{"id":1912,"date":"2026-05-27T15:52:14","date_gmt":"2026-05-27T15:52:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/?page_id=1912"},"modified":"2026-06-08T09:50:32","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T09:50:32","slug":"time-travellers-guide","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/ga\/time-travellers-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Time Travellers Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1912\" class=\"elementor elementor-1912\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5831d09b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5831d09b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7264191d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7264191d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-293b08a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"293b08a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Time Travellers Guide<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3cd19c6a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3cd19c6a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the official Time Traveller\u2019s Guide to Dunmanway. This page is designed to accompany our Stories on the Street trail, specifically for students and young explorers. As you find each plaque around town, use the accordion below to unlock the story behind it. 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On the left is a portrait of an 18th-century man wearing a wig. A sweeping graphic transitions to the right, revealing a traditional linen loom and an old building with an exterior waterwheel.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-1_edited-scaled-e1779204767655-1024x426.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-1_edited-scaled-e1779204767655-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-1_edited-scaled-e1779204767655-768x320.webp 768w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-1_edited-scaled-e1779204767655-1536x640.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-1_edited-scaled-e1779204767655-2048x853.webp 2048w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-1_edited-scaled-e1779204767655-18x7.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddbcf2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ddbcf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8931\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"2\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8931\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 2: The Market House &amp; Town Commerce <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8931\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6fb6e8 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6fb6e8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4113170 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"4113170\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2102 post-2102 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1501\" alt=\"An illustration for a plaque titled &quot;The Market House &amp; Town Commerce&quot;. On the left, a stone wall features a sign reading &quot;BREWERY LANE&quot;. A sweeping line transitions to the right, showing a sack of grain, a traditional street lamp, and an old stone building with posters displayed on the front.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-1024x426.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-768x320.webp 768w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-1536x640.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-2048x853.webp 2048w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-2-scaled-e1779268763446-18x7.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddbcf2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ddbcf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448b748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"448b748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8931 e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62eb40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f62eb40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bee24b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bee24b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 2: \u00a0The Market Square &amp; Commercial Development over the centuries<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Kilnadur National School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Se\u00e1n<\/li>\n<li>Aoife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The scene is set in 1972 \u2013 there is a sound of a digger demolishing the Market House.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator :<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It is March1972 \u2013 there is a sound of a digger demolishing a building- in fact it is a digger demolishing the centre of Dunmanway Market Square, which comprised the Market House and\u00a0 several other buildings, a public house, a veterinary practice, the market house and Paris house. Two children Sean and Aoife are standing in the Square watching the bulldozers in action.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Look at that, Aoife. The poor Market House is getting a big thud from the bulldozer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I can\u2019t believe they\u2019re knocking it down. It\u2019s been here since the early 1800s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Mam said it might even have bits of the old MacCarthy Castle in it. Imagine recycling a whole castle into a Market House. That\u2019s extreme upcycling !<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cNew Market House: now with extra castle in it!\u201d\u00a0 &#8211; I wonder what people said about it when they built it ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Bulldozer roars.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> There goes the mid-18th and 19th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">century walls\u2026 crash, bang, history in a dusty heap.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Do you know what it was like here on market day long ago?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Bit like today, only with fewer cars and more cows. And posher writers. That fella William Makepeace Thackeray came through in 1842. He said the stagecoach only did seven miles an hour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Thackeray saw the Market House full of people, peasants in blue cloaks, women selling buttermilk, bullocks\u2019 hearts and livers\u2026 and dried mackerel. So basically, a shop without a fridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And without the smell control. Tuesdays were market days, and there were big cattle fairs too \u2013 May 4th, first Tuesday in July, September 17th and November 26th. Imagine all the mooing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And all the pooping- horrible smells from chickens, ducks, geese , cows, pigs you name it-<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Both laugh.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> At the crossroads of the main streets stood this big Market House. It had a butter market, a constabulary station, courts, and even a victualler\u2019s shop.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> A family called the O\u2019Sheas lived upstairs. They took the town tolls until they were evicted in 1871 by Captain Shuldham. There were riots and everything. Imagine being thrown out of your house and it turning into a corn store.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then in the early 1900s it got even busier: vet\u2019s practice, a cinema upstairs, boxing gym, and later a Local Defence Force training hall. And a drapery called Paris House. Dunmanway\u2019s own mini<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Paris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: By the 1950s, the bottom bit stopped being a market and was just a store. No one thought the bulldozers would come next.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">(Bulldozer knocks another chunk.)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Somewhere near Park Road there used to be a brewery in 1831 making 2,600 barrels of porter and ale a year. And tanyards down Tanyard Lane, and boulting mills grinding flour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then there were the streetlights and the first electricity in 1911 from Gillespie\u2019s powerhouse. All because someone thought Dunmanway was important enough for a 20<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">horsepower unit. Very fancy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And look \u2013 D. Crowley\u2019s shop is still trading in the Square. Mrs. Dans lives on!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Buildings fall, but the stories don\u2019t- they live on in our town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8932\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"3\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8932\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 3: The Atkins Family: Industry, Employment &amp; Science <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8932\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f461832 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f461832\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3bd77b0 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"3bd77b0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2112 post-2112 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1502\" alt=\"An illustration for a plaque titled &quot;The Atkins Family: Industry, Employment &amp; Science&quot;. The left side depicts a traditional saddler or cobbler&apos;s workshop, displaying a saddle, boots, and tools on a workbench. The image sweeps to the right into a modern scientific graphic featuring a DNA double helix, molecular honeycomb structures, and the words &quot;RNA&quot;, &quot;What is life?&quot;, &quot;DNA&quot;, and &quot;RECODING&quot; against a dark, starry background.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-1024x426.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-768x320.webp 768w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-1536x640.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-2048x853.webp 2048w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-3-scaled-e1779269131787-18x7.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddbcf2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ddbcf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-448b748 elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"448b748\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8932 e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62eb40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f62eb40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bee24b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bee24b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 3: From Tanyards to Laboratories<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s Senior Girls School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Emma<\/li>\n<li>Sara<\/li>\n<li>Leah<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">School science lab in Dunmanway. The girls are getting microscopes ready.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> You know, every time we are in here in the school lab,\u00a0 I think it\u2019s mad that one Dunmanway family was at the heart of Dunmanway\u2019s early industry with a tannery producing leather, sawmills\u2026.. \u00a0 and \u2026 now one of them is a specialist about tiny germs and genes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That sounds like one of your history stories. Which family is it ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Atkins family, of course. Emma talks about them more than about homework! It\u2019s a great story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The Atkins name is part of\u00a0 Dunmanway\u2019s history. They came to the town in the 1700s having originally lived in the Lettergorman area in the late 1600s.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So before Bunsen burners, they just had cows?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Kind of! In the late 1700s, John Atkins set up a tannery on River Lane \u2013 that\u2019s Tanyard Lane near the car park but closer to the river near the current post office. They used local animal skins and turned them into leather for boots and horse harnesses. It helped turn Dunmanway from just a market town into a busy working town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I read that most of the skins were local, but some even came all the way from Colorado in America. Imagine those skins travelling that far in the 1800s!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The jobs had cool names \u2013 curriers and tanners. Curriers smoothed the leather; tanners changed the raw skin into proper leather. Did you know that they used oak bark to tan a hide and the process took nearly 9 months?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> There were three tanneries over\u00a0 a period of nearly two hundred years, with stables and a bridge over the river. The last tannery closed in 1929 and was demolished in 1961, the same year &#8211; the last train left the town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They did not stop there. They had sawmills too, and in 1878 the Atkins family opened an agricultural shop in Cork city. That grew into John Atkins &amp; Co. Ltd \u2013 still selling farm machines and garden stuff today.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u201cAtkins Mills\u201d here in town used a strong engine called a Blackstone engine to power the mill. Their \u201cSupreme\u201d grocery brands, sawmills, and shops were part of everyday life in Dunmanway until the business was sold to McMahons of Limerick in 1974.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And then the story jumps into 21<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">st<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> century- science! Professor John F. Atkins \u2013 from the same family \u2013 is a scientist who studies how our cells read instructions from our genes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Like when a recipe tells you how to bake a cake?