The demand for cards in the seventies was mainly due to the fact that there were only two tables catering for a membership of 60 or 70 adult members. Our tables (mostly rosewood mahogany) have had a chequered past. The snooker club was originally where the Thrift Shop is now and three tables graced the venue. One table came from the Shamrock Hotel and this is the one with all the graffiti and burn damage. Many a county final was played on this table as it was regarded as the best table in the club. Current players may beg to differ! The table from Paddy More's has the serial no. 637 on its legs; the men from Riley Billiards say that the first two digits or the last two digits might give the year it was made, so it's either 1863 or 1937. John McNulty's dated name on the underside suggests the older of the two dates. The cushions had 863 written on them. The manufacturer was Norval & Sons, Makers, Glasgow. There is scorch damage on one side but the cause is a mystery.

The current junior table came from Salthill House in Mountcharles where the Temples live now. An Englishman had moved there for health reasons and it hadn't worked out so he was leaving and he put the table up for sale in the paper. Joe Kelly and a few others went down to meet him and he didn't know what to charge for the table plus accessories so they told him that their other table from Paddy More's had cost £40 and the Englishman went along with that. It is slightly lower than the other tables and has extremely tight pockets. The number 27948 is inscribed on the legs. Abbey Billiards once said that it was the club's greatest asset!

The current number one table in the club came from Bradley's Hotel in Buncrana (Garda Jack McMahon's wife was a Bradley). Michael McIntyre and a few lads went up to examine it in the early fifties and a lorry (perhaps a Dunlevy truck) brought it down to Donegal. Its cost is unknown. Unfortunately, its brass nameplate was replaced with a plastic one many years ago by a table repair company, so its maker is unknown.

In 1980 the club's extension was built and a table in good condition was bought second-hand for £1500 from Tommy Taylor in Coalisland. Its pockets are slightly wider than the rest and it acted as the main table for several years at the end of the nineties. Charlie Murphy's superb break of 133 was achieved on it in 2000.

All the tables have been well looked after while the club has been active and recently their aged surfaces were praised profusely by Gerry McKeever, captain of the North West side during the Knockout Cup Final played in the club. This is a great compliment to the current steward Raymond Tierney and to all those caretakers and members who ironed and repaired the tables over the years.