Oct 24, 2021
From the Vanishing Ireland archive, memories of an encounter with the late Mrs Hall, who ran a much loved sweetshop between Clones and Newbliss in County Monaghan. Become a member of Turtle’s History Library to access all areas, €12/year...
Oct 24, 2021
See here for more stories from Vanishing Ireland Denny Galvin is standing precisely where we were told we would find him, leaning against a wall, beside the telephone box, watching the autumnal traffic whizz through the small village of Stradbally, County...
Oct 24, 2021
A story about the first person interviewed for the Vanishing Ireland project, arguably the smartest dresser in Rathvilly, with a cameo from two eels. ‘We won’t get those people again,’ said his neighbour. ‘Bob was the end of an era.’ Become a member of Turtle’s...
Oct 24, 2021
Catherine’s Cross is where it all happened. ‘That said,’ counsels Terry Lawler, ‘Mammy is the only one I ever heard calling it Catherine’s Cross.’ Bridget Aspell, her 102-year-old mother, explains that the crossroads was named for a woman called Catherine who lived in...
Oct 24, 2021
‘Well? What do you think of this country?’ asks Baby Rudden, chucking some turf into the Smith & Wellstead stove. Baby has not travelled a great deal in her life. In fact, she says, ‘the furthest I got was to the cattle byre at the back of the shed, and maybe out...
