Dr Pat O'Callaghan won the gold medal at the Olympic Games for hammer throwing in Amsterdam in 1928 and in Los Angeles in 1932. He was born in 1905 in Derryconnell, Duhallow.
The tide was low enough this morning to walk below the rocks between Curragh and Ballyquinn beach. I took the opportunity to stroll over and have a look at Fuges house in Glencorran.
Nora Herlihy was a founder member of the Irish League of Credit Unions. She was born in Ballydesmond on the Cork – Kerry border in the year 1910 and was one of a family of 12 children.
Donie O'Sullivan and Jerry O'Keefe toured Lombardstown and Mount Hillary a sunny day in October. This video points out some of the key features of Mount Hillary from below. We see the location of the Holy Cross, Danny Moreys castle and the highest point.
Donie O'Sullivan tells us the history of the 20th century crosses erected on Mount Hillary. Tractors, generators, teak and lightning are all mentioned.
As we picked blackberries in the boreen which runs from Curragh to Ballynamertinagh townland Julianna remembered and recited part of a poem which she learned in school during the week. When we got home Julianna recorded the poem to add to the photographs taken on our walk.
Originlly from a small community in Tipperary Ireland, John Maher ended up fighting in the battlefields of the Somme. This story tells us how he got there and what became of him and his comrades.
