Neighbours from Bannow Rd
This picture was taking in 1980 on the 100th birthday of Mrs Cassidy. Most of the neighbours had been living on the road since 1940. They were all great neighbours who looked after one another in every respect.
The last of the older residents that is still alive is Mrs McCarty who is ninty two years old. Of the ten women in the photograph six of them have passed onto the other world. Great women who knew struggle and won. Ar deis de go raibh a n-anim.
In the picture above, from left to right: Rosaleen Dunne, Mrs MacGarry, Ann Bolton O’Brien, Mrs Dooley, Josey MacDonald, Rose Tyie, Mrs Mooney, Mrs Kehoe, Mrs MacCarthy and Mrs McGuinness.
