Margaret McKeown posted a message on the Loughrea parish message board from her home in western Australia asking for their assistance in gaining access to the locked Carmelite Abbey ruin in Loughrea, Co. Galway.
Loughrea (Galway)
Kathleen O'Connor had a photo of a gravestone of their great grandfather, William, and a story that their great-great-grandmother was buried in Rockmills.
Kildorrery (Cork)
The spring of 1947, otherwise known as Black '47 saw the heaviest snowfall ever and it did not thaw for weeks. Late April and early May were very warm and the children had discarded their shoes and were going to school in their bare feet.
Peterswell (Galway)
Sharavogue House, demolished 1920. Property of The Earl of Huntington .
Roscrea (Tipperary)
A strange stillness settles over Ireland
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