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Exactly. It\u2019s the recipe book in our cells \u2013 it is kind of hard to describe. Maybe when we get to secondary school \u2013 it will be easier to understand. It\u2019s all about Recoding they say!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Professor Atkins was the first Irish person in a big science group called the European Molecular Biology Organization. He managed laboratories in many countries including at\u00a0 University Collee Cork and is an honorary professor of genetics at Trinity College \u2013 where he studied as a student.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In the late 1960s and 70s he showed that cells do not always read the RNA instructions in a simple way. Sometimes they \u201cchange gear\u201d while reading. That idea is called \u201crecoding.\u201d He co- invented the word Recoding ! It sounds tricky, but it helps scientists understand how life works.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So the family went from lining up animal skins in the tannery\u2026.\u2026 to lining up tiny genetic instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He wrote important books about RNA.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And in 2013 he helped bring a big sculpture called \u201cWhat is Life?\u201d to the Botanic Gardens in Dublin \u2013 blending science and art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Scientists were so impressed with his work that they even named a whole family of tiny viruses after him: Atkins\u00a0 viidae. That\u2019s a huge honour.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> During Covid, his team in UCC and a Swiss team found a weak point in how the Covid virus copies itself. Discoveries like that can help make better treatments in the future.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Leah:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So the Atkins family went from tanning hides and running mills\u2026 to studying genes and helping fight pandemics.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Sara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That really is some family history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Emma:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And it all started here in Dunmanway.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8933\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"4\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8933\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 4: Famous Artist &amp; Space Explorers <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8933\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c96b16 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c96b16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b3d293e elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"b3d293e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2127 post-2127 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-4-scaled-e1779269398635-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1503\" alt=\"An illustration for a plaque titled &quot;Famous Artist &amp; Space Explorers&quot;. On the left is a wooden artist&apos;s palette with dabs of paint and a paintbrush. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8933 e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62eb40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f62eb40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bee24b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bee24b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 4: From Dunmanway to the Stars<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s Senior Girls School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aoife<\/li>\n<li>Ciara<\/li>\n<li>Niamh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>School corridor in Dunmanway, outside a classroom with a big NASA poster on the door.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Look at that poster \u2013 rockets, planets, everything. Hard to believe people from around here are actually part of that story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Remember &#8211; the time you told the teacher we should rename Dunmanway \u201cSpaceway\u201d?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Hey, it kind of fits! We\u2019ve got two NASA legends with Dunmanway roots: Eileen Collins and Michael Collins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Different Collins families, same idea \u2013 straight from West Cork to outer space.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So remind me, what\u2019s the story with Eileen again?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Eileen Marie Collins was born in New York in 1956, but her great<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">great<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">grandad Jeremiah Collins came from the Lisbealad\/Drinagh side of Dunmanway. His wife was probably from Kinneigh. They emigrated to America in the mid<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1800s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Their great<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">great<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">granddaughter ends up flying the Space Shuttle. I bet when they left famine Ireland, \u201cspace pilot\u201d wasn\u2019t on the family plan.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Didn\u2019t she actually visit Cork?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, and members of the Dunmanway Historical Society met her. Imagine being the person who says, \u201cWelcome home, Commander.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And she really had to graft. Her family struggled for money, so she paid for her own flying lessons at first.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> She went to Syracuse and Stanford universities , became a maths instructor at the Air Force Academy, and a test pilot also.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> NASA picked her in 1990 to be an astronaut. In 1995 she became the first woman to pilot a space shuttle, and was honoured by President Clinton at the White House. In 1999 she commanded the Columbia mission STS<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">93 \u2013 making history as the first woman ever to command a shuttle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Five days in space, taking ultraviolet pictures of Earth, the Moon, Mercury, Venus and Jupiter, and checking how plants grow up there.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I love what she said: \u201cI want to do well because I know I\u2019m representing other women, other pilots.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And she\u2019s loaded with awards \u2013 Distinguished Flying Cross, NASA medals, even the French Legion of Honor.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Okay, your turn,\u00a0 the\u00a0 other\u00a0 Collins.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Michael Collins, Apollo 11. Born in Rome in 1930, piloted the command module while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the Moon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> His grandfather, Jeremiah Bernard Collins, came from Droumdrastill near Dunmanway and left as a boy in the 1860s. He ended up in Ohio, then fought in the American Civil War as a drummer boy\u00a0 and later drove horses to Texas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 He ended up in New Orleans, working for a grocer called James Lawton, he married the boss\u2019s daughter Kate, and together they ran a shop with a pub in the back. Eleven kids \u2013 a big Irish family!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> One of those kids was James Lawton Collins, who became a Major General in the U.S. Army, served in both World Wars, and was stationed in Rome when Michael was born.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So: from post famine<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">era Dunmanway,\u00a0 to astronaut Michael Collins, piloting the first Moon landing -that\u2019s not bad for a \u201csmall place in West Cork.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Between Eileen and Michael-\u00a0 I\u2019m starting to think Dunmanway\u2019s real export wasn\u2019t linen or leather \u2013 it\u2019s astronauts !!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ciara:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Grand plans so. I\u2019ll be the first girl from Dunmanway on Mars.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I\u2019ll design your mission patch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And I\u2019ll write the history talk. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2120\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2120\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8933 e-n-accordion-item-2120\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0f1fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec0f1fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5691f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5691f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 4: Thomas Hovenden -The Famine Orphan Who Painted America-Dunmanway\u2019s Unsung Artist<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s Senior Girls School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aoife<\/li>\n<li>Kate<\/li>\n<li>Mia<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Art room in a Dunmanway school. The children are working on drawings while chatting.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> My hand is wrecked from all this shading. Our teacher says, \u201cThe more you shade, the more you see.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That\u2019s because of the new hero artist we learned about, what\u2019s-his-name\u2026 Thomas Hovenden?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah, the famine orphan from Dunmanway who became a famous painter in America. I still can\u2019t believe he started out right here in Dunmanway!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He was born on 28 December 1840, just down the road, in the old Bridewell on Main Street. His dad, Robert, was the gaolkeeper and his mam, Ellen Bryan, was the daughter of a Methodist minister.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: So, he literally grew up in a prison?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Well Kind of. The building still looks like a Victorian gaol, with that carved stone front. Imagine playing hide-and-seek there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Not very cosy, especially during the famine. In 1846\u201347 both his parents died from famine illnesses, and he and his brother John and sister Elizabeth were sent to an orphanage in Cork City.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That\u2019s awful. So how did he go from being in an orphanage to becoming one of America\u2019s most famous artists?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In Cork, the teachers spotted he was great at drawing. He was apprenticed to a gilder called Tolerton. Tolerton helped him get into the Cork School of Design around 1860, maybe because of this amazing drawing he did of the Venus de Milo.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Some of his early watercolours and that Venus drawing turned up in exhibition catalogues later, even in the Smithsonian, while he was living in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Our teacher said he was known for his shading technique, hiding little details in the dark bits so the more you look, the more you see. That\u2019s why she\u2019s making us shade till our hands fall off.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Then he emigrated in 1863, from Queenstown\u2014Cobh now\u2014on a ship called the City of Baltimore. He lived in Philadelphia, Baltimore and New York, and studied art in Paris under a big-name painter, Alexandre Cabanel.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He even lived near the famous Louvre. In 1875 he met another artist, Helen Corson, in Brittany. They married, had a son and a daughter, and he became a professor of painting at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. He was made an American citizen in 1887.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> From a Famine orphan to a professor in America. That\u2019s some change.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He painted over a hundred works about everyday life and especially African American people. In \u201cChloe and Sam\u201d he showed coloured domestic life with real tenderness and respect, which was unusual at the time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And \u201cThe Last Moments of John Brown\u201d shows the abolitionist , Brown , on his way to be executed. It is in in\u00a0 The Met Art Gallery in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: My favourite painting\u00a0 is the one he called\u00a0 \u201cBreaking Home Ties\u201d \u2013 the one with the boy leaving his family farm. It was voted the most popular painting at the Chicago World\u2019s Fair in 1893.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Hovenden\u2019s death notice in a Cleveland paper called him a \u201chero artist.\u201d They said no one should be surprised that he died trying to save a child, because he\u2019d always been a compassionate and\u00a0 \u201cobscure\u201d hero of people.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That\u2019s how he died in 1895 \u2013 hit by a train while trying to save a young girl.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He sounds brave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> His fame faded for a while, but during the Civil Rights era people got interested again in how kindly he painted African Americans and our teacher has got interested in his work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Kate: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It\u2019s a great story but my hand is sore from shading<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mia:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Oh well &#8211; if Thomas could draw in an orphanage and a gaol, we can survive double art on a Monday.