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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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SS Pembroke and Cheekpoint
SS Pembroke - AH Poole Collection NLI The SS Pembroke was built of steel by Laird Brothers of Birkenhead, in the year 1880 and was originally a paddle steamer. The Pembroke was registered at the Port of Milford. In 1896 the ship was altered by the shipyard into a...
Cheekpoint and the Three Sisters – The influence of the river on the community
The Cheekpoint Fishing Heritage Project will host a social evening in the Reading Room Cheekpoint on Saturday 23rd Aug 2014 at 7.30 - 10pm. The event has a charge of €5 but senior citizens and children are free. Funds raised will go towards the running costs of the...
Water water everywhere…
Politicians in Ireland are currently at each others throats on the matter of water charges. Whatever your political views, which probably lie on or between two polar opposites – that water is a human right and should be provided free out of existing taxes, to water...
The Irish Folklore commission’s visit to Faithlegg National School 1937
In 1937, the Irish Folklore Commission visited Faithlegg National School, then situated on the Old Road. They asked pupils in the boys class to go home and interview their relatives or elderly neighbours and to write down the stories about the village or area...
Launching the punts
As a child in Cheekpoint there were various rhythms to the year. One was a boring repetitive one- school. There were others however, which were much more pleasant and one of the more interesting and natural was the fishery. I mentioned before the way of the tides...
Old Faithlegg Church
With the coming of the Normans to Ireland a man named Aylward was granted the lands of Faithlegg in 1177 and this led to the establishment of a parish. At the heart of this parish system was an early church close by to which was a Motte and Baily castle. This would...
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