Tag: John F Headen
John F Headen: Remembering the long hot summer of 1959
The summer of 1959 was a long hot summer.
Wells springs and roadside pumps started going dry in the month of May and queues of...
John F Headen: Coal carriers, draught horses and bartering for beer...
Up until the late 1950s a common sight in the Castlecomer Coalfield area of Kilkenny, Carlow and Laois were the carmen or coal carriers...
John F Headen: Bullseyes and Buttermilk, Biddy Bolton’s measuring method, day-old...
Local historian John F Headen is contributing a series of articles to LaoisToday - and in this week's piece he remembers his time as...
John F Headen: Timahoe’s Volunteer Band and their trouble with The...
Local historian John F Headen is contributing a series of articles to LaoisToday - and in this week's piece he tells the famous story...