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  • AboutFind out how we started, who the current committee is, and how to get involved.
  • Local Oral History ArchiveRead testimonies of people who lived in our community as early as 100 years ago.
    • Tom Nolan – Sharing Memories
    • Jerry Gough – Sharing Memories
    • Gerald Brooks – Sharing Memories
    • Tom Grimes – Sharing Memories
    • Moira Ryan – Sharing Memories
    • Michael and Magaret Mai Moloney – Sharing Memories
    • Jimmy Whelan – Sharing Memories
    • Bab’s Grimes – Sharing Memories
    • Mrs. Crowe – Sharing Memories
    • Billy Mills – Sharing Memories
    • Biddies’ memories of Killaloe
    • Maria O’Riordan – Sharing Memories
    • Joe Manly – Sharing Memories
    • Maureen Scanlan – Sharing Memories
    • Tony Quigley – Sharing Memories
    • Mrs. Lizzie Ryan – Sharing More Memories
    • Tommy Cunningham – Sharing More Memories
    • Jimmy Sage – Sharing Memories
    • Pa Carey – Sharing Memories
  • ResourcesResearch Ballina and Killaloe with this brilliant list of books, websites, and databases.
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oral history…

The Journal – Issue Two – Killaloe/Ballina

29 Nov 20207 Jan 2021
The Killaloe-Ballina Local History Society are delighted to announce that their second issue of "The Journal" has been sent to print and we hope to have copies available in the…
oral history…

Pa Carey – Sharing Memories

29 Dec 2020
Patrick, or Pa as he was known, Carey was born in 1906. He lived in Lacken, Birdhill and farmed there until hemoved to Carrigeen, Birdhill with his sister Kitty in…
oral history…

Jimmy Sage – Sharing Memories

29 Dec 2020
Jimmy Sage was born in June 1927 in Glenacre, Ballina, Co. Tipperary.Jimmy was a well known cross-country championship runner and won the Tipperary novice cross-country championship in 1948.Jimmy passed away…
oral history…

Tommy Cunningham – Sharing More Memories

12 May 20207 Jun 2020
Tommy was born in 1915 in Roscrea and he came to Killaloe in 1951. He was a postman for 41 years in Killaloe and the Ogonnelloe area until his retirement…
events, talks…

Killaloe-Ballina Community Radio – April 1987

25 Apr 202026 Apr 2020
Main photo: Benny O'Grady pictured with Paddy O'Brien (RTE). Just over 33 years ago, Killaloe-Ballina RTÉ Community Radio aired from the Molua Centre in the Green, Killaloe from 6th -…
oral history…

Mrs. Lizzie Ryan – Sharing More Memories

14 Apr 20202 Jun 2020
Mrs. Lizzie Ryan, Lackareagh (The Glen) in Killaloe, was born in 1900 and passed away in 1996 at the age of 96. She was the oldest person in the area.She…
oral history…

Tony Quigley – Sharing More Memories

31 Mar 20202 Jun 2020
Tony Quigley from New Street in Killaloe was born in 1932 in Newtown. Tony loved his home town of Killaloe and was a keen fisherman from a your age. He…
events, talks…

Stories from World War I

27 Feb 202012 Mar 2020
This lecture has been postponed until April (date TBC) due to the current concerns over Covid-19. We will keep you posted!
out and about…

Annie Noonan, a pretty Killaloe girl, loses her life while bathing

22 Jan 202022 Jan 2020
In July of 1933, a local girl crossed the bridge from her home in Killaloe to the Jetty in Ballina (near Flangan's). Unfortunately she never made it home. Her name…
events, talks…

Tale-Telling, Politics and Romance; Christmas at Killaloe – 1102

16 Jan 202021 Jan 2020
We are delighted to announce that February’s lecture will take place on Wednesday evening, 26th February at 7.30pm.  In the Winter of 1102, Ireland's dominant King, Muirchertach Ua Briain, hosted both…

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  • Jimmy Sage – Sharing Memories
  • The Journal – Issue Two – Killaloe/Ballina
  • Tommy Cunningham – Sharing More Memories
  • Killaloe-Ballina Community Radio – April 1987

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