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Mayo memories: Remembering the pubs of Castlebar’s Pig Market

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By Tom Gillespie 
| Connaught Telegraph
Pictured in Ned Cunningham’s pub in the 1970s were, at back: Paddy McGrath, Bill Boyson, Bill Gavin, John Joyce, Tom Gillespie and Kevin Egan. Middle: Ned Cunningham, unknown, Padraic Kelly, Bernie Smyth, Joe Conway, Margaret Mandel, Tommy Coughlan and Joan Conway. At front: Mary Gavin. By Tom Gillespie THE area of the Pig Market in Castlebar (Rush Street), many years ago, was a hive of activity, with some historic watering holes, where large families were reared.
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From the archives: A day on a Mayo lough

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By Tom Gillespie 
| Connaught Telegraph
By Tom Gillespie IN March 1937 The Connaught Telegraph published an article entitled ‘A day on a Mayo lough’, which was written by a Captain J.B. Drough. It read as follows: “What was the best day’s sport you ever had?” We were cruising Lough Mask with indifferent success, and the small boy who put the question set me thinking. For had he asked “What was your biggest catch?” - well, my fishing diary could have made an unequivocal reply.
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From the archives: Drowning tragedy in Clew Bay in 1895 recalled

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By Tom Gillespie 
| Connaught Telegraph
Murrisk Abbey, where the young Kelly cousins were laid to rest. Photo: Connaught Telegraph By Tom Gillespie ONE of the most tragic boating tragedies that ever occurred in the west of Ireland, only surpassed by the Achill disaster, took place on Friday, November 1, 1895, off one of the islands in Clew Bay, resulting in the loss of five young lives.
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