to co- bicycles. In the days that ordinate, initiate and educate. This parish is formed by the followed he would ponder The means employed must vary Union of the old parishes of seriously on those words and can be determined by the Kilfree and Killaraght, Kilfree is DeValera had spoken, and his members themselves and the the head of the Union and endeavours, tc secure employ- needs o f the area. contains the remains of an old ment for all o f the country's Church and also a well called citizens. Tober na Naomh — 'Well of the On first thoughts he PICNIC Saints' from where the harboured within his mind great Owenmore River rises. expectat-ions fo, his country's BASKET The parish of Killaraght takes future. and that of his own, but (Under New Management) its name from St. Attracta. Few as the years passed by he could Irish Saints have left after them, see little rotceable cnangc Recta uran t such vivid traditions and so Most of his n 'ntenioor'es haa Ballymote. many lasting memories as St. drifted ab; c d in search rf Attracta. emp'oymcr.t , . Eno' inl's BREAKFASTS The Castle of Moygara, the industiio! r-art;a:i.4. LUNCHES, TEAS, stronghold of the O'Gara's ' e ..'d thr r stands on the Northern slope of :i c STEAKS Mullaghroe. In 1581 it was r; irrr, Dui lani' '-wire and HOURS: burned by Malby, Governor of his friends would join in a 10 a.m. - 2 a.m. Connaught, and according to slightly varied version of the the Annals of Lough Ce, chorous of the old rationing PHONE: 83538 Diarmuid dg was put to death Prop.: Imelda Healy song: there, also Teige the son of Manag.: Mary Healy Rory. In the South Eastern tower We're saying goodbye to them all: Catering for was the Sycamore Tree, which The long and the short and the tall. tradition says is the spot where We'll get no promotion this side at the Parties ocean. the O'Garas used to long So cheer up my lads bless them all. malefactors. 10 DESECRATION FORTRESS OF Pomposity By the 'Lough Mask Pedlar' To a Courthouse not remote - Well it's christened Ballymote - Now myraids uv good men Ulste BanIl gethered these: Up from Shiigo. Screen. and Curry. BALL YMOTE Layguers (Leaguers) hasthened in • a hurry: But the crame uv all the dandys was the Mayor- YIS:- Faix he's spunky. he's a ripper' l-J Ulster Bank he's a boy. Who for Orange cads or Tories doshent care. Midsht cheers an' wild uproor, MANAGER: Kieran McGowan He shledged in the bloomin' dure. Ye should see them shoneen ASST. MANAGER: Eddie Sweeney fogies watch the Mayor. Now. the Courthouse was refushed. An' the bigots felt amushed: Thin them shells uv pompous nothin's glowed out pride- Shamrock Cleaners 'A sledge-hammer'. yis bedad! BALLYMOTE An' the people cheered like mad. Fwhile P A bruk wide the dure Hours: 9.30 am - 7 pm; Tuesday - Saturday an'sthepped inside. Professional Drycleaning, Retexturing, Retexturing, Repairs and Alterations YIS:- Faix. he's spunky. he's a ripper! FULL LAUNDRY SERVICE he's the boy. Curtains relined repaired Who for orange cads or Tories Wedding Dresses hand finished doshent care. CARPET CLEANING: Midsht chee rs an' wild uproor Private Houses, Pubs, Hotels, etc. He shledged in the bloomin' dure: PHONE: 071-83110 Ye should see them shoneen fogies watch the Mayor. The hitelin' bigots had to bind Now they've got their hair on ind. Like a 'grisly' who whun corner'd shows his teeth Hello! Castle loons beware. LA.0 '11' i CORRAN ( tt' J)1('1' i^;i N\ I i 1- e you wait For Friendly Profe sional Service HERALD Stylists AGNES and PAULINE will A be 'glad to meet your needs. .iymote Heritage CUTTING, BLOVVDRYING, PERMING, Group HI-LIGHTS, ETC. Production O'Connell St.. Ballymote, Co. Sligo. Editor: James Flanagan PHONE: (071) 83001 Feinted by: FASTIRINT, SLIGO. 4 Pictures From Opposite Side Of Wolfe Tone Street

Eugene Gilhawley had a long and dedicated career 'in the service of his count y and his countr y as a Councillor and a T.D. A native of Tireragh he was trained as a teacher and came from a post in North Leitrim to work in Knockalassa N.S. in the Riverstown area. When Knockalassa School closed due to fall in attendance, he transferred to Keash. He served for some years as a member of the Council of the G.A.A. for Sligo. He was elected to Sligo Co. Council as a member for Ballymote Electoral District, and soon turned his ambition towards membership of the Dail. He took the seat formallt held by the late P.J. Rogers on behalf of the Fine Gael Party and except for a short period he hald that seat until he retired from active politics. With his retiral Ballymote lost a resident T.D. He will be remembered as a courteous kind gentleman, who throughout his public life worked diligently on behalf of his constituents.

