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The Tierworker Ceidhle House (August 6, 2012)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Mon, 06 Aug 2012 15:41:15 GMT

Annie Barber Recalling her life

On 12th April 1997, the Tierworker Ceidhle House was honoured with a special visitor - Annie Barber, the mother of Richard Barber. During that visit, Annie gave a remarkable interview on radio, which is reproduced below in eight (8) video segments of about nine (9) minutes each. But before the interview started, Annie's son, Richard, set the stage by reciting his poem:

Tierworker long ago

As I sit here in my rocking chair on this lonely Summers morn

My mind goes wandering back, to the time when I was born,

The

The Tierworker Ceidhle House (November 26, 2011)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Sat, 26 Nov 2011 05:00:00 GMT

GROWING POTATOES IN IRELAND IN THE 1940s

By Richard Barber

Submitted to Philip Donnelly's Blog November 2011

PREPARATION

The production of potatoes, the staple diet of the Irish for many centuries, was a very labour intensive procedure. In that time, before tractors and electricity came to rural Ireland, everything had to be done by hand except for a horse to do the ploughing. Potatoes were not only produced for human consumption but were also widely used to feed animals as well, so large quantities were required. Acres of land had to be prepared for the crop which

The Tierworker Ceidhle House (May 1, 2011)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Sun, 01 May 2011 23:47:29 GMT

THE ART OF BUTTERMAKING ON THE BARBER FARM IN TIERWORKER WHEN I WAS YOUNG

By Richard Barber, submitted to Philip Donnelly’s Blog April 2011.

In the good old days, (that is before rural electrification came to Tierworker in the mid-1900s) as with everything else, butter was made mainly by hand. I t was a long and tedious task, from the cow milking to the butter being harvested. After milking, the milk was strained through a piece if linen cloth which was specially reserved for the job. (In later years proper strainers were produced. They were shaped like a

The Tierworker Ceidhle House (December 26, 2010)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

A few weeks ago, when Richard Barber paid a visit to the Tierworker Ceidhle House, he reached back into his memory to interpret some entries in George Townley's diary of 1947. Richard is George's nephew, and remembers him very well.


Richard Barber	George Townley, Feb 25, 1981 (submitted by Richard Barber)

We thank Richard for this, and anticipate receiving more feedback from others who read George Townley's very interesting diary.

Please refer to the entry for December 17, 2010 below.

Tierworker Ceidhle House (December 17, 2010) - Townley

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 05:00:00 GMT

The George A. Townley Diary - 1947

Introduction

It is with a sense of great respect and sincere appreciation that the Tierworker Ceidhle House receives this diary for the year 1947 which was kept by George Townley, who lived at Killagriffe House near Tierworker, County Meath.

Tierworker Ceidhle House (June 13, 2010)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 18:56:45 GMT

The contributors to DonnellyCanada and Heritage Tierworker continue to provide opinions, comments, and literature references that will interest those with connections to Tierworker. Here are a few:

Matt Carolan in a recent email says "I liked the story that lady in New Zeland told you; that's exactly what went in the Ireland of the eighteen hundreds; I guess we are lucky we left later; I contacted Anna Ryan if she could get some local people and compile all the inscriptions in Moybolgue cemetery and put them on the web like she did with Moynalty and the old cemetery in Mullagh; ........ told her I

Tierworker Ceidhle House (June 6, 2010)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 20:19:39 GMT

Leslie McKeague of Urcher, Bailieborough, who recently published his magnificent book Bailieborough, A Pictorial Past provides photos 1 and 2 below. They are probably photos of the shop at Tierworker crossroads when it was owned by Finegan in the 1940s. However, someone has suggested that it may be a shop at Cormeen. Can anyone provide the definitive answer?

For comparison, photo 3 below shows The Royal Breffni in July 2009. The Royal Breffni is an enlarged version of the Finegan Shop.

Can the former owner of The Royal Breffni, Brendan Reilly, confirm if photos 1 and 2 do, in fact, show Finegan's

Places

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:46:19 GMT

Leslie McKeague of Urcher, Bailieborough, who recently published "Bailieborough, A Pictorial Past", requests help to identify, with certainty, photos 1 & 2 below. They are probably photos of the shop at Tierworker crossroads when it was owned by Finegan in the 1940s. However, someone has suggested that it may be a shop at Cormeen. Can anyone provide the definitive answer?

The Tierworker Ceidhle House (June 4, 2010)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Fri, 04 Jun 2010 14:08:13 GMT

Teresa O’Reilly in New Zealand writes to DonnellyCanada to say that her great grandfather Thomas Reilly, had a farm at Tierworker. Thomas’ son, Philip O’Reilly, her grandfather, was given a horse by his father to take to the local fair to sell. He never returned with the money and the next time his parents and brothers and sisters heard from him he was already in New Zealand. Philip emigrated to New Zealand in 1879 and his parents and 9 brothers and sisters emigrated to New Zealand 5 years later in 1884. Thomas’ brother, Patrick Reilly, also had a farm near

The Tierworker Ceidhle House (First Posting)

philip@donnellycanada.com (Administrator) — Wed, 12 May 2010 05:00:00 GMT

In those years, a long long time before electricity and tractors came to the farms near the border between County Cavan and County Meath, and long before the days of radio and television, the neighbours gathered in the ceidhle house every evening