Apr 24 2009
Guestbook, Comments & Chat
Have you a story you would like to share or a photograph of your family to include in our files? Feel free to Post a Comment here or email your stories or photographs to cabrahistory@yahoo.com
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Bookmarks
- 'The Ma's House on Killala Road…'
- 50 years a hero…
- A Cabra Drive Nov 2014
- A drive around the Cabra area…
- Cabra West parish Newsletter 2016
- Cardiffsbridge remembered…
- Dublin Photos from 1960s
- Isle of Innishfree
- My Old Wireless
- My Uncle Jack…
- Outlaws of Boulder Pass
- Projector Room
- Radio Interview
- Royal Canal Underwater 2015
- She wore a yellow ribbon
- St Bridget's Well, Liscannor, Co Clare
- The Cliffs of Moher 2014
- The Messenger Boy by Michael Foran
- The New Bridge
- The New Liam Whelan Bridge, Cabra, 2015…
- The Tea Rooms…
- Theresa Tinggal Story
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Hi, I have an odd one for you.
Late 60’s (probably 1969) my Dad dropped my mother off at her house on Bannow Road after being in town at a dance. He started walking home and turned the bend in the road towards the junction of Bannow Road and Fassaugh Avenue and saw a huge light in the sky pulsing colours. There was a large crowd of locals standing at the junction looking up at it. It was completely silent. He was chatting to people about it there for a few minutes as it just hung there silently before it suddenly shot off like a bullet out of a gun, stopped abruptly and then shot off in a different direction towards the Dublin mountains. He was very reluctant to talk about it right up to his death in 2014 as he didn’t want anyone to think he was bonkers. They certainly would in those days! He did say there was something in the paper about it in the following days like ‘Lights seen over Dublin, Waterford and Wexford’. Does anyone recall seeing it or hear their parents/grandparents talk about it?
The 2nd of May 1962, hundreds of Dublin people reported a ball of fire in the sky…
Hello. My name is Paul Long. I’m trying to contact Martin Coffey, as l believe we have common Family ties. I tried to contact him via Ancestry.com, but kept getting an error message. My email address is pandklong@mymts.net. If this could be passed along to him that would be greatly appreciated. Slainte.
Paul Long
Hi Paul, send you a message…
Never heard of Cabra Parade before…
Can anyone tell me where Cabra Parade used to be from the 1870’s onwards. Does it not exist anymore or goes by a different name? The name (although not on an actual road) is on and old map just north of the Cabra Road in the area of Cabra Park looking as though it still has to be built. Perhaps part of this area was Cabra Parade. It did exist and you can find residents addresses from No. 7 to No. 26 in the Will Calendars. My thanks to anyone who can help.
hi all
Hi Martin hope you and Mary are well stay safe love from Patty
Hello all
Thinking of you all.
Able to read a little more.
Stay home all Stay safe.
Same here keeping low key and staying home too.
Hope you are all doing ok too.
Heartfelt good wishes and wellness to all.
Life is forever changed.
Grateful to have all our basic needs end essentials.
Forever grateful for family friends and neighbors.
Cheerio for now thinking of you all too.
Jo.
Hi All
Well I’m back after been months away .
What a time to return I hope that none of our members have fallen to Covid 19.
My Babs and I are High Risk so we are on 12 weeks Isolation (Now on Wk 7}.
We are very fortunate to have Family living nearby .
Go great Grandson who does main shopping followed by Daughter and Son in Law do the Saturday Bits.
For the moment I SAY FAREWELL GOD BLESS STAY SAFE
Shay Jordan
Thanks Martin,
Well I see back now to Jo’s entry on June 20th so that’s a bit better just don’t want to have missed any requests etc.
It’s wonderful to read from Patrick 85yrs on here and he has a connection to your Coffey Cabra clan, it feels like a million years since I started checking my O’Malley ancestors on here and I must say Ancestry search for friends/family has been keeping me busy on the dull cold days in Ontario, great to see ye have been having good sunny days.
