A NEW SCHOOL

I did the 11+ exam in 1969. The Troubles in the North had started the year before and widespread violence came in August 1969. To me the Troubles were something […]

Nobles Of Fermanagh

My great grandfather, John Noble, was born in 1817 in Maguiresbridge. He had at least 2 siblings – Ralph, born 1811, and Alexander, born in 1818. Their father’s name is […]

THE COMING OF THE MILK ROUND

Grace Sweeney is getting ready to celebrate her 100 birthday on 15 December in her bungalow at Annagry in the Rosses in West Donegal. Born in 1909 she had a […]

From Sligo to Wales—the flight of Sir Charles Phibbs

Following the withdrawal of the British from the 26 counties in 1922 and the creation of the Irish Free State, many of those families who had relied on their presence […]

The Aftermath of Revolution: Sligo 1921-23, Michael Farry. (University College Dublin Press, £16.95) ISBN 1900621398

The relative inertia of the Sligo IRA during the Anglo-Irish War did not prevent the county witnessing protracted violence during the Civil War. This illuminating study, providing both a chronological […]