Description
CONTENTS
Reamhra
Peggy O’Neil
Dairying in Sliabh Luachra
Folklore Extracts
Memories of Rathmore
Old Time Buttermaking
The Bog Road
My Life and Music – Paddy Cronin
A Rural Legend – and old time Wedding
Portrait of an American Pathologist
Thady the Clerk
Life around Rathmore Railway Station
Sliabh Luachra
The coming of the light
Mo cheol thu Dan
Mná Sliabh Luachra
Shrone Schools
A Lament for Donal O’Sullivan
Drama in Ratlunore
Memories
Paddy Mac
A Sliabh Luachra centenarian
On the road beneath the mountains
Dan Dennehy – rugby player of distinction
An illustrious Genius
Rathmore townianders
Tim’s last chance
Their Likes will not be seen again
Bishop Herlihy
Edithr’s Note
Patrons of Cumann Luachra
Front Cover: Hard at work in the bog many years ago are Johnny Glavin, and
Johnny Sheehan, both of Rathmore. This type of turf-cutting scene is rarely seen any
more as machines have taken over almost completely from the traditional slean and
pike being used by the happy duo in the camera frame.
Published by Cumann Luachra, © 1991