We extend to Mrs. Mai Hunt and the Hunt Family sincerest sympathy on the death of her husband Pat. Pat Hunt was among the last few survivors of that neat band of soldiers who came to be known as the old I.R.A. who took on the struggle for freedom against the British Army reinforced by the Tans. Scarcely out of his teens he was given the rank of Captain under Comdt. Sonny Marren of the Killavil Company. He took part in many stirring engagements and was the local authority on the history of that period. His funeral was met on the outskirts of the town by a guard of honour comprised of the . sons and relations of old I.R.A. men and towns people led by that distinguished , •piper Larry O,Dowd in full regalia. His funeral to Carrownanty was attended with full military honours.

things that wcuid have given finarc:al climate of our country, POVERTY significance to their lives. The io we are likely to continue with What is it? It is not necessarily buik of small farmers the West the present pattern of the poor the ill-clad child begging in the oí Ireland and indeed in other getting poor er and the rich street, the hungry, the parts of the co y ntry co l or' tc getting richer. The remedy for homeless. These are obviously this category- The y are this as for other forms of poor and in a 'welfare state' such ci +ssitied under the ciereral injustice and inequality must as ours are being taken care o' harms cf Fa; mere vrhic taxes rest with local communities as far as possible. But there is an no not : (Y size cf ho!P , ngt. or themselves. Growth and new- ,rnmense amount of hidden f land. `;C initiatives must come from the poverty that is rarely noticed. bottom: they cannot be There are many who go through •h-n/ . tend to pus it:,.iE- imposed. We have had Combat life having barely enough with themselves. foe rerpeL ;- or Poverty and Enterprize frugal care to live, who have their condition won't be easy to Connaught talking about the never had a holiday nor had find or to apply nor is it likely to problem. We are still waiting for enough means to do any of the be sought in the present developments. J2 CULTURE GRIFFITH'S & HERITAGE VALUATION

In Lough Key on the Shannon, dotted with 32 islands In this issue of the Corran each representing every county Herald, we begin a series which We are living in an age of we feel will be of interest to the advanced technology. Rural in Ireland, you will find natural people in the various townlands Ireland is moving into the vegetation which has survived and in Ballymote itself. Commercial world and we find the centuries. In the period 1850 — 1864 ourselves out of focus with See the stretches of the under the direction of Richard Mother Earth. Young people Burren, once a forest before the Griffith a Valuation was placed on should join An Taisce and get Ice Age, the only place in Ireland each tennent (holding) throughout the country. Griffith involved in preservation, where you will find Aretic conservation and wildlife in was a man of many parts — he is Species. To a passer by, it is a 'referred o as a mining and canal general, by improving a sense of stone desert, miles and miles of engineer and as commissioner in awareness in our local rock formation, a place in charge of the Bord of Works environment. Take note of the' Europe's stone age — where Relief Department during the characteristics and advantages there is not water enough to Famine. of each barnony as a recognised drown a man, wood enough to This Valuation was entrusted o territory, i.e. each diocese in hang a man, nor clay enough to the Guardians of eack Poor-Law Ireland has a water outlet to bury a man. There upon fertile Union andwas carried out by local Rome. valuators appointed by them. The rock is a paradise for the finished work is comonly refered Bogs are unique in Europe botanist, ecologist, geologist t to as Griffith's Valuation. It is today, an important habitat for and archaeologist. There are largely the basis for valuation as animals, birds and plants. remains of giant Gallery Graves we know it oday. Ireland will be the only country and Dolmens of pre-Christian The retail of each ownland in the western world to retain times. . were given in eight columns. Column I contained a number boglands. Since the energy In the distance are the Cliffs of crisis demands have been made which had reference to a Moher cut in sandstone prepared map showing the by a national plan development standing 200 metres out of the position of the holding or and our boglands are diminish- ocean, renowned 'in song and tenement. If, for example, number ing rapidly and are being story. The where six was before the tenants name replaced by waste dumps, golf St. Patrick spoke out on the Holy in the list fdr his ownland, then courses, airports and so forth. Trinity, using a comparison to 'number six on the map showed This is a land of unspoiled the three leaf shamrock. •where his holding was. The other Decending towards the columns can be seen and beauty, where materialism for undersood from the example Armorian south one can enjoy survival dominates society ,Oelow. The 'Immediate Lessor in today. Here we have Archaeo- the frolics of wildlife along the the third column was the landlord logical and Historical remains milky way, the glen of Aherlow, of the property as very few if any all to numerous to relate. the Golden Vale landscape, and of the 'Occupiers' were actual Killarney famous for its lakes In the north we have the owners at that time. Ownership and dells and woods of was a gradual development Giants Causeway known as the fragmented tapestry. brought about by the Land Acts at 8th wonder, basaltic rock, 4the end of the last century and the stones everywhere, a silent I must not forget our home 'beginning of the present one. witness of the past. county of Sligo, the infinite It is interesting to note what variety of the west rainbowed Also the Seat of Armagh, a names are still there and what together leaves a lot to be families still hold on to the Cantabery in It's own right, the desired. property their people were hill of Tara, and Slane, all of • tenants of at that tune. • which are connected with St. is encircled by The series begins in this issue Patrick's Ecclesiastical Capital, mountains and lakes. Temple ^+h two 'townlands picked at the Monastic and Megalithic House, on our doorstep, Lough .,.adorn. * Emlahnaghton — sites in the Boyne Valley. Talt situated in the Ox Naughon's borderland or land of Mountains, 450 feet above sea •:tter quality than the land Crossing the great divide and • a ound it and Cloonamonagh — going south of the border, level, Croagh Patrick and the twelve Bens that sweep down to the meadowland of the monks; it everything east and west of the it seems Abbey lands at one the sea which takes you into the i.ras Shannon is God's creation. The tune, and it is recorded in 1684 by River Shannon flows 35 metres heart of Yeats Country. The Roderic ('Flaherty as his 'West.- above sea level. motto 'The Land of Hearts Connaught' as being 'in the sight Desire'. Of the Abbey of Boyle'. above sea level. Cruises are a big tourist attraction. Beneath Ben Bulbens head is W.B. Yeats' resting place. In a . * This townland has a rather assorted collection of landlords. In the distance rise the Celtic little Church yard in Drumcliffe Crosses of Clonmacnoise 1,400 there stands a limestone. years old. T. McGettrick

