Lives of great men all remind us,
We can make our lives sublime,
And departing, leave behind us,
Footprints on the sands of time.
'Psalm of Life'  by H.W.Longfellow

Down Memory Lane7 

Waylands 1956 Bob Wayland and Tom Brunnock. Bob Wayland's father came from Tipperary and was a verger (sacristan) in the Church of Ireland,Whitechurch. Tom Brunnock came from Great Island and lived here with the Waylands. The thatched house in the photo belonged to Wyses and was situated in the back of Mylie Dempsey's farmyard.

Joe Nolan with bonham. Joe Nolan and Katie Nolan (nee O'Brien) sister of blacksmith,Paddy O'Brien,Whitechurch. They also at one time lived in the thatched house of Wyses.At this time many families kept a few sows and sold the bonhams to help purchase food for the family.

Fr.Brendan Kehoe, Tommy Hayes, John Davitt, (Retired Principal Scoil Mhuire Horeswood NS 2004), Margaret Sutton and Tom Caulfield.

Horeswood Confirmation,1972. Front: Thomas Kent, Ger Boland, Michael Hart, Seán Clancy, Patrick O'Shea, P.J.Doyle, James Howlin,Ted Shalloe, Tommy Lennon, Francis Doyle and Paddy Millea. Second Row: John Banville, Eddie Ryan, Michael Walsh, Diarmuid Corish, Fr.Matthew Berney,( a native of Monaseed, Gorey, was a lecturer in Sociology for the Extra-Mural Diploma course of UCD. He became PP in Horeswood on Feb. 7th 1972 and died in Ely nursing home on Oct.25th 1972.), Bishop Donal Herlihy, Fr.Brendan Kehoe, Philip Corish, Séamus Furlong, John Joe Furlong and Maurice O'Shea. Third Row: Michael Dillon, Larry Larkin, Tony Aspel, Éamonn Boland, Donal O'Hanlon, Declan Hart, ? ,Liam Halligan, James Larkin, Pat Parker, Pat Somers, John Joe Murphy, John Rowe, Andrew Boland, Senan Clancy, Tony Stafford and John Doyle. Back: Pat Whelan, Tony Wallace, Pete Chapman, Brendan Whelan, Bernard Waters, John Waters, Kevin Dunphy, Alan Parker, Jim Barnwell, Tom Miskella, Eddie Forristal, Seán O'Neill, Eoin O'Neill and Pat Rowe.

Harvesting at Ballyedock,1951 Julia Kavanagh, Colonel David Price and Athel Price. Colonel Price was born in London in 1907. In 1930 he visited Ireland to recover from a bad riding accident and stayed with Solly Floods near Inistioge. During World War 2 he served with the Royal Gloucester Hussars and was seriously injured in North Africa. He returned to Ireland in 1946 as master of the Limerick Hounds. He married Joan Hutchinson from Fife in Scotland, whose mother was a daughter of the milling magnate Joseph Rank. He bought Kilmokea House in 1947 and built nine acres of gardens there. After the Causeway linking Great Island to Fisherstown was breached by a gale he persuaded Brendan Corish to rebuild it. One of the main movers behind the Wexford Opera Festival he became its Vice President. He died in 1994 but his wife Joan remained in Kilmokea until 1996 when it was bought by its present owners, Emma and Mark Hewlett.

Campile Aerial Photo 1935 This is a remarkable photo from over 70 years ago when we contrast it with present day Campile.  Matt Hart's store was built in 1934, and is now Ger Dunphy's joinery.  The scaffolding can still be seen in this photo taken in 1935. The three storey building is about 13 metres high and was an imposing construction for its time. It was intended to be a hardware store but was used by the Co-op as a corn store. When the timber floor was laid the planks were left for about a month before being nailed together so that there would be no spaces for the grain to fall through. In the 1940's and 50's it was used as a dance hall until Campile Hall was opened in 1956.

Pat Howlin, Ballykerogue is stooking oats

Pat Kennedy, Dunganstown with the roller.

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