Ballina

‘Our father gave all that he had for his country... even his life’

‘Our father gave all that he had for his country... even his life’

Wed, 16 Nov, 2022

Ferran Terrace is a well-known address in Ballina but most local people know little about the man after whom it is named. SINEAD MITCHELL-BRENNAN chronicles the eventful life and tragic death of Dr Francis P. Ferran.
‘Without Asahi, I would have left the area altogether’

‘Without Asahi, I would have left the area altogether’

Tue, 18 Oct, 2022

Twenty-five years ago, the closure of Asahi in Killala brought an end to the north Mayo town’s place in the West’s industrial revolution that sprang up throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

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