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8934\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"5\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8934\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 5: John Duffy &amp; Sons Circus Depot <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8934\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60af317 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60af317\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-52bd8ac elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"52bd8ac\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2022 post-2022 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Plq-5-scaled-e1779269581382-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1504\" alt=\"A monochrome illustration featuring a circus theme. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8934 e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62eb40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f62eb40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bee24b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bee24b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 5:\u00a0 Duffy&#8217;s Circus<\/b><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scoil Phadraig National School<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Narrator<\/li>\n<li>Brian<\/li>\n<li>Tom<\/li>\n<li>Jack<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Dialogue about Amazing Circus Acts in a Poster from the late 1930s or 1940s. Three boys from <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scoil Phadraig National School\u00a0 have gathered in the school yard to discuss an old colourful poster dating between the late 1930s and 1940s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator \u2013\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It is lunch break at Scoil Phadraig National School and some of the boys have gathered in the school yard to discuss an old colourful poster dating between the late 1930s and 1940s. It details all the headline acts that performed at the John Duffy &amp; Sons Circus also known as Ireland\u2019s National Circus and travelling Zoo. The poster mentions the new Big Top designed on the continental style and the amazing artists many of whom were international acts from across the globe, from Switzerland, Belgium, London, America, Czech Republic, France and Asia with Irish acts also. The boys are excited to learn that the circus depot was very close to their school field. It was located at Galvin\u2019s Service Station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look at all those acts on the old John Duffy and Sons\u2019 Circus poster! It must have been a very exciting show. I still can\u2019t believe they stayed in Dunmanway during the Winter. It looks like this poster is dated in October . This was one of their last performances of each season before they Wintered here. My great grand dad told me they called the off -season \u2013 Wintering in Dunmanway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can\u2019t believe that there was a circus behind the school field. I wonder if the young boys of\u00a0 the circus families went to school here when they Wintered in Dunmanway ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I like that the directors, John and James Duffy, are pictured at the top. That makes it feel like they were the big bosses of the whole circus- do you see where it says it was Ireland\u2019s Mightiest Circus as well ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And what a list of acts! There was Gentleman Jack with his pickpocket speciality and that season was his first time in Ireland- some Gentleman he was if he took your wallet or watch !!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ben Hur sounds dramatic too \u2014 the Whirlwind Roman Gladiator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My favourite is Clem Merk\u2019s lions. He was called \u201cSuperman\u201d Merk, and he worked with performing lions. The town must have been very noisy with lions roaring all through the winter nights.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Imagine seeing all that in a circus ring in Dunmanway! not to mind having them live here too .<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And there were trained dogs too \u2014 Cilla\u2019s Dogs, the famous footballing dogs.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s funny. I can just picture them kicking a ball around.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were so many other acts as well. Europe\u2019s most daring high wire act of the time was the Truxa Troupe, and the Riding Cossacks with their double bar act.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Don\u2019t forget the Trapeze! The Evrene Sisters were doing daring trapeze acts.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And the Great Andoras did that \u201cSlide for Life\u201d act &#8211; they say- that was terrifying.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Great Kerfino and Partner were a Dutch balancing act, and the Pontenellas were acrobatic gymnasts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There were elephants and miniature ponies, liberty horses, and even Minoru, the educated pony with the million-dollar brain \u2013 ah how odd was that ! Theres a rumour I heard that the elephant is buried in the next field. Some of the Elephants were called Salt and Pepper and Lilli Marlene \u2013 my Nan said she heard that before when she was young.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plus, the Fabulous Glissons, the man who jumps on his head! That must have made everyone laugh.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It wasn\u2019t all serious though \u2014 the clowns were there too, and international clowns called the Trio Colletti &#8211; and the poster calls them <\/span><b>\u201cPrize Eejits Every One.\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And the Silver Circus Band would have made the whole place feel lively and grand.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Living in Dunmanway back then, especially if you lived in this side of town must have felt like living in a Circus all the time- except when they were on tour!\u00a0 So, this wasn\u2019t just a one-day visit \u2014 it was part of local life.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Brian:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That poster feels like a little window into history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes \u2014 a whole world of lions, horses, dogs, clowns, and acrobats!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Dunmanway must have been buzzing back then.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8935\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"6\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8935\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 6: Education, Revolution &amp; 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Next year we\u2019ll be in the new mixed school with the boys from Scoil Phadraig.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I know. It feels strange\u2026 but kind of exciting too. Miss said it\u2019s \u201cthe end of an era.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah. And look where we\u2019re standing \u2013 the crossroads of Dunmanway.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Main Street, Wesley Place, Church Street and Sackville Street all meet here. She called it the \u201creligious crossroads\u201d of the town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Because everything is around us. There\u2019s St Patrick\u2019s Hall, St Mary\u2019s Church of Ireland, the old convent is behind St Patrick\u2019s Hall, the boys\u2019 school at Sackville Street, the Methodist church, now known as Atkins Hall is all nearby.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> St Patrick\u2019s Parochial Hall was built in the 1880s. People used to call it the Town Hall. It had dances, concerts, plays \u2013 all sorts of events were held there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And right beside it are the old convent gates \u2013 where the nuns lived. The Daughters of Charity, isn\u2019t that what they\u2019re called?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They started in Paris in 1633. They came to Ireland to help the poor \u2013 teaching, looking after sick people, and helping families. In 1887 Canon Lane, the parish priest, asked them to come to Dunmanway to run the Catholic school.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> At first they didn\u2019t even have a convent. They rented Brookpark House up on Quarry Road and taught in a tiny, whitewashed school beside St Patrick\u2019s Church \u2013 where the Nun\u2019s Plot is now.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They were busy! They taught children by day, visited the workhouse, and even did night classes for grown<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">ups. Sister Mary Blundell started a boarding school called St Vincent\u2019s High School. Some of the first girls came all the way from Lanark in Scotland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The convent here was copied from their convent in Lanark too. It was built on land called the \u201cTurret\u201d or \u201cForest,\u201d from a solicitor, Francis Fitzmaurice. Miss said he lived in Carbery House and was caught up in the revolutionary history of 1922.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> By 1889 the convent was built, and a new primary school on the sloping ground behind St Patrick\u2019s Hall. Later, the De La Salle Brothers opened the boys\u2019 school in the 1890s. That\u2019s how Dunmanway became known for its schools.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the nuns were great for music \u2013 choirs, little orchestras, piano lessons. And don\u2019t forget the Home Economics! People still talk about their amazing Christmas cakes with fancy icing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So, when our schools join together in 2026, it\u2019s like another crossroads moment. Things are changing again,\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Molly<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: But the history is still here \u2013 the halls, the churches, the convent \u2013 and now our new school will be part of the story too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Katie:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Exactly. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2120\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2120\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8935 e-n-accordion-item-2120\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0f1fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec0f1fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5691f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5691f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 6:<\/b><b>Dark Days and New Beginnings<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>St Mary\u2019s Girls Senior School NS<\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Aoife<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Una<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Niamh<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting: <\/b><\/h3>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three friends from school are standing near St Patrick\u2019s Hall after a history walk.<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That tour was kind of scary. Our town had a lot of fighting back then in the 1920s.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It did, but it\u2019s important we know about it. See over there, beside St Patrick\u2019s Hall? That used to be the RIC barracks \u2013 the old police station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> RIC? What ??<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Royal &#8211; Irish &#8211; Constabulary. They were the police force in Ireland before the Garda\u00ed. Their barracks here was built so they could see all four streets \u2013 Main Street, Sackville Street, Church Street and Wesley Place \u2013 like a lookout crossroads.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Miss said that people were told to stay away from the RIC, and later new men came from Britain to act like the police they were called the Black and Tans because of the colours of their uniforms.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They were mostly based in the Workhouse, weren\u2019t they?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah. But they were very cruel and even sent the patients away or rather threw them out whether they were sick or not. People were afraid of them.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Families had to cover their windows at night so no light showed through, or the Tans might think there was a secret meeting and raid the house.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And then that awful event in 1920\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When Canon Magner, the priest, and a young man, Tadhg Crowley, were shot by an Auxiliary officer on the road outside town. They weren\u2019t armed at all. So sad!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> There\u2019s a monument at Canon Magner\u2019s grave in St Patrick\u2019s churchyard, and another at the place where they were shot. People still visit there.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> And the Dunmanway massacre? What\u2019s that about ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> In April 1922, during a shaky peace, fourteen Protestant men were killed around here and in the Bandon Valley. No one ever took responsibility. Historians still argue over why it happened, but everyone agrees it was a terrible time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Three of them were from &#8211; right here in town \u2013 Mr Fitzmaurice at Carbery House, and Mr Gray and Mr Buttimer on Sackville Street. They all had shops and were well known locally.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It\u2019s really sad thinking neighbours could be killed like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It is. That\u2019s why we remember it carefully, so we don\u2019t repeat it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> But the story doesn\u2019t end there. After all that, people started to rebuild. Do you remember T. J. Murphy from the classroom display?