The Ballybunion thread

[Aero]

[SandhillRoad]

Originally Posted by Aero

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We lived opposite the old club house.
Do you remember the elderly couple that had a candy store just at the entrance to the old club house?

Do you read www.kerryseye.com ?
See death notices of Sandhill road man, Tim Sweeney.

[A90Six]

Originally Posted by SandhillRoad

Maybe AERO our Rep in Hong Kong could tell us. Also if this image is of The 9Daughters Hole ?

See the fence now on the right? Well if you follow that around, the 9DH would be just out of shot. The hole is now surrounded by the same fencing to keep people away from the edge.

[Aero]

Originally Posted by SandhillRoad

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We lived opposite the old club house.
Do you remember the elderly couple that had a candy store just at the entrance to the old club house?

Do you read www.kerryseye.com ?
See death notices of Sandhill road man, Tim Sweeney.

Must confess I don't remember the candy store or the old couple. I used to caddy on the odd occasion so spent most of my time hanging around outside looking for a job. I don't think I was ever in the club house!

Re Tim Sweeney....my sister informed me via e-mail yesterday. So sad. I remember admiring how Tim (RIP) and Billy used to do handbrake turns with cars in Boyle's car park. Very impressive to my young eyes. I tried to do the same with my bicycle! Ruined so may wheels! May Tim rest in peace in the great speedway in the sky...

[Aero]

Anyone remember playing soccer on the beach in front of Dalys during the late 60s - early 70s? My generation (Joe Diggin, Joe Tracey, Maurice Mulvihill, Dods Liston, Bomber Liston et al) seemed to spend a lot of winter evenings chasing a soccer ball around the white sand area in front of Dalys. The cliff face made an excellent block for the ball in one direction...unfortunately if the "goalie" didn't catch the ball in the other direction, he had a long walk across the "Ladies beach" to collect the object and re-start the game...

[Aero]

This is NOT a picture of the Ballybunion Pipe Band. However, in spite of playing in the band (as a drummer) for a good number of years, I don't have one photo of the various combinations of players. During my time in the band, Milie (spelling?) Costello was Pipe Major. Anyone have pictures of the band(s) from this era? (Say 1965 to 1972.)

[A90Six]

Originally Posted by A90Six

I have an almost exact copy of this pic on a postcard somewhere, but it's from 1916. I'll have to have a hunt round and scan it.

Front,


and reverse.

[A90Six]

I was looking at the old postcard and at the lack of a large hotel where the Golf now sits. I blew up the piece behind where it should be, and Hey Presto! You can see where the lartigue stopped in Ballyb.


You can match the roof windows to the ones in this pic,

[A90Six]

Old postcard of St. John's, Ballybunion on ebay.

[snow scorpion]

A90's pic:




alfa's pic:



alfa took his pic just a little ways up the road from where A90 took his pic, right? Alfa took his pic at the corner of that small street that's just north of the church. Or am I confused? (As I usually am. )

[A90Six]

Originally Posted by snow scorpion

alfa took his pic just a little ways up the road from where A90 took his pic, right? Alfa took his pic at the corner of that small street that's just north of the church. Or am I confused? (As I usually am. )

Your'e right. The Cliff House Hotel was or is next door to Bernie's (Bernie Callahan's, I think). alfa would have had his back to the wall of what was the doctor's house.

[SandhillRoad]

Quote:
Originally Posted by snow scorpion
alfa took his pic just a little ways up the road from where A90 took his pic, right? Alfa took his pic at the corner of that small street that's just north of the church. Or am I confused? (As I usually am. )
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As AERO says you are right.
The white house on the right of ALFA'S was called Salmon Lodge, supposed to be one of the oldest houses in Ballyb.
On the ocean side of that house is a steep cliff and a lane that goes down to Collins Seaweed Baths.

In A90's Bartlett Print you can see the end of that lane as it reaches the strand

AERO;
Does the road from Church Rd to Cliff House have a name. I remember a Mr. Dalton lived there

[SandhillRoad]

Originally Posted by A90Six

I was looking at the old postcard and at the lack of a large hotel where the Golf now sits. I blew up the piece behind where it should be, and Hey Presto! You can see where the lartigue stopped in Ballyb.


You can match the roof windows to the ones in this pic,

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Hi A90SIX:
my mistake in an earlier reply in regards to location.
. I thought the houses in the background were in William Street Listowel. When I find the photo with similiar roof lines I will post.
The attached photo I think is Ballyb. See the skylights in the houses.

[SandhillRoad]

www.monorails.org/ tMspages/Listowel.html

Go to LINKS for Lartigue Monorailway info

[snow scorpion]

Originally Posted by SandhillRoad

AERO;
Does the road from Church Rd to Cliff House have a name. I remember a Mr. Dalton lived there

And wasn't there a pub just to the left of the Cliff House - the front was painted white last time I saw it. Or was the pub part of the Cliff House?