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'When war was declared seemingly the concensus in the village was that no one supported the Hotel, but Daddy donned his hat and walked down the main street and into the Hotel as if nothing was wrong'
We played a lot around the barracks and were a bit afraid of the black hole - the cell. After a fair if somebody was the worse for drink the sergeant gave him lodgings for the night. At that time there were five garda and one sergeant in the…
'The bank wanted compensation to move out, but all I could say was you've got the money and I HAVEN'T.'
Private houses were situated on either side of our Glengormley shop - all rented property, but the opportunity came to buy all three when one tenant left, and we scraped up all our resources together to achieve this. The empty property was let as a…
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