tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.comments2024-02-14T17:02:26.680+00:00Drogheda Museum News & ViewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13852781056949580853noreply@blogger.comBlogger42125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-75535312074683136662020-01-01T10:57:15.899+00:002020-01-01T10:57:15.899+00:00Pic of the Day has had its day - our very last pic...Pic of the Day has had its day - our very last picAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-31247618955691519092019-07-04T14:58:25.022+01:002019-07-04T14:58:25.022+01:00Hi Marji, would there be any stories or articles o...Hi Marji, would there be any stories or articles of interest from your ancestors who served with Albert in G Company that could give further insight into the soldiers life at the timeJohn Leahyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02821769685637887120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-2290442762145773082019-07-04T14:44:00.388+01:002019-07-04T14:44:00.388+01:00hi Martin, I hope all is well. I’m trying to get ...hi Martin, I hope all is well. I’m trying to get the book on Amazon but it’s unavailable. Can you advise how I can get a copy?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09271612239993785610noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-56505615687865259152019-05-15T13:12:38.012+01:002019-05-15T13:12:38.012+01:00Sadly the hedge school he attended has been demoli...Sadly the hedge school he attended has been demolished this year by the speculators who purchased the land. The owner of the land runs the self named local 'Heritage' society!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-10889397778967459752019-04-06T19:52:32.468+01:002019-04-06T19:52:32.468+01:00Hi bottle still available? Thanks Hi bottle still available? Thanks Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09067349163578984104noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-82751760256707034312019-03-02T14:40:49.469+00:002019-03-02T14:40:49.469+00:00Two of my ancestors fought with him in Co G. I won...Two of my ancestors fought with him in Co G. I wonder if they had any idea. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16273191034519344529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-68933373468435081152019-01-26T19:58:30.307+00:002019-01-26T19:58:30.307+00:00I know these two structures as I was brought up ve...I know these two structures as I was brought up very close to them. My mother and her mother were also reared in Mornington near the Lady’s finger and the Maidens TowerAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15321919290245071131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-89411767638201946532018-12-09T13:12:59.506+00:002018-12-09T13:12:59.506+00:00Hi there,
if you still have the bottle I would be...Hi there,<br /><br />if you still have the bottle I would be willing to buy it.<br /><br />All the best<br />PaulAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06980481187666491005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-82728455860602486502018-08-11T22:51:12.442+01:002018-08-11T22:51:12.442+01:00I at the market outside the Court house would weig...I at the market outside the Court house would weight out spudsfrom 8stone sacks to say 1,stone amounts (4kilo ) pour into the ladies shopping bag .say in the ,1940 ish mr<br />Cunningham from mell was the vendorAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02305498767872714487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-30479636831191456462018-03-01T13:56:11.249+00:002018-03-01T13:56:11.249+00:00Can you get it up to the museum?Can you get it up to the museum?AMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-7761828864399830212018-02-28T10:12:50.768+00:002018-02-28T10:12:50.768+00:00I have an old 1/2 pint bottle from the brewery. An...I have an old 1/2 pint bottle from the brewery. Any interest to anyone?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17698143833160455439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-85132108629075412732017-08-13T12:45:26.844+01:002017-08-13T12:45:26.844+01:00thanks for including the item Anthonythanks for including the item AnthonyCruicetown Cemetery Conservation Committeehttp://www.facebook.com/cruicetowncemeteryconservationcommitteenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-27446543329964449822017-03-08T16:34:44.860+00:002017-03-08T16:34:44.860+00:00Really cool tourism aspect that we always send peo...Really cool tourism aspect that we always send people down to have a look and we get great feedback. Huge tourist attractions in the rest of the country but why not here?<br />We will continue to spread the word and send our happy backpackers that way.<br />Slain a charaAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334366560744569446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-17929025145681860792016-10-07T16:33:03.466+01:002016-10-07T16:33:03.466+01:00HUMANS ARE HANGED, NOT HUNG, DEAD MEAT IS HUNG!HUMANS ARE HANGED, NOT HUNG, DEAD MEAT IS HUNG!Valentine Troddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04881654876252498732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-4165464933372109612016-03-14T15:33:32.496+00:002016-03-14T15:33:32.496+00:00As a descendant of Joe Stanley, and Annie Walker, ...As a descendant of Joe Stanley, and Annie Walker, I am grateful for the work that both the Stanley family and the Walker/Kenny family have done in preserving our collective family history. It is a source of pride to me to be able to share so much with my sons and hand on such a rich history to them. The family history handed down to me always acknowledged the central role of our Walker ancestors both in the nationalist movement, the contribution to Arts and Culture and of course in supporting and actively engaging with many many more brave Irish men and women in the activities during week of the Easter Rising. What a great clan we can call our own and how proud we are of all of them. Mathew, Charlie, Maire, Annie, Gypsy - and of course my Great Grandfather Joe and his sisters and mother. Each played their part, all committed to and risking their freedom for ours.Joanne Stanleynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-76196750528900368172016-02-15T17:44:08.526+00:002016-02-15T17:44:08.526+00:00In a simple reply I refer to the witness statement...In a simple reply I refer to the witness statement of Michael McDunphy and Charles Walker. Charles received his instructions from Joe Stanley, both Matthew and Charles did not make decisions , as Joe was their boss. Michael McDunphy is an interesting man , as he was Director of the Bureau of Military history and he states that Joe moved to and fro from the GPO receieving Pearse'e copy all week and Michael states that he had sight of that copy. Michael was alos secretary to the first and several presidents of Ireland.