A view from the Creamery. The foreground field was later occupied during the 1950's/1970's by the Graiguenamanagh Livestock Sales Ltd. as cattle, sheep and pig mart. Subsequently, about 1996, houses were built on the site and were given the name…
The foreground field was later occupied during the 1950's/1970's by the Graiguenamanagh Livestock Sales Ltd. as cattle, sheep and pig mart. Subsequently, about 1996, houses were built on the site and were given the name Duiske Crescent. The nearby…
Paddy O Brien, Whitehall, (with big drum), James P. Hughes, Main St., (with sword) Thomas Joyce, Main St., (front row on right), Mike Hayden, Main St., (front row, second from right).
Note: the rifles were wooden.
At St. Mullins - preparing to re-embark. Note the temporary 'cabins' and the background smoke as the powered boat (The Coolbawn) - revs up for the return journey.
Arrival of Mick Hayden's boat at Ballykeenan Lock on passage to Gorsebridge on the same occasion as at #17. Note the Graig Brass Band and the two young hurlers in the foreground.
Mick Hayden of the quay at the helm of his "hack boat" or privately owned, horse drawn wooden barge. She was one of the long-tailed Barrow boats - so called because of their very long rudders - they plied the Barrow in the 19th and 20th centuries. …