by andrew | Oct 30, 2015 | Folklore, Halloween, Irish Folk Stories, Irish Ghost Stories
Halloween is upon us again. In the past it was a very different occasion and I’ve written about the Halloween of my childhood before. Now it wouldn’t be Halloween without a Ghost story and here’s one my Father told1. “There was a family called...
by andrew | Oct 23, 2015 | Cheekpoint memories, Fishing Heritage
It was about this time of year in 1983 that I got my first taste of fishing in the deeper waters of the harbour around Dunmore East and the Hook. It was a strange and confusing place that was more dangerous and unpredictable than the fishing I had known...
by andrew | Oct 8, 2015 | Uncategorised
As a child the village shop was owned by Molly Doherty, on the spot where Ben Power now trades. There’s a photo hanging up there of Molly standing in front of it all those years back. It was a much more modest building, but one feature of it was as...
by andrew | Oct 2, 2015 | Cheekpoint memories
Regular readers may be surprised to learn that I have something in common with Abraham Lincoln, Joe Stummer and Rod Stewart. Well As a fishermen in the 1980s Cheekpoint, and in the depressed economy of the time, you quickly learned to take a few pounds wherever...
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