“We are having terrible times out here this while back Roll on the end.” These are the last words written in a letter from James Nimmo to his mother Rachael, from number 44 Caledon Road, East Wall. James was a private, a drummer in the Connaught Rangers, killed in action at Flanders on AUGUST 3rd …
Monthly Archive: June 2016
Jun 28
‘Rising Stars’ are World Champion Dancers –
Last weekend the Rising Stars School of Dance (based in Ballybough) traveled to Blackpool for the freestyle World Championships. They had amazing results with a number of East Wall girls sharing in the success . We can now proudly say that on top of everything else, our community is now home to more than one …
Jun 11
1916 , local history and East Wall & North Wall schools
Three videos of some of the events at local schools during the 1916 centenary year . All produced by Eoin McDonnell , and features pupils from St Joseph’s Co-ed East Wall and St Laurence O’Toole’s CBS Seville Place. The local history groups involved can be contacted at : eastwallhistory@gmail.com northdockpeople@gmail.com