<br />It was Joe who ended up in Frongoch not Matthew or Charles<br />according to Dave the BMH were mistaken , The National Library and the British !Kevin Stanleyhttp://www.studioline.ienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-19647129337185361752016-02-14T17:18:47.860+00:002016-02-14T17:18:47.860+00:00Further to my post, and in consultation with the S...Further to my post, and in consultation with the Stanley family, I'm happy to clarify that Joe paid the sum of £26 and 14 shillings, not £1, for the Gaelic Press. This error is mine. The red mist takes over whenever Matthew is overlooked in the history of the War News. My point is that Matt - who knew Pearse very well - set the ball in motion when he initially entered the GPO. Along with Joe, Charlie and two other men, he spent the week printing the War News and Bulletins. Joe oversaw the enterprise and I'd like to state that he showed immense courage returning again and again to the GPO for copy. My comment was not intended to denigrate Joe's memory (or his patriotism), but to highlight my greatgrandfather's role. Many thanks, Dave.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407355705841994415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-23404396165190880812016-01-29T20:57:51.837+00:002016-01-29T20:57:51.837+00:00Here is my granduncle, Charlie Walker's, accou...Here is my granduncle, Charlie Walker's, account of the genesis of the War News. http://www.bureauofmilitaryhistory.ie/reels/bmh/BMH.WS0241.pdf#page=2Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407355705841994415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-32870178091030777632016-01-29T19:20:41.819+00:002016-01-29T19:20:41.819+00:00This is not true. Matt Walker (Nic Shiubhlaigh), w...This is not true. Matt Walker (Nic Shiubhlaigh), who was Joe's father-in-law, entered the GPO and organised the printing of the Irish War News with Pearse and Connolly. Matt was long-established as The Cause's go-to printer. He started the Carlow Vindicator to support his friend Parnell, and set up the Tower Press and then the Gaelic Press to print seditious material.<br />He was an old IRB veteran and his tobacconist shop on High Street was a front for Republican activities.<br />Joe married into the Walker family and bought the Gaelic Press for £1.00 on Matt's retirement. Joe did a lot of good work for Irish nationalism but he did not walk into the GPO and come out with orders from Pearse and Connolly. Matt did. He bravely walked from Glasthule to town - at the age of 68 - to play his part. Joe was in Parnell Square at the time. <br />I'm sick and tired of this usurpation of Matt's role. I have at least one witness statement to back this up. <br />He was my great grandfather and I'm very proud of him. He died in Drogheda, by the way. My father was a Drogheda man too. Dave KennyAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16407355705841994415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-24835854108841005022015-08-06T06:55:41.112+01:002015-08-06T06:55:41.112+01:00Sadly little commemoration for Michael Collier, an...Sadly little commemoration for Michael Collier, and sadly little care taken of our local history. I note planning permission for a house is soon to be granted in Collier's birth place of Lisdornan and the hedge school he attended as a child likely demolished without a thought. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-75569186081618879462015-06-22T21:21:02.334+01:002015-06-22T21:21:02.334+01:00Feel free to write a piece for the blog on the man...Feel free to write a piece for the blog on the man or on your book. We would be more than happy to feature itAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-66852038129251505912015-06-22T14:12:42.022+01:002015-06-22T14:12:42.022+01:00What an excellent article! It is articles like th...What an excellent article! It is articles like this one and many more that inspired me to write my own book on the life and times of Albert Cashier entitled, "A Velvet Fist in an Iron Glove: The Curious Case of Albert Cashier" published by Kindle Ebooks @ Amazon.com. It is an historical/fiction novel that fills in the mysterious missing years in the life of the elusive Albert in a plausible and sympathetic manner Please check it out at Amazon.com. In a side note, Albert Cashier was born Jennie Hodgers in Clogherhead, Ireland, just down the road from where my great-grandfather, Patrick Whearty, was born in Termonfeckin.<br />Martin J. BradfordAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-3457396881599123772015-06-08T22:48:22.589+01:002015-06-08T22:48:22.589+01:00No statue. No plaque. No headstone. It would be ni...No statue. No plaque. No headstone. It would be nice if some form of commemoration was done for The Famous Leinster Highwayman.Munichnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-38783788516310493752015-05-10T07:56:28.596+01:002015-05-10T07:56:28.596+01:00I'd love to know this also :) My Grandad's...I'd love to know this also :) My Grandad's father was Richard Collier, son to Ambrose Collier - a descendent from Michael's brother Richard also living in Australia. Thanks. Scott. My email is swilso86@live.com Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3241497878264873710.post-32895276111870686252015-03-18T22:54:41.266+00:002015-03-18T22:54:41.266+00:00Cannot remember attending a more enthralling lectu...Cannot remember attending a more enthralling lectureAMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00559413440743290550noreply@blogger.com