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Joe Walsh of Cahir, Co Tipperary sent us this very interesting photo and family history:

“The attached may be of interest. I think they are young Duggans c1905. Agatha (Buckley) Duggan left her pub in the west end to niece Gretta Griffin. Who died c 1992.

My great great grandfather was Jeremiah O’Sullivan of Millstreet (c1840), whose daughter Hannah married Thomas Griffin (from Mayo) and they ran a draper shop in Millstreet (1890s-1940). I think it was Corcorans later. Their daughter Mary Griffin married Jim Walsh of Cahir (where Hannah is buried), and son Tom, who stayed in Millstreet and married a Buckley – their Daughter Gretta ran a pub ‘Tanglewood’ until her death in 1992.”

If you can connect with the photo / history, leave a reply below, or send Joe an email at: <email>

A short documentary on our own Seán Radley, made recently by Timmy Keane for his final year project in Media Studies in Limerick. Tim also runs Timtim Media

Snow and bitterly cold winds were back here on Sunday evening & Monday. Photos below of the unseasonably cold snap are from Coolfield House B&B (Michael Thornton)  and by Fr James McSweeney in his blog TodayIsMyGiftToYou.ie

Snow In Millstreet Today

Two inches of snow today in Millstreet Town
Through the almost deserted Main Street cars slowly move up and down
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A wonderful  photo of a Sports Day in Millstreet Town Park in 1976. You have to love the lads running in long pants, jumpers, shirts and ties! Thanks to Tony Kelleher (formerly of Minor Row) who allowed us to use this photo, which he scanned before time got the better of the print.
But, can anyone name the runners? Tony is out in front in the photo above, and Tony is out in front on the national stage these days, as he claimed the National Masters Indoor 800m (M40) title in Athlone on Saturday (Feb 8th) finishing in a time of 2mins  4 secs. He is also national Masters Outdoor Champion which he won last August in Tullamore.

Gordon Horgan took this photo of Clara Mountain from St.John’s Well in the last few days while everything was under snow. RTÉ have put it into their Winter Weather photo gallery. Its number 17 on the list of pictures – here is the link http://www.rte.ie/news/galleries/2013/0121/363725-winter-weather/

Picture of the Valley of Aubane taken from the Top of Tullig by John F. Kelleher. It taken last week and looks like a summers day especially with the mild weather we are having

Fog moves up the valley over the Brookpark / Tooreenbawn area on the side of Mushera, on cold morning this week. photo from James McSweeney’s photo/thoughs website www.2u.ie

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The above photo is from Fr James McSweeney’s website 2u.ie. It is a close-up of “Adoration of the Magi” – by Ireland’s most famous Stained Glass Window maker – Harry Clarke. The colour and detail are fantastic when you realise what you see above is only a small corner of the full window [see a photo of the full window below]. Fr James has a thought for every day and today it is about the Saints:

Today is All Saints Day and it always falls on November 1st, to coincide with Halloween. As Halloween has pagan roots, an attempt was made to make spiritual all the events that surround it. This is where All Saints Day comes in today. On the spiritual calendar it is indeed a special day. It would be a mistake to think today is about famous or celebrity Saints. Today is all about our own loved ones gone on before us who lived decent, honest, simple and down to earth lives. They may not have been famous, they may not have continue reading…

Tim Murphy from Boherbue captured this image of the International Space Station (ISS) zooming across the skies over Millstreet on Thursday, 28 April 2011. (click the image to see it in full)

The (ISS) will be visible in the night sky each night during this week until the 21st, although the best viewing opportunities are not expected from this Thursday (if there wasn’t so much cloud in the sky !!!)

The Station will take on the appearance of a bright star racing from west to East across the southern skies. It will take approximately 9-10 minutes to continue reading…

Earlier this year Clement Carroll took this photo from near the top of Clara, looking towards Kippagh & Caherbarnagh. Clement (of Carroll Wedding Photography) has kindly given it to us to share with the millstreet.ie readers. [click the photo for full size]

The above gorgeous photo is of a sunset at the start of September taken from St.John’s Well on the side of Mushera, with the sun setting over Caherbarnagh and Clara Mountain out on it’s own on the right. It was kindly given to us by Clement Carroll of Carroll Wedding Photography.

Joan Ankettell, Boherbue who used to work at the Avonmore Electrical Co.  in West End, Millstreet provided Maree Healy, Cloghoulamore, Millstreet with this very interesting school class photograph of 1936 taken in the Presentation Secondary School, Millstreet.  Joan is seated in the front row to the extreme right (Her name appears under her).  We believe that Gobnait Twomey also appears in the photograph.    Maree and the website team would be very grateful of identification of the various people in this quite excellent photograph by any of our many Millstreet website visitors.    Many thanks to Joan and Maree for making this fascinating picture available to us to share with all worldwide.  (S.R.)

Gaelic Helicopters who are based in Mallow, have recently put some excellent aeriel photos from their helicopter on smugmug, for all to view (and purchase if they wish). They have added four from Millstreet, which gives different views of our town, which were taken on an April morning 2008, and July 2007 (including the one above which looks like someone has taken a bite out of Clara Mountain), as well as dozens more from around Cork County. Have a look at them on Smugmug, and click on “X3 Large” to see them in full size. continue reading…

Many thanks to Jim McSweeney who took some fabulous photos at the Easter Sunday Vintage Day at the K&L yard in Mountleader Industrial Estate, (April 8th 2012) and sent them to us.  There are lots of photos to see below:
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