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Harrington’s ‘Church Gate’ Bar494 viewsPaddy Harrington, Jerome Sheehan, John Shanahan, John R O'Sullivan (Adrigole)
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Connie (Batt) O'Sullivan493 views
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Danny (Mor) Moriarty491 viewsReady for the bog - Danny (Mor) Moriarty, Foildarrig,
one of the last of the Carters in the town.
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Michael Dwyer488 viewsPainting by David White of Michael Dwyer (1942-1997)
A member of the renowned musical family from Cailroe, Ardgroom,
Michael was a celebrated and much loved tin whistle player
who, in the 1960's, swept the boards at the All Ireland and
All Britain Championships, winning first prize in every tin whistle category
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Twomey's Ivy Bar474 viewsJohn Twomey, Lil Twomey and Gerry Harrington
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Mark and Lil Twomey473 viewsTwomey's Bar 1949
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Mike Hanley469 viewsBig Mike Hanley
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Gerdie Harrington and Jean Kennedy-Smith462 views
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Jim MacCarthy451 viewsJim MacCarthy, (The Square) with his giant skate
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Timmy The Bus (O'Sullivan)449 views
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Mike and Nealie441 viewsMichael Ed O’Sullivan (Clan Chieftain, O’Sullivan Bere) and Cornelius (Nealie Seer) O’Sullivan enjoying a joke during Regatta week, Castletownbere, 2008
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Timmy Flynn435 viewsGathering Hay in Dromagowlane, Adrigole. Early 1990's
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John O'Sullivan432 viewsThe Harbourmaster of Garnish
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Ned O'Connell426 viewsWell known Eyeries blacksmith, Ned O’Connell,
shoeing a horse at his forge at Eyeries Cross.
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Sean T. O'Sullivan424 viewsCroombere, Eyeries
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Dr. Aidan McCarthy (The Square, Castletownbere)420 viewsDr. Aidan McCarthy, O.B.E., G.M., M.B., B.C.H., B.A.L., Knight of St. Sylvester, Air Commodore R.A.F. (retired).
Aidan had a Miraculous Escape in 1945 when as a prisoner of the Japanese in Nagasaki, he and other prisoner's were ordered to dig a mass grave - their own. They were literally saved by the dropping of the second Atom Bomb. He was an eyewitness to the horror of the devastation and chaos that the bomb caused. Afterwards he became Administrator of the Japanese surrender being the Senior Officer in charge.
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