Overcoming Ophelia and Brian

by | Oct 24, 2017 | Cheekpoint memories, Project Updates

As my regulars now know, I launched my first book last Friday 20th October.  Called Before the Tide Went Out it tells my own story from my earliest memories into my childhood recollections of the village of Cheekpoint and the fisherfolk that made up my world.  I bring...

Twice sunk schooner Cintra

by | Oct 20, 2017 | Maritime Wexford, Pilots

Those who have looked on the photos depicting the bustling trade on Waterford and New Ross quays in the 19th Century must wonder at the safety aspect of so many ships in close proximity.  Indeed the risks associated with this golden age of sea travel have made for...

Launching the punts (and book)

by | Oct 13, 2017 | Project Updates

This day next week Friday 20th October I will launch my first book titled Before the Tide Went Out.  It takes place at Jack Meades on the Cheekpoint road at 7.30pm and everyone is welcome.  Of course launches are something I am very familiar with.  Launching punts...

The Cheekpoint Disco

by | Oct 6, 2017 | Cheekpoint memories

Few could imagine in this day and age, the joy of attending a disco in an old hall, with broken windows and a sagging floor with dodgy electrics and no toilet or running water.  But in rural Cheekpoint in the 1970’s every teenager from the village and for miles...