The Village People. (Page 03) 

"This is Councillor Geoff Power, foreman in the South and East Co-Op for many years and a fisherman for many years before that. Geoff had a remarkable talent for handpicking the finest workers in Dunmore East every herring season, ensuring top-quality results year after year. 

Tom Doyle, another all round good man.

You might mistake this photo for a scene from a film, but it's actually Margaret and Paddy Barry enjoying a pleasure trip off the Hook on board ‘The Catherine’, likely on a Sunday afternoon. 

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐬 𝐌𝐲𝐥𝐞𝐫 𝐑.𝐈.𝐏., 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 '𝐃𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞𝐲' 𝐇𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐲 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐋𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐦𝐚𝐲𝐛𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭. 

Another happy couple who walked down aisle.

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐞𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐞𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐃𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐎’𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐎𝐜𝐞𝐚𝐧 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥. 

This photograph features Paddy and Mary O'Neill on their wedding day. I think Paddy bears a strong resemblance to a young Sean Connery in this photo, had he not answered the call of the chicken business, he would have made a great James Bond.

Paddy holds the distinction of being the first person to introduce chicken to the palates of Dunmore residents. Prior to this innovation, Sunday dinners typically featured pigeon, seagull, or crow. Despite scepticism that chicken wouldn't take off like other birds, within months, demand had soared.

I recall attending one of Ken O'Neill's birthday parties which was held at Paddy’s house, the sole party invitation I ever received. Many schoolmates were present, and we were thoroughly enjoying ourselves. Paddy even brought us up to the sheds to see the chickens.

As the afternoon progressed, a few of us were playing in the garden when three shadowy figures emerged from the woods. Before us stood John 'Busty' Griffin, Gerard 'Gus' Walsh, and Gerry O'Regan. They weren't there to play; they were mad as hell and demanded cake. Ken informed them that all the cake was gone but offered to provide eggs for them to bake their own. Gerry O'Regan, however, took offense at this offer and declared himself to be Johnny Ringo, inspired by a character from the film "The Gunfighter", which had screened the previous week on RTE. He then astounded us with the speed at which he drew his imaginary gun. Fearing the confrontation, my friends and I swiftly mounted our imaginary horses and fled back to the chicken ranch, with Johnny Ringo metaphorically firing shots at us as we galloped away.

It seems Gerry O'Regan's cake demands on that day were not unique, as he soon earned the permanent nickname Ringo, the boy with a reputation as a formidable gunfighter.

In spite of the attempted cake raid, the party was a huge success, with every boy returned home full as an egg and uninjured. Paddy’s chicken business went on to thrive for many years after.

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭, 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐚 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐈𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐟𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 𝐟𝐨𝐫𝐜𝐞𝐬. 

𝐀 𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐬𝐞𝐥𝐝𝐨𝐦 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐚 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐥𝐝 𝐧𝐞𝐞𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐍𝐢𝐜𝐤. 

𝐀𝐧𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐦𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐡𝐨𝐦 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐦𝐞𝐞𝐭 𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐝𝐚𝐲, 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐬𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐥𝐚𝐝𝐲 𝐰𝐢𝐟𝐞. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐟𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐈’𝐦 𝐚𝐬𝐬𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭. 𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐭𝐨 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐰𝐡𝐨 𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐥𝐲 𝐬𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐭𝐨 𝐦𝐞. 𝐈𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝟒𝐭𝐡 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐯𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫, 𝟏𝟗𝟒𝟎, 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐭 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧’𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐅𝐨𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭.

𝐁𝐚𝐜𝐤 𝐑𝐨𝐰𝐬, 𝐋𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐓𝐨 𝐑𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭: 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐎’𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧𝐧𝐲 𝐁𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐡, 𝐍𝐨. 𝟑 & 𝟒 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐁𝐨𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐝, 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐁𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧, 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐉𝐢𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐡𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐲, 𝐑𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐭 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐧 𝐁𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐃𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐨𝐧.

𝐅𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭 𝐑𝐨𝐰: 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 ’𝐌𝐨𝐜𝐤’ 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐲, 𝐍𝐨 𝟐 𝐔𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 ‘𝐕𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐲’ 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐒𝐭𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲, 𝐑𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐂𝐚 𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧, 𝐃𝐢𝐜𝐤 𝐐𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐭𝐲, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐲 𝐅𝐥𝐲𝐧𝐧. 

𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧, 𝐁𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐜𝐍𝐚𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐚, 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐓𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐲. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐢𝐬 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐲 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐆𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐧’𝐬 𝐬𝐨𝐧 𝐨𝐫 𝐝𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐡𝐭𝐞𝐫. 𝐈 𝐰𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐬𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐚 𝐠𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐭 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐚𝐥𝐥. 

Ca Regan and Dave Forsey attempt to attract customers into the 'Olde Dunmore Inn' back in 1990.

𝐀 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐨𝐫𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐁𝐨𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐝𝐲 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧, 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐝𝐨𝐠 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐌𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐡𝐚𝐧'𝐬 𝐒𝐡𝐨𝐩, 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟕𝟖.

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐞 𝐃𝐮𝐧𝐧𝐞 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐭 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐞𝐡𝐚𝐧, the two children remain unknown.

𝐀 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐝 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐤𝐢𝐩𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐡𝐨𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐪𝐮𝐚𝐲. 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐌𝐜𝐆𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐡 𝐒𝐧𝐫. 𝐢𝐬 𝐟𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐞𝐟𝐭 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 𝐀 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐢𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐩 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐰𝐞𝐫𝐞.

𝐀 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐑𝐨𝐜𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐲 𝐖𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐚𝐦 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫. 𝐉𝐨𝐡𝐧 𝐢𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐰𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐰𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐲𝐞 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐳𝐨𝐧. 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐧𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐫 𝐤𝐧𝐞𝐰 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲 𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐦𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐛𝐞 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐨𝐬𝐞 𝐝𝐚𝐲𝐬. 

𝐓𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐢𝐬 𝐚 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐨𝐟 𝐊𝐚𝐭𝐡𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐎’𝐃𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥, 𝐧𝐞𝐞 𝐌𝐨𝐫𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐬𝐞𝐲, 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐞𝐥 𝐎’𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟓𝟓 𝐨𝐮𝐭𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐥𝐨𝐫'𝐬 𝐇𝐨𝐭𝐞𝐥. 𝐏𝐚𝐝𝐝𝐲 𝐎’𝐂𝐨𝐧𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐑.𝐈.𝐏. 𝐨𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐮𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐭𝐨 𝐭𝐨 𝐰𝐰𝐰.𝐝𝐮𝐧𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞-𝐞𝐚𝐬𝐭.𝐧𝐞𝐭.

𝐈'𝐦 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐮𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐲𝐞𝐚𝐫, 𝐢𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝟏𝟗𝟔𝟖. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐚𝐧 𝐮𝐧𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰𝐧 𝐜𝐡𝐢𝐥𝐝 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐛𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐞𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐝𝐨𝐰 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞. 

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐲𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞, 𝐢𝐧 𝐚 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐜𝐤𝐰𝐢𝐬𝐞 𝐜𝐢𝐫𝐜𝐥𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐦 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐟𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐭, 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐡𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐝, 𝐄𝐝𝐝𝐢𝐞 𝐂𝐮𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐞, 𝐮𝐧𝐫𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐠𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨𝐩 𝐨𝐟 𝐚 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐝, 𝐌𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐛’ 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐏𝐚𝐭𝐬𝐲 ‘𝐅𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐲’ 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫, 𝐋𝐚𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 ‘𝐋𝐚 𝐋𝐚’ 𝐎’𝐑𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐤𝐞, 𝐌𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐞𝐲 𝐎’𝐓𝐨𝐨𝐥𝐞 𝐈 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐤, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐐𝐮𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲. 𝐈𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐥𝐝 𝐛𝐞 ‘𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐧’𝐬’ 𝐞𝐥𝐛𝐨𝐰 𝐨𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐬𝐢𝐝𝐞. 𝐁𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐆𝐮𝐢𝐧𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐇𝐚𝐫𝐩 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐒𝐦𝐢𝐭𝐡𝐰𝐢𝐜𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐝𝐨𝐫𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐡𝐞𝐥𝐯𝐞𝐬. 𝐈 𝐜𝐚𝐧 𝐚𝐥𝐦𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐬𝐦𝐞𝐥𝐥 𝐢𝐭.