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New Season of Local Television Begins in November

Oct 19
Leave a CommentAubane, Ballydaly, Cloughoula, Cullen, Kilcorney, Knocknagree, LTV2, Millstreet Town, News, People, Rathcoole

LTV1 is back on air from Wednesday, 9th Nov. and LTV2 Millstreet from Thursday, 10th Nov.. Pictured here in The Pub, Carriganima at a recent LTV Meeting are members of the team - from left: Seán, Mary, Brendan, Eily, William, Dan Joe and Michael. Test transmissions will take place before the broadcast season begins. The channel will be available on UHF Channel 48 and 50. Also on VHF Channel 12. Some of the programmes will also be uploaded on the Millstreet website. The LTV2 Supporters Club will help to fund the voluntary, community-based local television service. (S.R.)

Wedding of Julie & David on Friday, 5th August 2011 – Full Feature Later

Aug 6
Leave a CommentKnocknagree, Millstreet Town, News, People, Weddings

The Wonderful Wedding of David Brosnan (Knocknagree/Rathmore) & Julie O'Leary (West End & Adrivale, Millstreet) on Friday, 5th August 2011. Here we see David and Julie cutting their magnificent Wedding Cake at their Reception in Ballygarry House Hotel, Tralee. A full feature on the most memorable day will follow over the next few days. (S.R.)

Biography of Daniel Long

May 5
3 CommentsCullen, Genealogy, Knocknagree, Millstreet Town

Dear Friends, I’m a historian from Wellington, NZ, commissioned to write a biography of Daniel Long, who was head of the Public Service Association, this country’s largest public sector union, from 1960 until his death in 1976.

Both of Dan Long’s parents migrated from Cork just after World War One, and this message is an attempt to find out something of their early life in Ireland. Their names were Timothy Long and Catherine Mary Hickey until their marriage in about 1919.

I have found their family’s forms in the 1911 online census data. These tell me that they both lived in a townland called Scrahan in northern Cork, near a larger village called Knocknagree. Both came from farming backgrounds and had minimal formal education. Both families were Catholic.

I am hoping that your society can put me in touch with information on social conditions in the Knocknagree region around WW1. Even if this information doesn’t deal with the families specifically, a general idea of the place and times they lived in would be very valuable.

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