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The man with the glasses in the photo?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes. He moved to Dunmanway and became a TD for Cork West in 1923. Later he was was Minister for Local Government. He helped rebuild the burned Workhouse into Dunmanway Cottage Hospital, with wards and a maternity unit, and pushed for new council houses so families had better homes, not just here in town but all over Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Niamh:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That\u2019s why there\u2019s a T. J. Murphy Place near here \u2013 named after him.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Una:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So &#8211; the town went from dark days to new houses and a hospital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Exactly. Our history has both sad and hopeful parts. And we\u2019re the ones telling the next chapter.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8936\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"7\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8936\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 7: Railway History - Larry O\u2019Brien - The White House <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8936\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-de3a8a3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"de3a8a3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-aad6e20 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"aad6e20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2030 post-2030 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-7-scaled-e1779269996427-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1506\" alt=\"A monochrome illustration showing civic and transport themes. 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But how did people get around?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They didn\u2019t easily. Back in the 1820s, railways in Ireland were only planned for big cities. West Cork was really hard to reach.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Why?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The land was rough and hilly. And the roads we use now didn\u2019t exist yet\u2014some were only built during the famine. People sometimes travelled by sea instead. It was easier!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> So when did the trains come?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: It took years. From 1836, committees were formed. They built tunnels, viaducts, and laid tracks. Then in 1863, Lord Carbery turned the first sod for the West Cork Railway\u2014with a silver spade and a special engraved wheelbarrow\u00a0 &#8211; or so the story goes!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That sounds like something out of Thomas the Tank Engine! Fancy tools and important people.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yeah\u2014but real engines came soon after. By May 1866, trains reached Dunmanway. The official opening was in June, with little fuss. At first, they even had a temporary station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> What were the trains like? Were they like Thomas?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Not exactly\u2014but they had great names: Patience and Perseverance. They were olive green with red and black lines, built in Lancashire, and worked for about thirty years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I love those names. Did the railway go far?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It did. Three parts\u2014Bandon to Ballineen, Ballineen to Dunmanway, and then to Skibbereen. The last part opened in 1877 after lots of trouble, especially at Gloundha where they had to break through rock.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That must have been really hard work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It was. But it helped the town grow. Mills, tanneries, and factories could send goods all over the country and the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife :<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Is anything still left?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u00a0Tom: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0The Railway Hotel is now the Parkway Hotel. The old station house and water crane are at Brookpark Veterinary Clinic. And there\u2019s part of a bridge in Milleenananig.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That\u2019s amazing\u2026 but I heard something sad too.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: Yeah. It was also where people said goodbye before leaving for America.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: When did it all end?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> The last train left on March 31st, 1961. After nearly 100 years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I wish we could have seen it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Tom:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Me too\u2026 but we can still follow where the tracks used to be.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8936\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3a899 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd3a899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8936\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d203a7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d203a7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93906fc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93906fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8d6d20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8d6d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-scaled.webp\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753283e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"753283e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca69bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"ca69bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2120\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2120\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8936 e-n-accordion-item-2120\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ec0f1fc e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ec0f1fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5691f24 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5691f24\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 7: <\/b><b>Larry O\u2019Brien and the White House Connection<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Derrinacahara National School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Three children chat about a recent school project<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">For our project we did the \u201cDunmanway to America\u201d story, and it was so cool! We started with the old railway, from the area around Brewery Lane, now Park Road, and the Clonakilty Road.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yeah, that was where people used to say goodbye. Families would stand on the platform at Dunmanway Station, waving as the train left for Cork. The line closed in 1961 with the last train ever leaving here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 3:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Now the site has the Brookpark Veterinary Clinic, the Parkway Hotel, and houses built along the old track. It\u2019s like the railway turned into a road leading to new stories.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Across from the hotel, the area became a mini factory zone in the 1960s and 70s\u2014a German steel\u00a0 factory, a hat factory, and a carpet factory.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And guess what? That carpet factory made a special rug for President John F. Kennedy, ordered by his friend Larry O\u2019Brien\u2014who was a Dunmanway man in the White House, even though he was born in America. He visited his aunt Julia in Dunmanway a few times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 3:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Larry\u2019s mother, Myra Sweeney, came from Dunmanway in 1903, and she was one of about ten siblings! Only her sister Julia stayed behind, looking after their parents Denis and Anne Sweeney of Direens, Dunmanway. They\u2019re all buried in St. Patrick\u2019s Churchyard.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In America, Larry grew up in Springfield, Massachusetts, where the Kennedys lived too. He became a top campaigner and right<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">hand man to JFK.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When Kennedy came to Cork in 1963, Larry\u2019s aunt Julia met him. He was in the next car when JFK was shot and later wrote about flying back on Air Force One with the body\u2014so sad, but such an important moment in history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 3:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After that, Larry worked for President Johnson, then became Postmaster General of the United States, he must have had a huge stamp collection, and then became the head of the Democratic National Committee. His name was mentioned even in the messy Watergate story under President Nixon.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then he switched to sports!\u00a0 A lover of Basketball &#8211; he became NBA Commissioner in 1975, promoted basketball , and got named Sportsman of the Year in 1976.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1984 the NBA\u2019s big trophy \u2013 that\u2019s like the All Ireland for basketball- only in America<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1,\u00a0 was named after him\u2014the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 3:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that\u2019s the link\u2014both the Larry O\u2019Brien Trophy and the Sam Maguire Cup connect giants of sport back to this tiny town in West Cork.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, from goodbye trains to American presidents to basketball, our project showed that Dunmanway\u2019s story doesn\u2019t end here\u2014it goes all the way to America and beyond.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8937\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"8\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8937\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 8: School Heroes: Sam Maguire &amp; 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Then we will hear from pupils Aoife, Cian and Jack who were having a chat about\u00a0 the legendary Sam Maguire who attended their school<\/span><b>.\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Model School, located on the Bantry Road, has a very interesting history, it was built in 1848 in the later years of the Irish Famine by the Commissioners of National Education. It is an impressive building built in a neo- Tudor &amp; Victorian style with a few additions over the centuries. When it opened it was a literary school, and it had an agricultural department and an adjoining Model farm. Boys and girls attended, with a headmaster and headmistress and a number of teachers. Many of the teachers lived on site. An agricultural superintendent gave agricultural classes daily to the older students. It also had boarding students. By the end of its first month in operation, it had 164 pupils. Within five years the school was overcrowded with over 260 pupils.\u00a0 It can boast a few famous past pupils. One in particular is the legendary GAA sportsman and political activist, Sam Maguire who\u2019s name and trophy honours his contribution to Ireland\u2019s National Game of Gaelic Football.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Aoife, what famous person are you doing your history project on ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0I am doing mine on the Legendary Sam Maguire, one of Dunmanway\u2019s famous sons.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The one they named the All-Ireland football trophy after.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes , That\u2019s the man! Sam Maguire was born in 1877 in the townland of Mallabraca, up north of the town. He was the son of John Maguire and Jane Kingston, and he had six brothers and sisters, so his house must have been very noisy!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What did his parents do ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They were tenant farmers, working on land owned by Colonel Shuldham, who lived at Coolkellure House.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So- did he just spend his days milking cows and playing football? I suppose he learned farming here when they had the agricultural department and model farm here in the olden days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They say that he was an excellent student &#8211;\u00a0 his teachers said he\u2019d be perfect for the British Civil Service. Back then, that was a big opportunity. Students from the area even prepared for the exams in a special school at Ardfield.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did he pass those exams and what happened then ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! He joined the Civil Service in London and that\u2019s where he really felt his identity as an Irishman. He started playing Gaelic football in London, joined GAA clubs, and helped organise them. But guess what\u2014he played in many finals and never won an All<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ireland medal!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Talk about unlucky!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Politically, he became very active. It\u2019s said that Sam introduced Michael Collins to the Irish Republican Brotherhood. He had great organisational skills, though some parts of his life are still a bit of a mystery.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This sounds a bit like a secret agent with a football in his hand!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After the Treaty of 1922, he joined the Irish Civil Service in Dublin. But he argued so much with his bosses that he was dismissed and returned to Mallabraca in 1924.