GRIFFITH'S VALUATION

Names. No. all l I^ . Rateable Annual Valuation. of Reference .v De,criptiou of Ten,?n,e,i . Area. Map. Townlande and Occupiers. Immediate Lessors. • Land. I Buildings.

IEMLAOHNAG H TAN. (Did: S. 33.) 1 a 1 James O'Brien, . William P. Nott, Land and herd's house, 73 3 34 12 0 0 0 10 0 - b i Vacant, . James O'Brien, House, • 0 5 0 0 3 0. - c ! Thomas Cunniane, Same, . House, 2 f 7 230 0 5 0 . 1 1 20 0 $. () 4 James Breheny, William P. Nott, Land,house,& offices, 0 2 15 0 10 0 1 0 0 5 10 3 0 8 0 0 6 12 0 25 2 7 0 I Judith Phillips, James Breheny, Land and house, 0 2 16 0 2 0 0 3 0 S 6 030 015 0 3 3 0 1 10 0 9 Thomas 1^2`GettricL-, . William P. Nott, . Land, house, & ofce,J 10 a 0 1 30 0 8 0 1 0 0 11 22 2 31 11 2 0 12 i 40 . 0 15 12 0 0 Same, Land,house,S. -offices, 1 3 19 1 15 0 1 0 0 13 Pah it k ; I. .G(:ttricic. • 14 a 4 1 15 2 0 0 > 1 20 1 5 0 15 Reps. Dorothea Handy, Land,house,& offices, John Hannan, 1 34 0 34 17 0 0 '1 5 Q 16 a1 i 17 a James Cooney, .. . John Hannan, . Land and house, . 0 .1 35 0 3 0 0 .5 0 23 2 32 9 0 0 0 10 0 "18 \ a Bartholomew Hannan, Reps. Dorothea Handy, Lan d,house.and offices. ,b (See Exemptions); National school-house. • c Daniel Tansy, . Bartholomew Hannan, House, . 0 5 0 d Patrick 'Quigley, Same, House, 0 5 0 e Mary Dyer, Same, House, . 0 5 0 19 •a John M`Gettrick, Same, Land and house, 1 0 . 30 0 12 0 0 8 0 1 0 2 16 0 2 Ó 5 0 20 a I Patrick Feighny, Same, Land and house, 0 I 21 a John Dunne, . Same, . . Land and house, 0 2 ,30 0 2 0 0 5 0 a_ 1 Bryan d'Rorke, Same, Garden and house, 0 0 27 0 2 0 0 3 0 23 , ca I Thomas Iannan, ' Reps. Dorothea Handy, Land,house,and offices. 33 0 • 0 8 10 0 0 10 0 24 a Connor Healy, . Same, . Land.house, and offices. 9 1 10 2 3 0 0 7 0 25 a Horatio N. Wallace, . Viscount Lorton, . Land,house,and offices. 95 1 29 48 5 0 1 15 0 R 26 a John Lesnan, . Horatio N. Wallace, Land and house, . . 2 3 30 1 13 0. 0 .7 0 27 a Thomas Quigley, . Same, Land and house. 5 0 20 1 15 0 0 5 0 house, and office, 31 2 37 19 0 1 0 0 28 a •Bartholomew Mooney, Same, . . . Land, 0 b 'Mary M`Gettrick, . Btirtholome* Mooney, House, . 0 3 0 c, Dominick Kilcowley, . Same, House, 0 7 0 d Laurence. Quigley, . . Same, House, 0 7 0 e William Grimes, Same,. House, . 0 3 0 29 River (part of),. 3 1 3 Total of Rateable' Property, 430. 2 33 162 14:x: 1 0 Maxtiuo:a National schoolhouse, , 0...0 • 'Total, including Exemptions, . 430 2 88' 162 14 , 14 1 0:

