The Village People. (Page 02)

A very popular man of the village, Tommy McGrath, photographed in Bill's in the 1970's I'd say.

A very popular woman of the village, Peg Power, photographed outside the Fisherman's Hall in the 1960's I'd say.

A very popular barber, my grandfather William Rutter, who cut the villagers hair for nearly 50 years in his salon, or to be more precise, the first thatched cottage nearest the park up from Gerties shop.

This photo is taken from one of the British Pathe newsreel films about the Shamrock Factory in Dunmore, made in the early 1960's. The factory was on based on the quay at that time. Dinah O'Regan is the first lady in the photo and Paddy O'Connor is the man. I don't know who the other two ladies are.

This photo was taken by David Campbell in 1969 and features, Loretta and Jack Doyle, David Campbells wife and children and Jack Murphy.

A group of boys swear allegiance to the flag and promise to make Dunmore great again. The photo was taken by Helen Murphy in the mid 1960's.

Mrs. Dick Murphy, on the left, was a schoolteacher and taught in Killea school during the 1970's. I think she was in Bellelake School or Carbally School before that. The Nun in the centre is Mother Peter and Mother Agnus is on the right in the photo. I don't know the other Nun's name or who the man is. The photo was taken in Mrs. Murphy's garden.

 A photo of Barbara, Margaret and Audrey Rutter with Eileen Cullinane on the right of the picture, and I'm the incredibly cute baby.

George Roche, Tessy Fitzgerald and Carol Power.

Avril Murphy, Jack Doyle and Joefy Murphy.

John and Josie O'Connell on their wedding day. Johnny was always referred to as Johnny Honda, the origin of the name I don't know. He worked for many years in Power's Seeds and later out on the Industrial Estate as a grounds man. I always remember him with a smile on his face, he liked a good laugh.

Billy Hearne was originally from Passage East, but settled in Dunmore and was a popular figure around Dunmore when I was a child. He was noted for his good singing voice.

The Doyles and Joefy, taking it easy on a summer's day laying back in the hay.

𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐲 𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝟏𝟗𝟖𝟎'𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐁𝐚𝐫. 𝐇𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐥𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐪𝐮𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐥𝐲 𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐡𝐢𝐦𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐟 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐯𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐠𝐞. 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐭'𝐬 𝐬𝐚𝐟𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐧𝐲𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐡𝐢𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐦.  

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐢𝐥𝐥'𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧'𝐬 𝟖𝟎𝐭𝐡 𝐛𝐢𝐫𝐭𝐡𝐝𝐚𝐲.  

Paddy O’Regan, Ned Power and Johnny Furlong out fishing on the Lydia Ann.

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐎’𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐧𝐫, 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎’𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐫𝐦𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐋𝐢𝐜𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐧. 

Jimmy drove a million miles or more in the Dunmore bus, and he never left anyone behind.
He was powered mainly by Consulate cigarettes.

𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐞 "𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧", 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟
'𝐂𝐚𝐝 𝐚 𝐝𝐡𝐞́𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐚𝐢𝐦𝐢́𝐝 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚 𝐠𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐝𝐡𝐦𝐚𝐝'.

𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐂𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐞, 𝐒𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐎'𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞.