Yvonne Keegan | weevonny@yahoo.co.uk |I am interested in the late Phil McArdle regarding Butlersbridge Cemetry. I had an ancestor Phillip McArdell from Inishbeg wondered if there was any connection.
Regards Yvonne
Feb 25, 12:37 AM — Cemetery
Sean Mc Phillips | cloneskid@msn.com |I’m almost certain my mam (Kathleen Mc Phillips) went to this school as a young girl growing up in Butlersbridge.She often pointed it out to me whenever I was back home and we were in the area.She told some great stories of her schooldays, her teacher,fellow students and the craic at the time.All the names I’ve read here my mam has mentioned one time or another.
Feb 6, 6:20 PM — Schools
Caroline Hill | caroline.hill2@virgin.net |It was wonderful to see the information on Coolboyogue N.S., as this was where my mother went to school. She died in 1994.
I watched the film of the last day of the school and Kathleen Leddy was mentioned. My mother always used to talk about this lady.
Thank you for this insight into her early life.
Jan 13, 1:48 AM — Schools
Gordon Nixon | gordon@nixon.st |This is excellent information to help in family history research.
Regards
Dec 27, 5:18 AM — Land Tenure
Patrick O`Connor | pat@johnnors.worldonline.co.uk |Hello Marianne, how are you? I am your cousin Paddy do you remember me? I havent seen you since you sang at my fathers wake in 1984. I would love to here from you.
Sep 24, 4:35 PM — Entertainment
Marianne McPhillips | marianne.mcaleer@btinternet.com |The Jimmy McPhillips mentioned above, who was taken away by the Black and Tans on 8th December 1920, was my grandfather. His four sons - Paddy, Jim (my father), Sean and Eddy - are pictured in an old school photograph elsewhere in this site. This is the first time I have been able to find out the dates of his internment and if anyone else can find out anything about him I should be really grateful, as he died at the age of 29, long before I was born.
What a fantastic website!
Sep 22, 1:05 AM — Since 1900
Marie Faherty | mariefaherty@eircom.net |Well done P.J on a very interesting history (was in your class at school in Coolboyogue).Brings back a lot of memories reading about the railway. I lived in the railway house at Coolboyogue from 1958 to 1966 when my parents sold it to the McPhillips. I remember my parents locking the gates at night and occasionally having to get up during the night to let the odd car through. If there was a train bringing back football supporters from a match in Dublin, my mother would take us out of the house as we once had a stone thrown through our window - football hooligans even then! Anyway great reading about the old days.
Marie Faherty (Brady)
Sep 9, 2:14 PM — The Railway
Marianne McAleer (McPhillips) | butlersbridge@gmail.com |cavan.to/butlersbridge/Coolboyogue1931names.jpg |Hello again! We’re just back from Ireland, actually - where I won third place in the lilting at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Tullamore! It would have been great to spend some time in Butlersbridge and maybe do some hunting for family history but it might not have been fair on the rest of the family. Pity.
Anyway, I am thrilled to see the school photo including my dad, Jim McPhillips, and his three brothers. I shed a few tears over it, as I don’t remember ever seeing it before. And what a brilliant photo of the whole group! It really is fantastic to find something like that after all this time. I have it as a screen-saver now and shall turn it into a photo some way or other. Thank you so much for sending it on to me.
I wish I had more time to peruse the website, but fighting off my two large teenagers from the computer is only one of the hurdles I have to cross to get into this seat. I am so glad I found it, though. Thank you so much for setting it up.
And if any further photos or information - particularly about the Gilbert and Sullivan productions at St Patrick’s College in the 30’s (I think) - should come to light, I would be delighted.
And any information on the life of my grandfather, Jim/James McPhillips, would be invaluable to me.
Thanks again,
Marianne McAleer (McPhillips)
p.s. My favourite CD at the moment is Kathleen Duffy’s collection of songs!!!
(I owe her a letter!)
Sep 3, 9:49 PM — Entertainment
butlersbridge | butlersbridge@gmail.com |Hi Marianne, Hi Pat
Here is a picture that might interest you both. It is a Coolboyogue school group photo dated 1931. Not sure if ye have a copy. Francis Mcphilips in Butlersbridge had a hanging framed photo which she let me scan in and copy. Use this link to see it. http://www.cavan.to/butlersbridge/Coolboyogue1931names.jpg
Aug 25, 7:46 PM — Entertainment
Keegan Monica | keegan_monica@hotmail.fr |Iwas a pupil at Coolboyogue from 1960 to 1966 Iwas very pleased to read about the old school.
Aug 3, 11:56 AM — Schools
patrick o`connor | pat@johnnors.worldonline.co.uk | I hello Marianne, this is your cousin Paddy ! how are you ? I was looking on the website when I saw your name I would love to hear from you. I am off to ireland soon is there anyone i could look up? is Julia still alive? do you fancy a pint in Smiths? hope you are well, tell me your story and i`ll tell you mine. love Paddy O`Connor.
Jul 17, 9:42 PM — Entertainment
Marianne McPhillips | marianne.mcaleer@btinternet.com |My father was Jim McPhillips, who was born in Butlersbridge in 1921 - a brother of Paddy, Eddy and Sean McPhillips.
I would love to find out more about my grandfather, another James McPhillips, who is buried in the cemetery on the Clones Road and died at the age of 29.
Also, Sean McPhillips used to sing tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas at St Patrick’s College, in the 30s/40s/50s ??? Does anyone know anything about these? Are there any photos?
The website is really fascinating!
Thankyou, Marianne McAleer (nee McPhillips)
Jul 4, 11:13 PM —Entertainment
Betty McDonald | elizmcdonald@eircom.net |What about Sr. Rosario McDonald
1906-1986
May 22, 9:58 PM — Clergymen and Nuns
john mcentee | john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk |My late father Andy McEntee took myself and my late brother Aindreas on the last train from Cavan to Clones and back. It was a great adventure travelling by rail and remains an abiding tragedy that the lines were taken up and the system dismantled in 1959.My father and his brothers Jimmy and Hugh P travelled by train to the |Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in, I think 1932.It was the biggest event in the country up to the arrival of Pope John Paul 11 in 1979. The train journey was not diorect from Cavan to Dublin but via Belturbet and across to Drogheda. Why I don’t know but I’m told that was often the way Cavan fans travelled to the many All ireland finals Cavan was involved in at the time. Happy Days!
Mar 19, 6:36 PM — The Railway
Lorraine Warner (Foynes) | bobwarner@xtra.co.nz |it was great to see this piece of history and share it with my children. Hearing Master Smiths voice sent a shiver down my spine (reminding me of many a telling off!)
Its amazing being able to share this video all the way down here in New Zealand.
Mar 13, 6:01 AM — Schools
athair siochain | athair-siochain@hotmail.com |are there any famous people from Butlersbridge, or any tradition singers , musicians. or do you have any old school photos, maybe you can tell me where I can find this information, thanks,
Nov 27, 9:18 AM — Schools
Dorothy Aylett nee McGuinness | Dot@poppies20.freeserve.co.uk|It has been very interesting reading about Butlers Bridge. My father was Hugh Mc Guinness and was mentioned above as he worked on the railway until it closed. I remember as a child coming to Butlers Bridge from Clones to stay with my aunt and Uncle during the summer holidays. (Phil & Sadie Mc Gowan) Oh! what fun we had playing with our cousins Gerrard and Sean.
Aug 24, 1:10 PM — The Railway
helen O’reilly (nee McGuinness) | mbuck_svp@yahoo.com |I was a pupil at coolboyogue school from 1934 to 1940. It is lovely to read about the old school. I now live in the U.K.
Aug 11, 8:38 PM —Schools
Regards Yvonne
Feb 25, 12:37 AM — Cemetery
Sean Mc Phillips | cloneskid@msn.com |I’m almost certain my mam (Kathleen Mc Phillips) went to this school as a young girl growing up in Butlersbridge.She often pointed it out to me whenever I was back home and we were in the area.She told some great stories of her schooldays, her teacher,fellow students and the craic at the time.All the names I’ve read here my mam has mentioned one time or another.
Feb 6, 6:20 PM — Schools
Caroline Hill | caroline.hill2@virgin.net |It was wonderful to see the information on Coolboyogue N.S., as this was where my mother went to school. She died in 1994.
I watched the film of the last day of the school and Kathleen Leddy was mentioned. My mother always used to talk about this lady.
Thank you for this insight into her early life.
Jan 13, 1:48 AM — Schools
Gordon Nixon | gordon@nixon.st |This is excellent information to help in family history research.
Regards
Dec 27, 5:18 AM — Land Tenure
Patrick O`Connor | pat@johnnors.worldonline.co.uk |Hello Marianne, how are you? I am your cousin Paddy do you remember me? I havent seen you since you sang at my fathers wake in 1984. I would love to here from you.
Sep 24, 4:35 PM — Entertainment
Marianne McPhillips | marianne.mcaleer@btinternet.com |The Jimmy McPhillips mentioned above, who was taken away by the Black and Tans on 8th December 1920, was my grandfather. His four sons - Paddy, Jim (my father), Sean and Eddy - are pictured in an old school photograph elsewhere in this site. This is the first time I have been able to find out the dates of his internment and if anyone else can find out anything about him I should be really grateful, as he died at the age of 29, long before I was born.
What a fantastic website!
Sep 22, 1:05 AM — Since 1900
Marie Faherty | mariefaherty@eircom.net |Well done P.J on a very interesting history (was in your class at school in Coolboyogue).Brings back a lot of memories reading about the railway. I lived in the railway house at Coolboyogue from 1958 to 1966 when my parents sold it to the McPhillips. I remember my parents locking the gates at night and occasionally having to get up during the night to let the odd car through. If there was a train bringing back football supporters from a match in Dublin, my mother would take us out of the house as we once had a stone thrown through our window - football hooligans even then! Anyway great reading about the old days.
Marie Faherty (Brady)
Sep 9, 2:14 PM — The Railway
Marianne McAleer (McPhillips) | butlersbridge@gmail.com |cavan.to/butlersbridge/Coolboyogue1931names.jpg |Hello again! We’re just back from Ireland, actually - where I won third place in the lilting at the All-Ireland Fleadh Cheoil in Tullamore! It would have been great to spend some time in Butlersbridge and maybe do some hunting for family history but it might not have been fair on the rest of the family. Pity.
Anyway, I am thrilled to see the school photo including my dad, Jim McPhillips, and his three brothers. I shed a few tears over it, as I don’t remember ever seeing it before. And what a brilliant photo of the whole group! It really is fantastic to find something like that after all this time. I have it as a screen-saver now and shall turn it into a photo some way or other. Thank you so much for sending it on to me.
I wish I had more time to peruse the website, but fighting off my two large teenagers from the computer is only one of the hurdles I have to cross to get into this seat. I am so glad I found it, though. Thank you so much for setting it up.
And if any further photos or information - particularly about the Gilbert and Sullivan productions at St Patrick’s College in the 30’s (I think) - should come to light, I would be delighted.
And any information on the life of my grandfather, Jim/James McPhillips, would be invaluable to me.
Thanks again,
Marianne McAleer (McPhillips)
p.s. My favourite CD at the moment is Kathleen Duffy’s collection of songs!!!
(I owe her a letter!)
Sep 3, 9:49 PM — Entertainment
butlersbridge | butlersbridge@gmail.com |Hi Marianne, Hi Pat
Here is a picture that might interest you both. It is a Coolboyogue school group photo dated 1931. Not sure if ye have a copy. Francis Mcphilips in Butlersbridge had a hanging framed photo which she let me scan in and copy. Use this link to see it. http://www.cavan.to/butlersbridge/Coolboyogue1931names.jpg
Aug 25, 7:46 PM — Entertainment
Keegan Monica | keegan_monica@hotmail.fr |Iwas a pupil at Coolboyogue from 1960 to 1966 Iwas very pleased to read about the old school.
Aug 3, 11:56 AM — Schools
patrick o`connor | pat@johnnors.worldonline.co.uk | I hello Marianne, this is your cousin Paddy ! how are you ? I was looking on the website when I saw your name I would love to hear from you. I am off to ireland soon is there anyone i could look up? is Julia still alive? do you fancy a pint in Smiths? hope you are well, tell me your story and i`ll tell you mine. love Paddy O`Connor.
Jul 17, 9:42 PM — Entertainment
Marianne McPhillips | marianne.mcaleer@btinternet.com |My father was Jim McPhillips, who was born in Butlersbridge in 1921 - a brother of Paddy, Eddy and Sean McPhillips.
I would love to find out more about my grandfather, another James McPhillips, who is buried in the cemetery on the Clones Road and died at the age of 29.
Also, Sean McPhillips used to sing tenor roles in Gilbert and Sullivan operas at St Patrick’s College, in the 30s/40s/50s ??? Does anyone know anything about these? Are there any photos?
The website is really fascinating!
Thankyou, Marianne McAleer (nee McPhillips)
Jul 4, 11:13 PM —Entertainment
Betty McDonald | elizmcdonald@eircom.net |What about Sr. Rosario McDonald
1906-1986
May 22, 9:58 PM — Clergymen and Nuns
john mcentee | john.mcentee@dailymail.co.uk |My late father Andy McEntee took myself and my late brother Aindreas on the last train from Cavan to Clones and back. It was a great adventure travelling by rail and remains an abiding tragedy that the lines were taken up and the system dismantled in 1959.My father and his brothers Jimmy and Hugh P travelled by train to the |Eucharistic Congress in Dublin in, I think 1932.It was the biggest event in the country up to the arrival of Pope John Paul 11 in 1979. The train journey was not diorect from Cavan to Dublin but via Belturbet and across to Drogheda. Why I don’t know but I’m told that was often the way Cavan fans travelled to the many All ireland finals Cavan was involved in at the time. Happy Days!
Mar 19, 6:36 PM — The Railway
Lorraine Warner (Foynes) | bobwarner@xtra.co.nz |it was great to see this piece of history and share it with my children. Hearing Master Smiths voice sent a shiver down my spine (reminding me of many a telling off!)
Its amazing being able to share this video all the way down here in New Zealand.
Mar 13, 6:01 AM — Schools
athair siochain | athair-siochain@hotmail.com |are there any famous people from Butlersbridge, or any tradition singers , musicians. or do you have any old school photos, maybe you can tell me where I can find this information, thanks,
Nov 27, 9:18 AM — Schools
Dorothy Aylett nee McGuinness | Dot@poppies20.freeserve.co.uk|It has been very interesting reading about Butlers Bridge. My father was Hugh Mc Guinness and was mentioned above as he worked on the railway until it closed. I remember as a child coming to Butlers Bridge from Clones to stay with my aunt and Uncle during the summer holidays. (Phil & Sadie Mc Gowan) Oh! what fun we had playing with our cousins Gerrard and Sean.
Aug 24, 1:10 PM — The Railway
helen O’reilly (nee McGuinness) | mbuck_svp@yahoo.com |I was a pupil at coolboyogue school from 1934 to 1940. It is lovely to read about the old school. I now live in the U.K.
Aug 11, 8:38 PM —Schools