Tom Barron comes to grips with some heavy steering!

Mr Pa Foley looks suitably amused!




The Mighty Matchek from Poland has a problem with his MUG!! It's not the only problem he has!, here he displays movement in the latest dance that he has learned at Davitt's night Club...'I just wanna dance with you'
He is congratulated by his good friend and work mate Feri, another keen enthusiast of Daniel O'Donnell


Pa Foley is not amused

The Popes Irish Brigade

By Nioclás Ó Gríofán

Three men went from Ring in 1860 to defend the Pope. story has it that they walked 15 miles to Youghal to get the boat to Liverpool and then onto Rome.
they were all fluent Gaelic speakers and went to the same school as the famous Major Fitzgerald who welcomed them to Rome.
Major Fitzgerald was born Gabriel Thomas Fitzgerald to Anthony and Mary gee in 1827 at Seaview House Ring, Dungarvan, Co, Waterford. Both his parents were local landlords.
Mary gee being in Ardmore.
he joined the Austrian Army in 1847 and became Captain of cuirassier regiment No2. and served through the Hungarian revolutionary war.
He was nominated to train and command the Irish battalion of St. Patrick to fight for Pope Pius IX in 1860.
The original choice of a commanding officer of the Irish fell on Major Fitzgerald. he actually arrived at Ancona and took command of four companies but owning to his rank in the Austrian army it was deemed inadvisable that Fitzgerald should accept command of a Battillion in the papal Army and the choice fell on major Myles Reilly's.
Major Fitzgerald returned to Austrain service and served through to the war of 1886. he received wounds at Sadona and died of these in 1879 having being an invalid for some time.

Oysters and things!

A view of the Comeragh mountains from Ring Strand
Arnie, placing oyster seed bags on trestels
Ballinacourty Lighthouse from Ring strand

Its 1.30..pm...Darious! contemplates a lunch break...'Time for tea Eddie?'...'No Darious...about 3pm!'

Levi and Mike in the tractor. Mike used to be a half-sir...now he is a full sir!

You might be fooled into thinking this is a winter month because of the amazing amount of clothing these hard working men are wearing...Oh foolish ye!This was probably one of the warmest and closest days on the strand!

Ring Co waterford

These two gents are enjoying a cup of tea in our wonderful summer weather, you can see that they are dressed in their summer best! Levi on the left and Feri swallowed up in the car-boot! A series of pictures that explore the damage that is been caused by tidal erosion in an Rinn
A tree struggling for life...it will soon be carried away!





The serious aspect of the damage is illustrated here at the back of Ring college. At least has an acre has been claimed by strong tides in recent years
Under ground drain pipes can bee seen hanging


Helvick head
Dungarvan Garda headquarters 4.30 AM

Signs at the turn-off to Ring from the main Dungarvan-Cork road...4'35 AM

An Rinn...Images of Ring....

The Brent geese arrive at the same time every year at Ballinagoul

The above premises used to be a Restaurant , overlooking Dungarvan Bay
Wonderfully restored old building

Fishing off the rocksFishing off the Wall at Helvick
At work on the Oysters

Cleaning up
Just arrived from the Strand with a cargo


Since I commenced the Abbeyside reference archive Blog site, I've had many emails from people with Ring Connections.Each day I get some form of request for information or photos, or a family search. There are many postings to the Abbeyside Blog site that have Ring reference, some of them you will find on here, but if you visit the Abbeyside blog you will find quite A few.
www.blogspot.cabbeysideheritagearchive.blogspot.om .
If you click on the photos, you will get a much larger and sharper image....happy surfing...AND! your comments are always welcome.

Some Ring People

Pat Tobin
Clíona Mhic Ghiolla Chuda
Don HayesMay Cantwell (Not from Ring) Seán Feehan , his Uncle Tom Greany lives in the Parish. & Clíona. Photo taken at Clontarf
Mike Burke from Helvick & Eileesh Sheehan getting to grips with the kitchen sink

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Ring people

Clíona Mhic Ghiolla Chuda from An Rinn & her cousin myfanwy Hughes from Wales
(Photo, David Clynch)
Below, Pictured At Murray's Pub in Ring, Pat Tobin with his mother Bríd
(Photo, Clíona Mhic Ghiolla Chuda)

The occasion was the celebration and homecoming of the An Rinn football team after winning the final at Comórtas Peile na Gaeltachta on Monday 2/6/08 in Gleann Cholm Cille, Donegal - first time ever for An Rinn to win this competition. Pat's son Mike was one of the players on the victorious team... the hooting of cars announced the arrival of the home comers in the village late in the night ... Celebrations went on into the early hours.
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