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What happened then ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He returned to his home and died in 1927 at just 49 years old- it\u2019s a bit of a sad story.\u00a0 He\u2019s buried in Saint Mary\u2019s Church of Ireland Graveyard on Main Street.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is that the church with the Cox family vault and Henry Cox\u2019s name over the door?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exactly. The church was founded in 1821 by Henry Cox. Sam and his family were regular worshippers there. In 1949, people put a Celtic Cross on his grave to honour his work for the GAA and Irish nationalism. In 1974, they opened Sam Maguire Memorial Park in town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where does the Sam Maguire Cup come into the story?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">His friends commissioned the Sam Maguire Cup, inspired by the Ardagh Chalice, and made from silver. It was first awarded in 1928 to County Kildare. In 2002 his statue in the Square was unveiled.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And what about the bells- why are they called the Sam Maguire Community Bells?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Aoife:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2017, the community paid for eight new Sam Maguire Community Bells in St Mary\u2019s Church. Two of them are inscribed \u201cSam Maguire 1877\u20131927\u201d, and each of the 8 bells reflect themes of Dunmanway\u2019s heritage\u2014Sport, War and Revolution, Agriculture, People, Migration, Religion, Education and Arts, and Industry and Commerce.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Jack:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, every time those bells ring, it\u2019s like Dunmanway is saying, \u201cDon\u2019t forget Sam!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cian:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thanks for telling us the story of Dunmanway\u2019s Giant of sport and history!<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8937\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3a899 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd3a899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8937\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d203a7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d203a7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93906fc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93906fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8d6d20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8d6d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-scaled.webp\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753283e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"753283e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca69bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"ca69bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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The article is all about what Sports Day at the Model School was like in 1911. At that time Francis Beamish of Acres, was headmaster of the Model School. He was appointed in 1903. He was a farmer\u2019s son, a fine scholar, a sports lover, and even an expert beekeeper. Their teacher has told them all about the headmaster and his family\u2019s love of sport and also his children\u2019s amazing contribution to Irish Rugby and their military careers in World War 2<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That was an amazing article we learned about earlier ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes , did you hear how the headmasters\u2019 children George and Charles also won some of the sport\u2019s day games and they also had a sort of fancy dress competition also at the Sports Day. I didn\u2019t think they had sports days in school over a century ago.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> It seems like they did. Did you notice that he had a hobby as a beekeeper and wrote articles about bees? That\u2019s amazing!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> \u00a0 It is! Can you remember what happened after he left Dunmanway with his family. They were an amazing family, teacher told us so many amazing facts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: in 1912 the headmaster Francis Beamish was promoted to School Inspector, so he and his family moved to the north and later settled in Coleraine. During the revolutionary years in the 1920s, they were separated from Dunmanway for a long time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> How many children did he have?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 1:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I think teacher said it was\u00a0 Six: Victor, Charles, George, Cecil, Kathleen, and Eileen. Some were born in the headmaster\u2019s residence next door to our school- before their father\u2019s promotion. They all became famous too?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0 I love rugby and it was great to hear that all four boys played rugby at different levels, and George and Charles made the biggest headlines in the rugby world before the Second World War.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 1<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0 George was capped 25 times for Ireland and toured New Zealand with the Lions in 1930, playing at number eight. While\u00a0 Charles scored Ireland\u2019s first-ever try against New Zealand on 7 December 1935 at Lansdowne Road. The next year he toured Argentina with the Lions in 1936 and was capped 12 times for Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> That\u2019s so cool!\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 1 &#8211;<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Cecil and the sisters were excellent golfers too, and they won many competitions. The Beamish family also had strong links with Portrush Golf Club. Wow &#8211; they were a sports family and a brave family.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Pupil 2:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I remember one cool detail the teacher told us\u00a0 &#8211; George helped persuade the Lions management in 1930 to add a touch of green to the socks, because Ireland had not been properly represented in the team kit ! How mad is that? 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2530\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2530\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8937 e-n-accordion-item-2530\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60207e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60207e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26cc3ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26cc3ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 8: The Flying Beamishes of World War Two<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>The Model School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Teacher<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pupil 1<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pupil 2<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>A teacher and two pupils are having a chat about the famous Flying Beamishes who were born at and attended the Model School.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sir, you said the Beamish brothers were famous in rugby, but they were also heroes in the Second World war?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, they weren\u2019t just rugby stars\u2014they were \u201cFlying Beamishes\u201d in the sky! Group Captain Victor Beamish served with great courage in the Second World War. He was a fighter pilot and flight trainer, even on loan to the Canadian Air Force before the war.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did he get any medals?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He got many! In 1940, King George VI gave him the Distinguished Service Order (DSO) for his bravery during the Battle of Britain. Later, he was awarded a Bar to his DSO, which means he earned a second DSO medal.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wow! He must have been a top pilot.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He was. He was shot down in 1942 by a German Fw 190 over the English Channel near Calais. A street in Kenley in England, near the Aerodrome is named Victor Beamish Avenue to remember him. He was a spectacular aviator.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What about his brother George?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air Marshal Sir George Beamish survived the war and had a very distinguished career. He served in the Battle of Crete in 1941 and was senior RAF officer there in Crete.\u00a0 After the war he became Director of Weapons at the Air Ministry and then Commandant at RAF Cranwell in 1949.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did he get any special awards too?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes he got lots of medals, they both did. General Eisenhower gave him the American Legion of Merit before the end of the war. His brother Charles Beamish also got the same medal, later presented by President Harry Truman in 1946.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And what did Charles do in the war?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Group Captain Charles Beamish flew over the beaches of Normandy during the D<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Day landings in 1944. They both flew many types of aircraft including the famous Spitfires and he had a very interesting military career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What about Cecil and the sisters, the other children \u2013 you said there were six children?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cecil was a dentist with the RAF medical unit. He helped wounded soldiers with facial reconstruction and dentistry. He was a close friend of Archibald McIndoe, who pioneered plastic surgery and helped wounded airmen in the Guinea Pig Club.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The sisters too?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! Sisters Eileen and Kathleen both served in the RAF medical side and became Flight Lieutenants. In fact, the Beamish family gave the Second World War two Group Captains, one Air Marshal, one Vice<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u2011<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Air Marshal, and two Flight Lieutenants.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Child 1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So , on the rugby field\u2014and in the sky\u2014what a legacy from one Dunmanway family!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exactly. From the old headmaster of the Model School to his brave sons and daughters, the Beamish family\u2019s story of sport and courage may never be matched again.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The class is on a walking tour near the Lakeside, Dunmanway.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8938\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"9\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8938\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 9: Castles - Horse Fairs &amp; Races <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8938\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a3eb04c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a3eb04c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8debc00 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"8debc00\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2059 post-2059 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1508\" alt=\"A monochrome rural scene. On the left, a man wearing a flat cap and a rugged jacket stands in a field, holding the lead ropes of two horses. The background shows rolling hills and sparse trees. On the right, a large, four-storey stone castle or tower house with turrets is depicted against a dark, speckled night sky, with a small path leading to its entrance.\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-1024x426.webp 1024w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-300x125.webp 300w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-768x320.webp 768w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-1536x640.webp 1536w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-2048x853.webp 2048w, https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-9-scaled-e1779279027157-18x7.webp 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ddbcf2 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3ddbcf2\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-8939\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"10\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-8939\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 10: 19th Century Visitors &amp; 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On a sunny day, the lake is alive with ducks, swans and fish jumping including the notorious pike. Fed by streams that tumble down the northern hills beside Saint Patrick\u2019s Church, the Lake itself in turn feeds a small stream that the drains into the Bandon River at the Longbridge. The Longbridge and the Lake have a history with the Cox family who founded the town of Dunmanway in 1693 and built the multiple arched bridge across the Bandon River. In the mid-1800s a priest Fr Buckley a priest who served in Enniskeane and Drimoleague composed a ballad singing the praises of Dunmanway town, a verse of which showcases the lake :<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>\u201ctis there a lake is where with the duck and drake is,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>And the crane can take his sweet feast of frogs ,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>But when night comes round it, the spirits surround it,<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Since in it was drowned Sir Richard Cox\u201d<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tales of the lake are often spoken about locally. Local Lore claims that various members of the Cox family\u2013 not necessarily Richard, had tragic accidents at the lake, from spooked horses and carriages entering the water to boating accidents.