Wishing You all a Happy and Healthy Easter, Stay safe Rita
Martin:
Thank you for sharing these stories. I think I may have been a neighbor of yours on 15 Killala Road. Do you the remember the O’Hanlon’s? It may have been have your father though. I’m 85 years old now and raised in Cabra West and moved to America in 1955.
Let me know if I have the right Coffey family. Hope you are all well these days.
Patrick
(Hello Patrick, you have the right Coffey family, I’ve just sent you an email, hope it gets through okay. Great to hear from you and amazed that you still feel a connection to Cabra West…MC)
Hi Rita,
Thought I had that problem sorted, I’ll give my technician a buzz later…MC
Good to hear from you Jo,
Martin: I can still can’t see from Aug 11 on here and I don’t like FB but when I google I can see the Cabra page, but that’s nothing to what is happening all around the World with this horrible virus, just declared a state of emergency in our neck of the woods, the Niagara Region where alot of seniors live, biggest death count is Toronto, Quebec & BC, mostly seniors and travel related who have got it , numbers rising every day just like the Homeland, still some folks not obeying the rules and I expect they won’t until something happens in the own families/friends. But all the wonderful folks make up from them and the good stories and the care workers/medical and all on the front line we can’t praise them enough.
On RTE player Liveline today was a Margaret Lynch 100yrs of age today, a wonderful Dub what a inspiration to listen to her just listening to her talk to Joe Duffy would put a smile on your face
Everyone take care and stay safe
Rita O’M
Hello all
I still don’t get Cabra posts to work. Tho can read other parts. No idea how you are all doing.
With current virus crisis just hope you are all safe n well. Glad to say we are all safe n well n staying home.
Regards and love to you all.
Jo Tony n family.
(Hello Jo, hopefully everyone is listening to common sense where this Virus is concerned. Take good care of yourselves…MC)
Saturday Morn USA, hello martin i just dropped in to see whats up or down here on the site.
I think of all the gang once in awhile. i think most are on the Facebook cabra west site.
life is all different know with CORONA. but we can do it. anyone need help, get me on my wed site. willie lynch band. or Lynchwg@juno.com
Love to all you as i said Its Saturday end of march 2020.
(Hello Willie, yes I think most people have switched over to Facebook but I don’t mind as long as they’re keeping in touch with each other. Great to hear from you, keep yourself and family safe…MC)
willie L. God Bless to all.
satutday Morn USA, hello martin i just dropped in to see whats up or down here on the site.
I think of all the gang once in awhile. i think most are on the Facebook cabra west site.
life is all different know with CORONA. but we can do it. anyone need help, get me on my wed site. willie lynch band. or Lynchwg@juno.com
Love to all you as i said Its Saturday end of march 2020.
willie L. God Bless to all.
Thinking of everyone.
This Paddy’s day
Jo USA
Ah no problem Martin.
I can still say hello just the same.
Thanks
Jo.
Still no luck seeing old post’s or poems.
Wishing everyone all the best
No idea how everyone is doing but sure hope they know
They are often in my thoughts.
All the Mary’s Joan Patty June Olive Rita
Rita n the girl from Dunnmanus Rd who’s name escapes me right now
JR Shay Willie all the assorted Tony’s n so many more.
All the best to one n all.
Paddy’s day just around the corner again too.
Cheerio all
Best wishes everyone n Martin
Jo.
(Hi Jo, can’t understand why you can’t see the Posts etc,had a few other people check it out and it seemed okay…MC)
Hi Martin Happy New Year From Patty
Happy 2020 new year Martin and all the cabra folks on here forgive typing with my left hand as broke my right wrist 2 wks back pity they beat my left hand at school writing many moons ago
still cant see all Comments on the site maybe its still hacked???
Great story about your parents you were so lucky to have them live to a good age
luv Rita O’M
Hello all,
Still no luck seeing posts
But if this one goes that’ll be great.
Last attempt of the year.
Many thanks to all.
Wishing Everyone a very Happy New Year.
Missing those loved ones we lost
Remembering all our families n friends
At home and abroad and those we
lost this year too.
Extra hugs to all on here.
Thanks for the memories.
Jo.
Great Photo & Story Martin Thanks
Hi Martin,
Good to see you have the site up and running again and hope your keeping well, I was wondering what was happening as I can’t see old posts on the Guestbook for such a long time. One big pain these hackers they are everywhere and Scams on the phone. It’s getting so bad of late I get a least 6 phone calls a day which I don’t answer and even tried blocking but that doesn’t work, Gov over here looking into it for 2020 I hope
Anyway wishing you all in the USA a Happy Thanksgiving, just had my old Dublin school friend & hubby visit from Wisconsin on theirr way to family in Massachusetts to celebrate Thanksgiving, great catching up. Sad about Gaybo’s passing , followed in all on the RTE international Player & not forgetting Brendan Grace & Niall Tobin.
Every year brings new changes for sure, we had a first snow fall in Ontario last week a little early indeed.
Hi to all, & Slan for now
Rita O’Malley
Canada
Still can’t get any other posts
Thanks for trying Martin.
Cheerio
Jo.
Last attempt
Yes Mary n Tony G
All our posts end up in outer space
So email might be best now n then.
Take care all n farewell all.
Happy Thanksgiving to all in USA followed very soon to Christmas.
Cheerio all.
Kindest regards to all
Thanks for the fun friendships n memories.
Keep well.
Looking forward to 2020 some travel
And seeing family.
Cheerio
Jo.
USA.
(Sorry about that folks, but some smart alc hacked the site and caused major problems but all fixed now, thankfully…)
Hi Martin
Excellent website.
soory i was kust saying hello . Oct 16 .2019. i can’t pull up the posts.
Hello Mary
Same here i can only see first line of your post.
Greetings to you n yours Good to hear from you.
Nice to see recent pics of all the Hogan clan.
Glad you could all celebrate n get together.
Hello to all.
Cheerio
Jo.
I’ll have it checked out asap…MC
I am having trouble posting on the site. Testing
Hello Martin , Jo ,Tony, Willie, Rita, Shay and everyone else.
Long time no see, as the saying goes. I have no words to describe my absence. It must be at least five years since my last post. I have been in my new home for over five years now. All is fine and at last I now have time on my hands again. The nine grand children are all growing fast. The oldest one is Ben who is nineteen year old and Charlie is the youngest at Seven years old. with five more in between those ages.
My thanks to Jo who always remembers me in her posts. I hope you are doing well and all of your family are well including your sisters and brothers.
I was shocked Martin to hear of your heart problem. You had better take care and get plenty of the maid service which you richly deserve. I have been reading up on all the stories you have added this year. Amazing tales by you and no doubt you still have plenty more in that computer brain box you certainly still have. I will be in touch again soon. Take care everyone. Mary H T.
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Hello all.
Think some things just head off out to the cloud.
Then maybe over the rainbow
Just a little activity on here now and then
Maybe I’ll make a jam sambo
To all who have aches or pains
There is no doubt our health is our wealth
Better go eat my sambo
Then wash all the nice Delph
I mentioned some old cabra West games
To my family and friends this week
The grandkids thought I was bonkers
Told them we never bored or gave cheek
They loved some of the games
They know how to play ball
Asking about family history
They wondered how we survived at all.
We all agreed about progress
Technology and so many things
The turn of the centuries seem to go so fast
Like revolving doors a blast from the past
Like diamonds and gems rare and fine
The stuff of castles and kings
There’s no finer treasure in all this world
Than my soulmate and chisslers heartstrings.
