by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Kilconieron Stories
Mickey Connaughton, former Clostoken and Galway hurler, continues his chat with Michael Fahy, discussing his days with the Galway team that played in the Munster Championship in the early 1960s. He reflects too on the incident in the 1968 Galway senior county...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Caltra Stories
John Kelly speaks to Tommy Noone from Newtown, Caltra. Tommy recalls the intense rivalries that existed within the parish in the 1940’s and 1950’s between teams from Caltra, Killasolan and Castleblakeney. This episode is the first part of a...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Caltra Stories
Part 2 of an interview by John Kelly with Bernie Higgins as he reminisces about his footballing career. In this episode, he talks of playing against Fohenagh for the prize of a pair of football boots. In spite of winning the match and scoring 17 points between...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Caltra Stories
In this interview John Kelly speaks to Bernie Higgin who had a distinguished playing career with club and county, namely Caltra and Galway, He holds the honour of being the first man from the parish of Caltra to win a Connacht minor medal. A promising playing...
by irishbeo | Apr 27, 2020 | Caltra Stories
In this podcast John Kelly speaks to Paddy Murray who served as treasurer of Caltra GAA club for many years. Paddy talks of the changes in fundraising from the mid-1970s when the local carnival with its dance bands was the chief source of club income. His famiy...
