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Since 2014 we have continued to offer high quality content every month showcasing the richness of our maritime past. The story count is now exceeds 500 tales of ships, trades, people and the communities of the area.
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The Reading Rooms Cheekpoint
Pat Murphy of the Green always told me that according to Aggie Power of Daisy Bank House (Susan Jacobs Grandmother) the Reading Room was built in 1895, the year a horse called The Wild Man of Borneo won the Grand National. Mrs Adelaide Blake, (originally...
The Minaun
We have never had a visitor to the house that we haven't brought to the Minaun. That said, if it was good enough for the local landlord Cornelius Bolton who brought Arthur Young to the summit during his tour of Ireland in the 18th Century, it should be good enough...
The Suirway Bus
Where would we have been without the Suirway bus? In the Cheekpoint of the 1960's to the 80's when cars were scarce and escape from the village was required the choices were few; shanks mare, boat or the Suirway bus! Suirway Bus has been serving the area since 1928...
Cheekpoint Civil Defence unit
I'm not sure when exactly Civil Defence started in the area but I joined in 1978 just as I began first year in De La Salle secondary school. At the time, Peter Power of Faithlegg was the unit leader and each Tuesday night if memory serves we would go up to the...
Closure of the Barrow Railway Bridge
As a child growing up in Cheekpoint the two most obvious built landmarks, in terms of scale and impact were the Great Island Power Station and the Barrow Bridge. The power station was a noisy, dirty and rambling edifice that we knew we had to endure. The bridge...
1970’s Altar boy
It must have been at around the start of 4th class that we were first began learning our trade as it were on the altar in Faithlegg. It was a big affair. As youngsters we were up at the front of the Church for Sunday mass and any and all religious services and days...
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