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So long it’s been good to know ya
Woody Guthrie sang to his hearts content
Much of his life he busked for a living
Walking miles or on trains he went
Oh the times they are a changing
So sang Bob Joan and others
From blue grass to green grass
Number one on the charts could shudder
Amazing how Alzheimer’s can steal
The vibrant life and all we feel
But it didn’t take the music needle
Or turntable thread thats real
My sister’s are living proof
That music is deep in the brain
You just pull on the heart strings
To sing together again.
From the dust bowl and great depression
You can recall every note or song
From swing and jazz to rock and roll
Ballads pop rock or rap any Clapton song
Beethoven Bach any musicians art
Alzheimer’s won’t Rob you of this
We have backbone and brains
musical heart strings total bliss.
Alzheimer’s won’t take me out
When I turn off my Little light
Music will brighten my day
Perfect harmony will sound on my way
Arrivals and departures are as regular as day
We come and go we rest and play
Music blasting as we clean our homes
Summer fun in the garden among the stones
Devoted sisters come to visit
They sing and dance and bring gifts
Alzheimer’s included family close by
Farewell to all the last song is nigh.
Dedicated to all my siblings.
Music is the making of all heartstrings.
Can’t recall if I said hi to Shay . So hi
If I missed others sorry.
Just hope all are doing okay
Regards
Jo.
A friend
I went to say farewell
To celebrate a friend’s life
To hug and support his wife
He was their joy and light
A child’s tribute was a song
A brother played his guitar
I sat at the back in the chapel
With friends who traveled from afar
This beautiful girls voice broke down
As she reached the chorus in tears
I lifted my voice to sing
Remembering so many good years
She raised her head a little higher
Our voices blended awhile
Till she could sing again for her poppa
Then our eyes met and she smiled
I gently faded out my voice
As she wiped away her tears
Restoring her strength
With a voice so clear
I bet her poppa was smiling too
As she sang his favorite song
His preacher said remember eternally
Tho from us he’s not long gone
As I was leaving the mortuary chapel
An old man shook my hand
He said I saw what you did
That was beautiful and grand
To rescue a child in distress
Was what her poppa always did
He was a police officer
Always helped others even as a kid.
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Forever changing
Some live at sea level
Some are rocked by quakes
Some have assisted living
Some live close to wakes
Some live alone
Some live on a phone
Some live by a lake
Some give and take
Some give their all
Some answer the call
Some build friendships
Some build walls
Some build technology
Some a load of cod Ology
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Greetings to all have a great Summer.
Jo.
Hi Jo
Glad to see you’re keeping the site going with your poems
I’ve been very busy over the last couple of months with all my clubs and trips.
I will put a bit of time aside to catch up on all that goes on on our Cabra Site.
I will share my little poem with you before I go.
The Choice is yours
We learn a lesson in our life
that all’s not as it seems
We take a road to happiness
just like those in your dreams
But no matter how we try
Some paths the don’t work out
Confused and lost at every turn
You want to scream and shout
But it’s not all doom and gloom
You can make a choice that’s right
To brighten up your darkest time
Like the moon that shines at night
For life can be a roulette wheel
Each spin is win or lose
Just think before you place your bet
It’s yours alone to choose
As life is such a mixture
Of joy and fears and tears
It’s a challenge for you overcome
As you fumble through the years
Take care xxx
Tony G
Farewell Andromeda I heard that song one time
Johnny Cash sang walk the line
Patsy Cline sang faded love
One line mentioned the mating of the doves
Woody Guthrie sang his way through the dust bowl
On trains in box cars
Much like a rolling Stone
Glen Miller and Vera Lynn
Did some swing, and got us over the white Cliffs of Dover
While others helped to nurse us
After wars were over
Music can be a healer
While reminding us of times past
I’m glad it’s still part of life
And Alexa I can blast
Technology connected people
Now it’s connecting gadgets
And every household thing
When the power goes
There’ll be no more bing
So treasure your family
And all your close friends
Write them a note
Go back to a pen
Life now seems to fit in your pocket
With your DNA and bills and credit
Most treasured of all can be a letter
It’s sheer joy when you get it.
Regards
Jo.
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