CLOONAMAN AGH. . IOrd. S. 33.) Thomas Kilmartin, Land and house, J 10 0 0 0.1ó I Williant Phibbs, } 50 1,12 Mary 11•Grath, ^ I . Land and house, 1;) 0 0 0 Hl 1largaret M`Grath, Mary M • Grath, . House, — fi 5 lilleu '1'arsnoy, Land and house, c 1 10 0 0 .5 Patrick Tamney, ^ William Phibbs, Land and house, 33 0 15 J 7 10 0 0 5 James Butler. Land,honse,4 offices, t• t 10 0 0 10 í 0 3 Henry Supple. . Same, Land,house,and offices, 25 2 25 15 • 0 0 1. Land,house,& offices, 0 0 10 1 Arthur O'Neill. Same,. 1$ 1 12. 1 33 Margaret Alcock, ! t Land and house, 1 3 10' 0 010 5 "john Mullowney, Same,, Land,house,and offices, 24 2 37 18 :0 0 1 q 6 WnterOwenmoreRiver, 11^ 3 30 Total. . . 150 0 20 5 10 r _^- 14 CHILDREN OF the Quarter Sessions, Judge Culture & Heritage Wakeley arrived in Ballymote protected by five plain clothes ese woes were cu IRELAND command t detectives and received the red- — 'Cast a cold eye, on life, on carpet treatment by Matthew death. Horse man pass by' 1865- Hannon and the staff of the 1937. A circuit of Lough GIII and Dear land of my birth, My island of dreams, Hotel. He was also provided with its 22 islands connected to Sligo a large heavily armed police City by the Garavogue River How dearly I love thee Your woodlands and greens, guard. You can guess the rivals Killarney for sheer beauty. reception awaiting such clumsy Next the Valley of Glencar and The boats in the harbour, The children at play, approach as described in the the two waterfalls on the article. Imagine Judge Wakeley outskirts of the town in Dooney O why do you wander, To lands far away. putting his head out a window Rock immortalised in Yeats' under gun-fire. lyrics. 'The Fiddler of Dooney' While God has bestowed us, and 'The Lake Isle of Innisfree'. With treasures supreme, I decided a suitable reception HAZELWOOD NEAR BY IS AN Our children they grown up for Wakeley. I had already Hazelwood near by is an And live with a dream, collected two double-barrel 12 interesting venue for Art To leave the old hometown, bore Rockingham shot-guns Students. And wonder away. from my collection and arranged with P. Coen then a The City of Sligo brings us. To lands in the distance, For years they will stay. trusted IRB man who lived on an into the christian era. The isolated farm suitable for Catholic Cathedral, 19th Then in the twilight of life concealing such equipment, to Century Romanesque style. The How they hope and they pray, take my gun until I could collect Domican Abbey founded in To return to old Ireland, it. 1252. The Town Hall built in 1878 Italian style and the town While planning to stay, At three o'clock on a dark Museum contains ex hibits of See these mountains of calm morning Albert Farry and splendour, local history. myself took up position between Our rivers and streams, the then Hibernian Bank and Three miles away is the Stone In the homeland they left, Haydens' directly opposite the Altar and the vigorous waters of When still in their teens. Hotel. Each of us equipped with the Cliff Well at Tobernalt used Elizabeth Murray 24 rounds of specially re-loaded in thje penal days to celebrate cartridges. Bertie Farry a Mass in the native tongue. younger member was there to From the new highway - one collect the spent cartridges and catches a glimpse of the take off w i th Albert's gun. Majestic site of Knocknarea on Letter to We had agreed beforehand on the summit there is a most the windows each was to blast spectacular cairn of Queen and it took oily a few seconds Maeve of Connacht. The Editor for us four to take up positions. Beneath the shadows is Dear Editor, The silence was overwhelmtng Carrowmorc which has the and when we opened fire it largest group of megalithic I refer to issue No. 10 of The sounded like an earthquarke re- remains in these islands. Corran Herald, page 6, column echoing back in our ears. It felt 3, under the heading 'Military A prominent land mark close an eternity before we had fired Operations'. No such ridiculous off all our rounds. In the to Sligo which was the centre of debacle took place as therein controversy in recent years is meantime, the cyclists