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">As regards famous visitors to the area of Chapel Street \u2013 let the pupils\u00a0 of Scoil Phadraig tell you more in the next audio segments.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8939\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3a899 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd3a899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8939\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d203a7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d203a7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93906fc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93906fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8d6d20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8d6d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-scaled.webp\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753283e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"753283e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca69bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"ca69bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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Today we\u2019re going to hear about some very special people from Dunmanway\u2019s past.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mr Creedon, you said we\u2019re going to talk about Father Doheny?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes. Father James Doheny was the parish priest here from 1818 for 30 years. He was born in Tipperary in 1786 and he was hardworking and outspoken.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So &#8211; was he like the first priest of St Patrick\u2019s Church?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> No, there was a small thatched\u00a0 earlier church already. The Penal Laws in the 1600s had stopped Catholics from building churches, but by the 1790s they were relaxed a bit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>James<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Penal Laws? What were they?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> They were harsh rules that stopped Catholics from owning land, voting, or even holding public office. Here, the local priest Father Coghlan used to say Mass in that tiny, thatched cabin near the long bridge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So how did they all fit into the small cabin?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They didn\u2019t &#8211; The story goes that Henry Hamilton Cox, a descendant of Sir Richard Cox who founded Dunmanway, saw lots of people kneeling near the bridge. He felt sorry for them as these were his tenants, so he gave Father Coghlan land nearby for a proper church in 1793.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That\u2019s kind of him!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Then In 1834, Father Doheny replaced that little church with the beautiful St Patrick\u2019s Church we see today. He also built Togher and Ballinacarriga Churches. He was very hardworking. He was very popular in the community, but he wasn\u2019t afraid to speak his mind. He didn\u2019t like violent political groups. He believed in changing things the peaceful way, like Daniel O\u2019Connell did.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> that O\u2019Connell \u2013 known as the Liberator?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! Father Doheny has some famous friends like O\u2019Connell, Father Mathew- the temperance priest, and William Joseph O\u2019Neill Daunt. Fr Doheny even held a huge \u201cGreat Repeal and Tithe Meeting\u201d in 1832 in the church grounds, with thousands of people attending.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>James:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Where did he live? Did he live in the presbytery where the\u00a0 priests live today?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In the 1830s he lived in a house in Gurteenasowna with his sister Alice, and later his brother Thomas and his family joined him. Thomas\u2019s daughter Mary became his housekeeper a few years later and inherited the property. Local\u00a0 stories say it was Mary who hosted Daniel O\u2019Connell and Father Mathew when they visited Dunmanway. Father Doheny later leased land on Doheny\u2019s Lane for his brothers and himself as the family faced hardship.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> When did he retire?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He retired in 1848 and moved to Lakelands, where lived until he died there at 80 years of age. Nobody knows exactly where he is buried. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-2530\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-2530\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-8939 e-n-accordion-item-2530\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-60207e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"60207e3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26cc3ad elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"26cc3ad\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 10: Visitors to the Area- William Daunt O\u2019Neill, Daniel O\u2019Connell &amp; Father Mathew<br \/>\n<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Scoil Phadraig<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Patrick\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Se\u00e1n\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">James<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Mr Creedon (Teacher)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Near the Doheny Family plot is William Joseph O\u2019Neill Daunt.He was a Protestant gentleman who converted to Catholicism in the presence of Father Mathew.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">He sounds important.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He was. He inherited Kilcascan Castle near Ballineen when he was only 19 \u2013 after his father died in a duel in 1826. That duel, with Daniel Connor, is one of the last fatal duels in Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A duel? Like with swords?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> With pistols, actually. After that, William Joseph entered politics, became MP for Mallow in 1832, and supported the Repeal of the Act of Union. Daniel O\u2019Connell chose him as his secretary and they founded the Repeal Association together.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>James:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, he was like O\u2019Connell\u2019s helper?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exactly. He was director of the Repeal Association for Leinster and stayed a lifelong friend. He even wrote \u201cPersonal Recollections of the Late Daniel O\u2019Connell\u201d and a diary called \u201cA Life Spent for Ireland.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did he write stories?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, he wrote novels under the pen name \u2013 a fake name &#8211; Denis Ignatius Moriarty. A new plaque put on his grave in 2025 remembers him as one of O\u2019Connell\u2019s staunchest supporters.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And then there\u2019s Catholic Emancipation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, and it\u2019s linked to O\u2019Connell. Catholic Emancipation removed many old laws stopping Catholics from voting or sitting in Parliament. The 1829 Relief Act made it possible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>James:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0So, O\u2019Connell was already a big deal when he came to West Cork?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> He was. In 1841 he was elected MP for County Cork and kept campaigning for Catholic rights .<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When did come here?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 1843. His team decided to hold a huge \u201cMonster Repeal Meeting\u201d in West Cork. A delegation from here, including Father Doheny, asked for a date, and Skibbereen was chosen for 22 June 1843.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did he stop in Dunmanway?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes! On 21 June 1843, O\u2019Connell travelled from Cork,\u00a0 he reached Dunmanway in the afternoon and stayed that night as a guest of Father Doheny at Lakelands.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>James: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How was the journey?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">There was a little disruption in Ballineen, but O\u2019Connell stayed calm. The soldiers were on standby in Dunmanway, but nothing serious happened.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Was Mary there- the housekeeper ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! She helped host O\u2019Connell; she had a reputation for being a wonderful cook. In the morning, he was greeted by the townspeople and Councillor O\u2019Sullivan from Bridgemount gave a speech. Then O\u2019Connell, Father Doheny, and others set off for Skibbereen before noon.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Se\u00e1n:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What\u2019s the connection with Father Mathew ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Teacher:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Father Mathew came here to preach temperance\u2014no alcohol. Two thousand people packed the church grounds, took the pledge, and the day was so long that he finished late at night and stayed in Father Doheny\u2019s house and started administering the pledge again the next day. Father Mathew came back during the Famine, in 1846 and 1847. His visits gave hope and support during the tough times.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, in this small corner of Dunmanway, you have a priest who built churches, a fiery politician\u2013friend, a temperance priest, and a liberator who once slept in Lakelands. That\u2019s the Lakeside\u2019s story in a nutshell. I think that\u2019s the house across the lake over there , where they all stayed.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-89310\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"11\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-89310\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 11: The Great Famine - Earl Grey Orphan Girls <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-89310\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3989e7c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"3989e7c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d7c8f1 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"8d7c8f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2073 post-2073 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"313\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Gemini_Generated_Image_lj17blj17blj17bl-e1779279422796-1024x401.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1578\" alt=\"A monochrome illustration depicting the Irish famine. 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Doesn\u2019t matter how I spread the straw, it still pokes through.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mine too. I thought straw was for beasts, not girls. But at least it\u2019s dry tonight. Remember when it was damp last week? I near froze before dawn. Did you hear that if this overcrowding continues , three of us will have to share our raised-up planks of wood\u00a0 as a bed?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes , they say the workhouse can hold 400 paupers but now it seems it is close to 700 inmates . They are many gathering outside the gate waiting to be admitted and all for a bowl of soup that\u2019s more water than anything else. They call it dinner, but I call it a cruel joke. Still if it keeps us alive. Can you hear the cries for help outside on the road ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Still, there\u2019s work to be done , so we\u2019ve little time to dwell. Spinning all morning, dressmaking in the afternoon\u2014my fingers ache by the time the Matron rings the bell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That department overseer watches us like a hawk in that room. Says every crooked stitch means a little less ration.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And after our stitching, straight to the schoolroom for lessons. Reading, writing and counting- they say it will help to prepare us for something better in the future. I wonder what <\/span><b>\u201cbetter\u201d<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> they mean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">At least in the school we\u2019re warm from the fire. Sundays aren\u2019t so bad either, when we go to the chapel room. All the different faiths taking turns, so no fighting. Still, it\u2019s strange hearing prayers echo from the same whitewashed walls where people sob at night. At the end of the day we are all the same poor paupers and some of us are orphans.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Master Burke says segregation -keeps order. Same as the uniform\u2014we all look alike now. Gray, coarse cloth, itchy and scratchy especially at the neck. Makes me forget what my own pauper dress looked like.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Heaven help is if\u00a0 we step out of line. You heard about the man last week?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The one sent to the black hole ? Yes,- solitary confinement, just for smoking a bit of tobacco. The Master said it was for \u201cMoral Correction.\u201d Poor soul.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It frightens me, Ellen, that six-foot square room under the arch way at the rear, half exposed to the weather. You see what happens when they say you\u2019ve broken the rules. The walls swallow you whole. Oh Ellen &#8211; if the walls could talk and all the stories of starvation they would tell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Best we keep our heads down then, Mary. Do the work and pray for the day we\u2019re free of this institution.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0We will have to hope the soup\u2019s a little thicker tomorrow and has some more meat in it.