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centurion
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 Posted - 27/10/2006 : 11:34:57
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Ballyglass
Regatta at Ballyglass
Regatta at Ballyglass
Hare Island
Carberry Island
Walther Levinge, designer of the Shannon 1 Class
Ballykeeran
Thanks for the Memory by Harry Rice
Map of Westmeath
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centurion
1395 Posts |
Posted - 27/10/2006 : 11:41:33
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I have duplicated the above pictures on this update. Am moving ISP and uploading all pictures to AthloneLive. However, I am unable to edit the above post
Hare Island
Ballykeeran
Ballyglass
Carberry
Regatta at Ballyglass
Regatta at Ballyglass
Hare Island
Thanks for the Memory by Harry Rice
Walther Levinge, designer of the Shannon 1 Class
Westmeath
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doojeen
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Posted - 27/10/2006 : 13:59:19
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I remember Colonel Hooker, the official starter of LRYC and LDYC regattas as an imposing figure - ex-British Army, handlebar moustache, received pronunciation, carried a swagger stick and dressed in cavalry twill - from the Old School!  |
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Mark Anthony
Ireland
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Posted - 27/10/2006 : 21:09:19
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Doojeen ! can you also remember the famous "Daisey" at LRYC ??quote:
Originally posted by doojeen
I remember Colonel Hooker, the official starter of LRYC and LDYC regattas as an imposing figure - ex-British Army, handlebar moustache, received pronunciation, carried a swagger stick and dressed in cavalry twill - from the Old School!
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BeechPark
Ireland
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Posted - 27/10/2006 : 23:34:18
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| Do you mean Daisy from the Thatch? Lovely woman. |
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centurion
1395 Posts |
Posted - 28/10/2006 : 11:59:06
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| 'Ballyglass'....... the Coney Island of Athlone in the early 50s. And 'The Thatch' doing a roaring trade under the Bona fide laws. Wasn't it the Harkins who ran it? Pints of best porter being slopped into pint glasses from a big aluminium jug and bottles of Red Lemonade and Orange Juice for the kids....no crisps in those days! I believe the youngest barman was about 3 years old. |
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Mark Anthony
Ireland
681 Posts |
Posted - 28/10/2006 : 20:23:31
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BP she was the caretaker of the Yacht Club back in the late forties early fifties. "Slan Tamal"quote:
Originally posted by BeechPark
Do you mean Daisy from the Thatch? Lovely woman.
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BeechPark
Ireland
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Posted - 28/10/2006 : 22:54:16
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| I'd say we're talking one and the same alright, although I'd have met her in later years ('70's). I recall her as always having a kind word and good oul craic to boot. |
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doojeen
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Posted - 29/10/2006 : 02:47:16
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| Yeah, that was Daisy Mulvihill - she was still caretaker of the old LRYC clubhouse in the late 60s. Apparently it's the second oldest yacht club in the world, the oldest being the Royal Cork YC. |
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doojeen
1229 Posts |
Posted - 04/11/2006 : 16:28:30
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The Lock, Athlone
 Anyone who found the aerial shots on athlone.ie interesting might like to know that there are 24 bird's-eye views of the town, the lake and Clonmacnoise on another local website, which you can see by clicking here.
You can see 24 hour webcam views of Coosan Point and Lough Ree, and a 360 degree shot of Killinure Point, if you click here 
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n/a
1144 Posts |
Posted - 18/01/2007 : 14:55:05
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| Looking at the photos of Ballglas, the one black and white and the one coloured, they seem to have been taken from the same spot,looking at the lie of the land. Anyway, in the one the cluster of trees on The Hill of Berries are present, and on the other one not, which would indicate that both photos were taken a very long time apart. Maybe I'm wrong and the photos were taken from different angles. Anybody else notice that? |
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n/a
1144 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2007 : 16:51:53
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| Interesting, what exactly had the planting of the trees got to do with the railway construction? |
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n/a
1144 Posts |
Posted - 20/01/2007 : 18:14:56
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Aren’t you glad you asked?
Sure am, as I often wondered when, why, and who planted those trees, as there is no house beside them, at least none from that period, and there are not enough of them to call it a wood, and too many and too close to be in someone's back garden. Where did you dig up that information? |
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BeechPark
Ireland
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Posted - 20/01/2007 : 23:23:01
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| Another has intoned to me that the real name is the Hill of Barrys as opposed to Berries. Barrymore, Barrybeg etc. being the logic. |
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BeechPark
Ireland
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Posted - 20/01/2007 : 23:35:27
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OSB. No Barrymore. No Barrybeg. Are you confident in that?
I can certainly believe these are contrived names, without history. I hope you can learn us something  You know exactly what I mean. |
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Sleeveen
Afghanistan
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