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Visit Lord Massy’s Stile

At the end of the riverside nature walk is an old stone stile with a grand archway. It was ...

To Bee or not to Bee

Our neighbours Betty and Eileen Joyce had arrived to tell us that the road outside was full of ...

Memories of Bob Hogg

John Hogg had learned his trade as a skilled rod-maker from his father before him, the family ...

Bulmer Hobson (1883-1969) and Castleconnell Connection

Before the Easter Rising of 1916, John Bulmer Hobson was one of the leading figures of the ...

The Castleconnell Gathering – The John Enright Festival

In the 2012 edition of An Caisleán, we outlined our intention of hosting a Gathering in ...

“Shanks” Tuohy – Fisherman

At the door of a little one storey house on Chapel Hill in Castleconnell village (pp 350), some ...

Michael ‘Mick’ Mackey

Much has changed in Ireland since Ahane GAA club was founded over 80 years ago in 1926, and if ...

One Day in August

The TG4 van was loaded up, the local garda giving a wave as they passed by, the community hall ...