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-89310\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-dd3a899 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"dd3a899\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-89310\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d203a7e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d203a7e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-93906fc elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"93906fc\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8d6d20 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8d6d20\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/2-scaled.webp\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-753283e elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"753283e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca69bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-n-accordion\" data-id=\"ca69bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;default_state&quot;:&quot;all_collapsed&quot;,&quot;max_items_expended&quot;:&quot;one&quot;,&quot;n_accordion_animation_duration&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;ms&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:400,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"nested-accordion.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-n-accordion\" aria-label=\"Accordion. 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Keep close. The Master said to show you the lay of the place before you help me take the bodies of the poor paupers for burial in Fanlobbus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I\u2019ve never been inside one of these workhouses before.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The other lad that helped me died of the famine fever. So, now it\u2019s your turn to help me as you\u2019ve turned 16. The payment we get from the Guardians of the Workhouse will help us to survive this year, 1847 seems to be looking like it is the worst of these hungry years. Keep your eyes open. There\u2019s rules for everything in this place, the poor inmates are told\u2014when to rise, when to eat, when to speak. Break one, and you\u2019ll find yourself in trouble before you know it.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes father, I suppose there are rules for us grave diggers also, I will remember to keep my head down and not look idle.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> This over here is the yard for rock breaking. Men spend hours each day smashing stone for roadwork. Hard labour. Next to it, at the rear there is a small door in the back wall, that\u2019s where we will take the famine victims to their final resting place. There is a narrow dirt\u00a0 track through the countryside to the back of Fanlobbus Graveyard about a mile and a half away.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus:\u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I didn\u2019t know that there was a dirt track to Fanlobbus from this place. I only remember the new road being built recently under the Board of Works, it passes alongside the old ringfort with the entrance being a set of steps up and over the ditch.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Yes, the mass burial pits are to the rear \u2013 in the hope that disease can be contained there, we must remember to spread lime in the grave pits. In 1845 we were able to lay the paupers side by side in graves but not any more. These days in 1847 we are burying them in multiples.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is that the Fever Hospital over there, it\u2019s made of wood.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes. Sick folk are kept apart to stop it spreading. Pray you don\u2019t end up there; few that enter ever leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: I can smell the carbolic soap from here.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sanitation\u2019s the word they use\u00a0 now.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">How old is the graveyard at Fanlobbus?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They say it dates back to the 6<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> century the century after St Patrick came to Ireland. But some say it goes back to an earlier time and there may have been a bronze age settlement there are it is made up of two circles, a type of double ring fort.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0A saint called Saint Goban Corr is supposed to have set up his small monastery there. The word Corr means stooped in Irish probably from bending down to get into those small cells where they slept.\u00a0 I imagine years ago there was a community there of monks and ordinary people. It was there before the founding of Dunmanway town by Richard Cox in the 17<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> century.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Is St Goban\u2019s church still there ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Only the ruins of a later 9<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> or 10<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">th<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> century church survive, the roof is caving in and some burials are taking place inside the ruins now. There is an old story that some of the old folks believe that one of the Randal Og Chieftains of Ballinacarriga Castle is buried there\u2026.no one knows for sure though.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Seamus:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I suppose we better get some ration for Peggy the horse before we collect the bodies for burial. Is there any superstition attached to the ring fort father?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Patrick :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The dead won\u2019t harm us and we are trying to be as dignified as possible during these terrible times. By the way that\u2019s the Board of Guardians\u2019 Meeting Room over there and also the master and matrons\u2019 offices . 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Fourteen orphan girls from Dunmanway Workhouse are chosen for the Earl Grey Assisted Passage Scheme. They are to sail for Port Phillip\u2014now Melbourne\u2014a world away from famine-stricken Ireland. Inside the workhouse sewing room, sisters, Mary and Ellen are stitching linen under flickering candle light.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Mary, is it true then? We\u2019re really going\u2014clear across the seas to Australia, the new world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, Ellen. Chairman Conner read the names himself. Fourteen of us famine orphans, they call\u00a0 us \u201cgovernment immigrants.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Immigrants! I\u2019ve never stepped outside Ardcahan or Dunmanway come to think about it. How can we dream of Australia?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maybe it\u2019s our chance, Ellen\u2014no more workhouse soup, no stone floors , no more overcrowding, no more typhus and cholera- hopefully.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">: the Chairman and the Matron arrive carrying a ledger<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Daniel Conner:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Girls, the Guardians received word from the Poor Law Commissioners that Dunmanway Workhouse is to avail of funding from the Earl Grey Scheme. Each of the fourteen of you selected\u00a0 will be given a painted trunk with some boots, linen, a bonnet, new items of clothing which were ordered at Mrs. Dans together with your few belongings. Everything must be ready by December twenty-second.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Cornelius Driscoll enters, carrying a half painted -finished wooden trunk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cornelius Driscoll:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You\u2019ll find these boxes strong and true, made from Dunmanway oak. They\u2019ll hold what little you have\u2014and all you\u2019ll ever need, take a part of Dunmanway with you to the new world, I hear that you are landing at Port Philip. Arrivals there are sometimes mentioned in the Cork newspapers a few months later.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Thank you, sir.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Cornelius Driscoll:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep it safe, lass. It\u2019ll carry your name across the world.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Matron Burke:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And remember\u2014the rules on ship are like those here: neatness, quiet, respect for the Master and Surgeon. You\u2019ll receive further utensils at Plymouth Emigration department and will be familiarised with the ships rules, and share the onboard duties.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So, it is still a workhouse\u2026\u2026 only floating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Matron Burke:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Perhaps. Yet one with a horizon and hope for the future and the prospect of seeing far flung lands , I have heard stories of exotic birds and sea creatures along the route, amazing sights will await you as you Round the Cape of Good Hope and cross the Indian Ocean.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On December twenty-third, just before Christmas, the girls left Dunmanway by horse and cart\u2014trunks piled high\u2014bound for Penrose Quay, Cork. From there, a steamer carried them to the Plymouth Emigration Depot. A ship\u2019s bell rings. Owen Evans, the captain, calls from the deck.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Captain Evans<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Welcome aboard the Eliza Caroline! All 831 tons, bound for Port Phillip! Anchor lifts at midnight\u2014New Year\u2019s Eve 1849 , ladies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">This ship is a Clipper Ship and supposedly she has been to Australia and back many times already. Look, Mary\u2014see the sea! Endless blue, bigger than anything in Ireland.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> Three months at sea, we will be in Australia for Easter 1850, we better follow orders, and never forget we carry the hopes of those back in Dunmanway with us.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Their\u00a0 journey begins with the girls clutching their hats and bonnets as the wind whips us at sea.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Do you think we\u2019ll see home again, Mary?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Maybe not, but we\u2019ll make one there. That\u2019s hope enough<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">On March 31, 1850, the Eliza Caroline reached Port Phillip. Two hundred and forty Irish orphan girls walked ashore\u2014including the fourteen from Dunmanway. The Eliza Caroline was the last ship to bring famine orphans to the Melbourne area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ellen:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Look at the quayside Mary, there are lots of other women there, they must be the ladies who are to find us domestic work in the big houses here or else they are the ladies who are looking for servants and cooks to work at the goldmines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Mary:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We came with nothing but hope. Let\u2019s hope that life won\u2019t split us up in this vast continent.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Narrator:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">In 2025, a monument was unveiled in Dunmanway to honour those fourteen brave girls\u2014Mary and Ellen Desmond among them. Their journey\u2014born of hunger\u2014became a story of endurance, courage, and unbroken spirit.<\/span><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/details>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-89311\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"12\" tabindex=\"-1\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-89311\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Plaque 12: Winnie-the-Pooh &amp; Dunlops - Ballinacarriga Castle <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-89311\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc24ef e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"cfc24ef\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8316d02 elementor-grid-1 elementor-grid-tablet-2 elementor-grid-mobile-1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-loop-grid\" data-id=\"8316d02\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;template_id&quot;:&quot;1880&quot;,&quot;columns&quot;:1,&quot;_skin&quot;:&quot;post&quot;,&quot;columns_tablet&quot;:&quot;2&quot;,&quot;columns_mobile&quot;:&quot;1&quot;,&quot;edit_handle_selector&quot;:&quot;[data-elementor-type=\\&quot;loop-item\\&quot;]&quot;,&quot;row_gap&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_tablet&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]},&quot;row_gap_mobile&quot;:{&quot;unit&quot;:&quot;px&quot;,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;sizes&quot;:[]}}\" data-widget_type=\"loop-grid.post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-loop-container elementor-grid\" role=\"list\">\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"1880\" class=\"elementor elementor-1880 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2081 post-2081 story type-story status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry story-type-audio-version\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-1190\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-86dff07 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"86dff07\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32afcf9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32afcf9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/dunmanwayhistoricalassociation.ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/plq-12-scaled-e1779279645311-1024x426.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1511\" alt=\"A monochrome montage of literature and wartime history. 