had, as described. the Victorian Gothic House arranged, collected all the 'Classiebawn Castle'. Com- Early in 1919 local farmers shells, leaving no evidence and pleted in 1874 by Lord Mount raised the cry against abesentee took off with our guns. We were Temple, it was occupied by the ranchers, 'land for the people, left to get away under cover of late Lord Mountbatton. bullocks for the road'. darkness. Volunteers in the face of police Next morning it was found Lissadell is another stately opposition seized grazing home of the Gore Boothe family. that the ceilings were brought ranchers at Keenaghan, down, every window in the History tells us that George and Ardsallagh, Rusheen, Bally- Lady Gore Booth mortgaged the building w4., smashed, large ball gawley, Cl000nlurgh, Ardcum- bearings and links of bicycle House to feed the poor during ber and Lugacahia. In all these the famine. Countess Mark- chains v,e 'ound embedded in seizures the Volunteers stood woodwork, eilings and walls. ievicz was a well known figure guard while large tracts were who took part in the 1916 Rising. ploughed up by local plough- A contact within the RIC In its demesne are the pine men. Afterwards the land was let Barracks informed me after- forests, a favourite picnic site. It on conacre to local men for wards ht they beliebed that the still holds the memory of the cropping at the rate current at attackers numbered hundreds victims who rebelled against the and that the whole town was the time. famine and the crown only to under siege. face deportation at the Bay to Arrests followed and as a join the coffin ships on the broad result seven men were awaiting trial in Ballymote. On the eve of BAT. J. KEANEY, Commdt. Atlantic. (Ret.) 15 ÀRROWMORE A pre-historic cemetry with massive tombs and stone circles scattered over a wide area and Vincent dominated by a flat-topped hill with the Cairn known as Maeves Grave outlined against the sky. McDonagh The whole surrounded by a FOR circle of mountains. Impressive- Weird-Mysterius. Was it a place TELEVISIONS, VIDEOS, of worship as well as a graveyard WASHING MACHINES, or even a seat of government. One thing is fairly certain. The GAS & ELECTRIC COOKERS etc. people responsible for it's being must have lived in the area for a considerable time and must Teel^q Stre^^_^l^y^note. have been numerically strong as YY^none. 5511 a community. Accordding to a recent survey this cemetery is one of the oldest of it's kind in Europe and pre-dates New Grange, going back to about 5,000 B.C. Who were these people? Did they move across the country to the Boyne Valley at a later date and having acquired more skills in the meantime, could they have been responsible for the more sophisticated Tomb-building of that area. We will never know they assimilated into the The 'CURRY TORC' was founa kaleediscopic pattern of our in the 1850's at Curry Their ancestry. (Curry East), during turf cutting. Whatever the history of the The name of the finder is lost, Cemetery and its builders nay but the item came into the be, the pace itself is too posession of the local landlord. important a milestone in our He passed it on to his daughter, country's history to be turned who in turn bequeathed it to the into a municipal dump. Much British Museum, London, in damage has been done already 1926. Made of gold, it is one of but it is time to call a halt. We talk four gold torcs from Ireland in of attracting Tourists and at the the posession of the Museum same time allow things that are and has been dated at 5th unique to be wantonly Century B.C. It is an occasional destroyed. display.

BROTHER TED We ha (i a l,r' thrf ( ^'.Pi' hi p ll Once he eras living now he is dead. In life he had so much to give, Wished for a few more years he did live. His soul now has left the body's shell, Now in Heaven he will surely dwell. Gone now to his Lord up above, Courtesy of Left us below with our sorrow and love, Brian & Nuala Cahill, N.T.'s Two brothers and a sister we were Tubber curry. three, Now there is one sister and there is me. By The Flintstone 16

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