I organized the girls in the Islands, Islandmore - that was H.Q. for the I.R.A. Ned Moane and all the fellows were there. Q. Was there a Branch formed? A. No, it was not a Branch, but I got them attachd to the Westport Cumann na mBan and they used to do scouring and ...
There was a large flat area out in the middle of this basin for dumping coal; this 'coal island' would give its name to the town that would grow up around it. "As each engineering fiasco came to light—leaking locks, rugged towpaths, flooding, draining and sinking machinery—more and ...