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Open links with Enter or Space, close with Escape, and navigate with Arrow Keys\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<details id=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"e-n-accordion-item\" >\n\t\t\t\t<summary class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title\" data-accordion-index=\"1\" tabindex=\"0\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"e-n-accordion-item-7180\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-header'><div class=\"e-n-accordion-item-title-text\"> Read Transcript <\/div><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class='e-n-accordion-item-title-icon'>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-opened' ><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-up\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M240.971 130.524l194.343 194.343c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941l-22.667 22.667c-9.357 9.357-24.522 9.375-33.901.04L224 227.495 69.255 381.516c-9.379 9.335-24.544 9.317-33.901-.04l-22.667-22.667c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941L207.03 130.525c9.372-9.373 24.568-9.373 33.941-.001z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class='e-closed'><svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-chevron-down\" viewBox=\"0 0 448 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M207.029 381.476L12.686 187.132c-9.373-9.373-9.373-24.569 0-33.941l22.667-22.667c9.357-9.357 24.522-9.375 33.901-.04L224 284.505l154.745-154.021c9.379-9.335 24.544-9.317 33.901.04l22.667 22.667c9.373 9.373 9.373 24.569 0 33.941L240.971 381.476c-9.373 9.372-24.569 9.372-33.942 0z\"><\/path><\/svg><\/span>\n\t\t<\/span>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/summary>\n\t\t\t\t<div role=\"region region\" aria-labelledby=\"e-n-accordion-item-89311 e-n-accordion-item-7180\" class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f62eb40 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f62eb40\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1bee24b elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1bee24b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h2><b>Plaque 12: The Adventures of Colonel Du Cros<\/b><\/h2>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>School:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Ballinacarriga National School<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Characters:<\/b><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Graveyard Guide Tommy:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0a cheerful storyteller showing children around the cemetery\u00a0 who provides historical reflections.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry Du Cros, OBE (Edward): <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0the ghost or memory of Lt Col. Edward Henry Du Cros himself<\/span><\/li>\n<li><b>Jamie: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">a curious child<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3><b>Setting:<\/b><\/h3>\n<p>Scene opens in St. Joseph\u2019s Cemetery, Cork. A group of children follow a guide called Tommy. Birds chirp softly. A ray of sunlight falls on an old headstone.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>GUIDE Tommy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">All right, graveyard explorers! Here lies Lieutenant Colonel Edward Henry Du Cros\u2014he was brave, clever, and maybe even a little bit of an inventor! His is a story of the battlefields of France during World War One,\u00a0 retirement in Dunmanway and his family was connected to one of the greatest inventions the world has ever seen!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Was he a soldier or an inventor? Did he make robots? I have lots of questions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUIDE Tommy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes,\u00a0 Jamie, he was a soldier , but several of the Du Cros family were mechanics and involved in the automotive industry. Edward served in the Leinster Regiment and the Engineering section of the British army in the First World War in France. After the war he was sent to Egypt.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We learned in school that the Battlefields of France were unbelievably bad and back then had some of the biggest numbers of wounded the world had ever seen.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUIDE Tommy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes, the casualty numbers were huge but some of Edward\u2019s relatives provided medical assistance for the wounded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That sounds interesting- how did his family and relations help the wounded ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUIDE Tommy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was in the early 1900s that his family helped make the tyres that go on cars and bicycles. His family created the famous tyre companies. Without them, we might still ride around on hard wheels, that go clunk, clunk!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That sounds horrible! But HOW did that help the wounded ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Not horrible\u2014just very bumpy! Hello, young adventurers! I\u2019m Edward Du Cros, born in Yorkshire in 1896, but my father came from Dublin. My father was a mechanic\u2014machines were in our blood<\/span><b><i>.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whoa! (gives a shout )- Are you a ghost?\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Just a memory who loves stories. I fought in the First World War, fixing engines and helping soldiers cross rivers and battlefields. Later, I was sent to Egypt\u2014too much sand for my liking!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">But my family also helped make tyres stronger, my uncle financially supported John Dunlop\u2019s inventions and a created a company that manufactured PNEUMATIC tyres\u2014<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Pneumatic Tyres ? What are they ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They are bouncy ones filled with air! Like the ones you have today. The early tyres were hard rubber and extremely uncomfortable, every bump was felt. John Dunlop and my family\u2019s big idea made travel smoother and faster. During the war, my cousins built the Du Cros Convoy\u2014a fleet of ambulances fitted with the new tyres so they could rush the wounded soldiers faster and safer from battlefields and it was easier to travel over rough ground with air filled tyres.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That was amazing! Back then that was like turning cars into super-care machines- I mean comfortable ambulances\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUIDE Tommy:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And do you know who drove those ambulances? Expert mechanics from London\u2019s taxi business! Real heroes on wheels.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">When I was older, I retired to Dunmanway. I spent my days with friends\u2014the De Selincourt\u2019s and Payne\u2019s\u2014and my brother who was a clergyman came to live in County Cork also. Life slowed down. I liked that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Was your family famous for anything else ?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">My family loved sports too! Rugby, fencing, cycling\u2014 my cousins even had a racing team called The Invincibles! We were proud of them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>JAMIE:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The Invincibles! That\u2019s the best team name ever!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remember\u2014just like tyres changed travel,\u00a0 every new idea can help someone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUIDE Tommy :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And that\u2019s the legacy buried right here in St. Joseph\u2019s\u2014the story of courage, curiosity, and the tyre!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>EDWARD:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Keep those wheels turning, young explorers. 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Bird sounds and soft wind fill the air.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><b>HISTORIAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Once upon a time, not too long ago, I came here to solve a mystery. I\u2019d always wondered about a certain grave \u2014 its shape, its design, and its story.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Ooo! Like a treasure hunt?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HISTORIAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Exactly! And guess what I found? Two very special people \u2014 uncles of the real Christopher Robin!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>2 (surprised):<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wait! The Christopher Robin? Winnie the Pooh\u2019s best friend?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HISTORIAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! His name was Christopher Robin Milne, and his father, A.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Milne, wrote the Winnie the Pooh stories in 1926. But these two men \u2014 Guy and Geoffrey<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">de<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selincourt \u2014 were Christopher\u2019s uncles!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So&#8230; the people linked to Pooh Bear lived here in Dunmanway?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HISTORIAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">They did! They retired here in the 1960s, with friends who had moved to Dunmanway.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Did someone call our names?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOFFREY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We haven\u2019t had visitors in ages!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>2<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Whoa\u2014uh, hi! Are you really Christopher Robin\u2019s uncles?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Indeed! I\u2019m Guy de<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selincourt, born in London,<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1902. Illustrator, sailor, and historian at your service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOFFREY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">And I\u2019m Geoffrey \u2014 born<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">1900. A painter and lover of colour. Some of our family and friends were soldiers in the Great War, they retired to Dunmanway and we followed them here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">That sounds scary! About the war you mentioned<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOFFREY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">It was \u2014 the stories of the battles of the Somme and Gallipoli were terrible. But after the war, we painted and travelled to Cyprus and Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We brought home sunshine and sea in our oil paintings!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HISTORIAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your family was full of writers and artists, wasn\u2019t it?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOFFREY :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! Our brother Aubrey was a scholar who translated great books like The Life of Alexander the Great. And uncle Ernest taught at Oxford University; he even taught Virginia<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Woolf!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>2 :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Wow\u2026 So many clever people in one family!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUY :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Our father, Martin de<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Selincourt, ran a fancy department store in London called Swan<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">&amp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Edgar. Later it became part of Debenhams! He also started The<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Geographical<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Magazine.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">So your family were shop owners, writers, painters, and were\u00a0 Winnie the Pooh\u2019s creator?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Precisely! Do you know something funny about me?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILDREN :<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GUY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I was so tall that I had to remove the front seat from my car \u2014 I drove it from the back seat!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOFFREY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We found peace here in Dunmanway. People remembered us not as famous, but as ordinary neighbours and friends.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>HISTORIAN:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Your family inspired joy all around the world \u2014 through a certain honey-loving bear.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>1:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Let\u2019s celebrate with a big \u201cWinnie the Pooh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">cheer\u201d!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>GEOFFREY:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Remember, young ones \u2014 curiosity uncovers magic.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>CHILD<\/b><b>\u202f<\/b><b>2:<\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">I can\u2019t wait for January<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">18th \u2014 National Winnie the Pooh<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u202f<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Day! 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This page is designed to accompany our Stories on the Street trail, specifically for students and young explorers. As you find each plaque around town, use the accordion below to unlock the story behind it. 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