5550 Taghmon Historical Society Number 1 1996. Sold
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Preface 4
Officers and Society Aims 5
From Aughfad to The United States Congress by Hilary Murphy 7
Henry Francis Lyte – his life and times by Evelyne Millar 12
A Bank Robbery in the 1930’s by Seamus Seery and Joseph Seery 22
The Story of Harperstown by Richard Roche 31
The Catholic Clergy of the Parish by Tom Williams 46
The Townlands of the Parish – Part I by Brendan Hamilton 64
The Ancient Parish of Coolstuff by Hilary Murphy 81
Who was David Jones? by Tom Williams 85
Soil Erosion at Garradreen, Coolstuff, around 500 A.D. by Dr. Edward Culleton 92
The Trinity Letterbox by Eithne Scallan 96
‘a lady of many friends and no enemies’ by Rita Curtis 99
Camross Pingos – Legacy of The Ice Age by Michael Doyle 105
St. Fintan’s Chapel, Taghmon 1860-1971 by Rita Curtis 111
The Graveyards of the Parish – Part I by Seamus Seery 131
List of Members 161
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