Micheál Cleans the Board on 36 Year Teaching Career

Micheál Cleans the Board on 36 Year Teaching Career

The day of the Christmas 2015 holidays was a very special one at Loughfouder National School. Principal, Micheál Herlihy called time on his 36 year career as a teacher and on the almost 29 years he spent at the two-teacher school near Brosna and Knocknagoshel. There wasn’t a square inch of car-parking space unoccupied in…

Castleisland Fire Brigade 1984

Castleisland Fire Brigade 1984

One from the Files: Members of Castleisland Fire Brigade pictured after dealing with a suspected gas leak in the old railway yard. The gas-like smell surfaced in the area of the railway yard from time to time and could be quite strong and many people found it sickening. It was thought that it came from…