Athenry News & Views Summer 2026

Summer 2026

A manuscript menu for ‘Royal Hotel, Lincoln, Christmas Day 1918’, including such dishes as ‘Hors d’oeuvres a la East Mayo’, ‘Poisson (ask Cotter)’, ‘Dindon a la East Cavan’, ‘Jambon Clontarf, ‘Plum Pudding (Brandy Sauce not arrived)’, etc., signed by seventeen prisoners including Eamon de Valera, Sean McGarry, M.P. Colivet, Toirdhealbhach Mac Suibhne (Terence MacSwiney), etc.; also signed on front by Lorcan O Lorgneain (Larry Lardner), and signed again on back by Eamon De Valera, 19.8.53 (during a visit to Athenry).

Athenry De-Wetts County Senior Football Champions 1903,1904 and 1906 Front Row: (left to right) Paddy Shaughnessy, Charlie Whyte, Jim Smith, Mike Duffy, Joe Kennedy, Dick Walsh, Jose Kelly, Jimmy Daly, Larry Lardner. Back Row: (left to right) Paddy Kennedy, Eddie Kennedy, Dick Murphy, Frank Kilkelly (Captain) Pat Hession, Pakie Noone, Jose Mahon and Paddy Fallon. (Note goalposts used by the GAA until 1910)

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