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Trip Through Time: A new use for an interesting Dundalk building

Walking along the Rampart Road very recently I was pleasantly surprised to note that there will shortly be a new occupancy for the interesting square building located just past the Fire Station in ground that used be known as 'Bishops' Fields'. This ...

17 Jun 2022 at 22:00

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DUNDALK HISTORY: Do you remember 'The Turn of the Century'?

People of today when referring to 'The Turn of the Century' are nearly always speaking about the changes that have taken place in Ireland since the year 2000, which is fair enough, but to those of my generation; and, I suspect, to many of the ...

11 Sept 2020 at 18:06

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Trip Through Time: 'Changing' Times in Dundalk

Readers, will no doubt, have noticed that there is not much money, in the form of notes or coins, changing hands these days and that most transactions in shops and service stations are in the form of credit cards, of one sort or another, ...

12 Jun 2022 at 11:00

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Trip Through Time: Dundalk's agricultural past

My good friend Noel Sharkey from Blackrock has sent me yet another poem for publication which, I believe, will remind readers of the Dundalk area's great agricultural heritage! This is about Noel's experiences while doing work in Frank ...

11 Jun 2022 at 22:00

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What happened in February 1933 that greatly affected Dundalk?

What happened in February 1933 that greatly affected the town? On January 31, 1933, the G.N.R. (I) network came to a standstill as signal men, porters, engine drivers and firemen went on strike over pay and working hours and the ...

07 Mar 2017 at 12:54

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Trip Through Time: Did you ever see a comet?

'We are living in strange times!' was the cryptic remark made to me by a pensioner friend who regards himself as a 'Local' through and through, as his Dundalk ancestors, on both sides of his family, go back generations. Now ...

15 Jul 2022 at 22:00

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Trip Through Time: Who were the Dundalk 'Woodpeckers'?

Answers to last week's quesions: What day of the week was 'Market Day' in old Dundalk? For centuries Monday was the most important trading day in the town of Dundalk. The custom goes back to 1226 when a royal patent was ...

15 May 2022 at 22:00

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Trip Through Time: The time Radio Caroline docked in Cooley

The furtive pleasures of listening to something that might be illegal, however, came to the fore again when the pirate radios started broadcasting in the early 1960s and, I believe, this part of the world was in the ...

21 May 2022 at 22:00

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Event to remember the six Louth men who died in Spanish Civil War

2017 marks the 80th anniversary of the start of the Spanish Civil War, a war which idealists and radicals from around Europe volunteered to fight in the defence of the Republic. Six such men left North Louth never ...

07 Mar 2017 at 17:41

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Dominicans in Dundalk publish book to celebrate their 800 year history

The Dominicans in Dundalk have just published a book to commemorate the 800 jubilee years of the order 1216 - 2016. This is a special year for The Friary in Dundalk - St Malachy’s Church - which has been the home ...

18 Dec 2016 at 13:08

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It is time to celebrate the life of remarkable Dundalk woman Dorothy Macardle

What with the talk I gave on Dorothy Macardle in Dundalk Library and the fine full page article by Gene Yore in Dundalk Democrat, there has been sufficient interest in Dorothy to warrant a full weekend exploring ...

18 Dec 2016 at 12:44

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Trip Through Time: Early radio broadcasting in the Dundalk area

Some Dundalk radio enthusiasts might be surprised to learn that community radio stations have been broadcasting in the area for close on 60 years. In fact, radio transmissions have been picked up in Dundalk for ...

20 May 2022 at 22:00

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