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Category: Echo Rewind
Local history with Monica McGill: Peppers and spice, and all things nice, from the past to the present
Ah, the tastes, the smells, the sights, the sounds of Christmas – they’re a special part of the major annual Christian feast ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Is Clondalkin’s Round Tower from Medieval or Middle Ages?
What does “Medieval” or “Middle Ages” mean where Ireland is concerned? So far, experts say that Clondalkin’s Round Tower is Medieval, together ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Why exercising your voting rights is so important in this day and age
SO, IT’S finally formally announced – we will have a general election on November 29, 2024 to elect our representatives to the ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Because of Veronica’s death government established CAB
Word spread fast on 26.6.1996. Most still know where they were when they first heard it. Folks in shops, in white-faced shock ...
Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Peter Nicholson
Peter Nicholson was born in Aungier Street, Dublin in 1940. His father had worked in near-by Jacobs Biscuits since he was 13 ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Did you know that we are in the Michaelmas part of the year
Did you know that we are in Michaelmas? It’s the name of one of the main parts of the year, still used ...
Local history with Monica McGill: The darker side of Ireland’s heritage has now come to light
WHEN examining the range of elements of our heritage and customs, people might consider old buildings like Clondalkin’s Round Tower or customs ...
Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Matty Dunbar
The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...
Local history with Monica McGill: Corkagh House, history on the doorstep of Clondalkin
Those who visit Corkagh Park in Clondalkin may not know it was once the location of Corkagh House, one of our grand ...
Local history with Albert Perris: The Memoirs of Willie Kennedy
The following memoir featured in ‘Since Adam was a Boy: An Oral Folk History of Tallaght’ published in 1999 by local historian ...