Old Drogheda Society
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| Photograph of handloom |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/30/2015
Soccer in the Abbey Ballroom - An Oral History Exhibition
Old Drogheda Society
In 1966/7 the famous Abbey Ballroom Drogheda ran a 5 a side indoor football competition which attracted hundreds of teams from Drogheda and surrounding counties. The organisers took the pioneering step of introducing women's leagues - (perhaps for the first time in Ireland?) - and for many women it was their first experience of any kind of sport and they went on to initiate full scale women's teams. Many of the teams in the Men's Leagues and the Women's Leagues were factory or workplace-based and huge crowds of followers attended all the games.
A group of students from UCD School of Information and Library Studies (SILS) with the assistance of DROGHEDA LOCAL VOICES have carried out an oral history project, talking to both men and women who took part in these leagues. Their reminiscences vividly recall the joy and excitement of life for young people in mid 1960s Ireland, when a highly-confident working class looked to the future with great hope.
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Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/29/2015
Pic of the Day @ 29 June 2015
Old Drogheda
Society
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| Oak shuttle used in Greenmount & Boyne Mill |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology &
Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/28/2015
Pic of the Day @ 28 June 2015
Old Drogheda Society
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| Wooden shuttles for making cotton blankets |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology &
Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/27/2015
Pic of the Day @ 27 June 2015
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| Two canteen mugs |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/26/2015
Pic of the Day @ 26 June 2015
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| Third Yarn Weighing Machine |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/25/2015
Pic of the Day @ 25 June 2015
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| Painting of Linen Hall |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/24/2015
Pic of the Day @ 24 June 2015
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| Second Yarn Weighing Machine |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/23/2015
Pic of the Day @ 23 June 2015
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| Photograph of Benjamin Whitworth |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/22/2015
Pic of the Day @ 22 June 2015
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| Yarn weighing machine |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/21/2015
Pic of the Day @ 21 June 2015
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| Lustreware dish from Valencia, Spain - circa 1500-1525 |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/20/2015
Pic of the Day @ 20 June 2015
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| 'Werra ware' slipware dish from Wanfried, Germany - 1625 |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/19/2015
Pic of the Day @ 19 June 2015
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| Merida ware from SW Spain - circa 15th Century |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
6/18/2015
Pic of the Day @ 18 June 2015
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| Sgraffito jug handle from Beauvais, France - circa early 16th Century |
Drogheda Museum Millmount
History, Archaeology & Heritage,
Governor's House,
Millmount,
Drogheda,
Co. Louth,
Ireland
0419833097
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