22 DUNDALK LIFE

Looking back TRIP at Dundalk's T past H , with ROUG former Democrat H TIME editor Peter Kavanagh

The Great Patron of Seatown --- 'The Times QUESTION TIMEXXXXXX they are a Changing'!

' that Last Bonfire year there Night , as was far ' in as no the I am vestige Town aware of of , Normans its attacked foundation many at the by times end the of from the of in Patron Castletown the area was Toberona also where celebrated it area was was wood Initially consumed and it cardboard was mainly by the that old When QU ANSWERS E ST I was O N S TO : the LAST Cluan WEEK Enda 'S Hospital newly from Dublin built ( Later Louth Street named Fever to the the all hundreds Dundalk due for to of the years the first . Covid This time was 19 in memory it 12th may century have of the been . In time particular a folk when , Padraic around held for mid ua several Dubhthaigh -summer days . in motor decade flames vehicle but later then , worn tyres , about -out , were a first This housing built 79 house estate in Dundalk estate built was ? after the the was Ardee Louth first County Road known in Infirmary 1834 as . the The ) street at of there pandemic restriction was a when slight in the , relaxation month although of around forces Edward captured mid Bruce -summer 's Scottish Dundalk of ' published his The Book Patron of in Dundalk Day 1946 of , writes Seatown , , from available becoming the and fires more the were readily smoke Eric constructed end McDonald of World by War , local Castle 11. builder It Road was , on Maria Stapleton Hospital Frances Road Place Catherine but , in changed honour of to anywhere bonfire June, there smoke on was the no to horizon plume be seen of at i and 1315 n h abi , killed burned ta nt s many ! the of dwellings its bon day 29th - of fire June great was , was festivity lighted formerly . and A a the nuisance becoming Town. in a considerable many parts of Alphonsus purchased land which by Road had the been for Council housing at St. Thomas She Stapleton was Stapleton a , who daughter died , Baron in of 1861 le . There Day sunset of Saints may on June have Peter 29 been , and the a Feast Paul few . Seatown origins Whatever , the must the Patron truth have of been of its awarded dancing there was , for while music the prizes climbing and were of becoming Bonfire Indeed, Night the such annual was a nuisance Seatown allotments was before divided the , start leased up of into the annually War but Roden Robert Dispencer . Jocelyn , and , the 3rd first Earl wife of keeping gardens outdoor quiet barbecues but about people them in were back for even the celebrated coming the Normans here of Bruce long ! It and before may narrowed celebration a greasy pole down was . The , to by a degrees bonfire , many Dundalk that the 'heated members Urban ' discussions Council of had Emergency food for a locally small . rent The during , contract to produce the was The now How present officially was Stapleton street designated is Place 'Plás Mhic ? and attention fear , perhaps of of attracting the , because authorities they the Christianised festival well have that been was by a the pagan early Duffy As and it is turned ( now as the at out author an , end Paddy of !' the Council traditionalists of proposals wanted to on ban to the allow it. The house six for £ pence 82 ) ,446 and , ( , about four proved shillings £1 very ,200 per good and of plate an Gaelic Ghail erected ', will according in realise 2000 a this . name Students them neighbours were worried for might that 'unsocial report their in Reformation monasteries the sixteenth as of , Henry before century VIII the , it was known Book wrong of by Dundalk his in his associates was forecast ) of when some that custom modified pollution to continue form of the but in the site value first commenced for houses money were . in Work 1946 occupied on and the ' not name Stapleton really is masculine translate Place'! It probably and as does , at contrast This b e h av was iou to r all ' ! the in stark Dundalk of of pilgrimage was St centred . Peter to in around the Seatown Holy a Well and been Seatown the demise influenced . He of may the by have Patron the been fact of times serious atmosphere the issue arguments became in recent a to District When in early did Council 1947 the . Dundalk cease to Urban this Foreigner best decision means '! I , wonder 'Son and of if the it who should made the and my childhood skyline more years on of all ago seventy sides when was Monasteries Suppression seems to have . of Nobody survived the now the is during bonfires that there the lit were Wartime in Dundalk no large was became prevent another the overwhelming practice matter, . It Council The exist first ? was Dundalk elected Urban in 1899 are female not not have connotation many , at least public , retained as places there its in town huge reflecting bonfires from the about red circling 10 glow pm the of , certainly Well certain was where located attracted this but Holy large , it were 1940 Emergency /46 far because too Period concerned people of introduced the however by-laws , to and that try to the were enforce bonfires to until and the lasted the Dundalk name for over Town was 100 changed Council years , prominent Dundalk named women after ? told following into , the was small a day signal ! hours This from , I of was the lingered surrounding numbers on from for districts the hundreds and of that waste about period saving it on a -- firewood - bonfire - but it during did to It c continued e ntu seems r y ! , however into the , that present the abolished Act under of the 2001 Local in , and June Government was 2014 finally . The introduced When QUESTIONS were in FOR speed Dundalk NEXT limits WEEK ? first : northern people medieval living times end at of by the Pale the to the The gath years e Patron r in i n g the ! of form Seatown of a social was own the come summer memories back with of 1947 of a the bang ! My time in the achieved present authorities pandemic something were has that never finally reduced first Council to to 12 16 in had in 1942 1920 18 . members and , land purchase When ? did the Dundalk Cox's Demesne Council encroach 'native Irish on ' not the settlement to . Bonfire quite distinct Night from celebrated the Cluan was of Enda a huge green fire lit on on that if able anybody to do - will -- but attempt I wonder to of What Stapleton was the Place original ? name estate What was built the on first Cox's housing land? incorrect This was probably idea of the an period Ireland throughout on the the Eve rest of of the the date area , when were the gathering children of anywhere light a substantial in the Dundalk bonfire This road was first opened truth but it as had Dundalk some basis was of celebrated Feast of St. on John June the 23 Baptist . This for combustible weeks beforehand materials . for it area in a week's time?

The popularity of pub quizzes

Writing about the Seatown in the 1970s and its success marks won the day! smart-phones, when the HOPE FOR THE FUTURE? s e e. Patron has reminded me that was mainly due to a man It cannot be denied that answers were being given Walking down one of there was an effort about fifty named Joe Mills who died just there may have been some more by Wikipedia than by Dundalk's main streets last The historians will have years ago to revive the recently, who wrote the doubtful 'tactics' employed the players! week I was struck by the much to cultural aspect of this questions and enjoyed great by the smarter quizzers and A great social change in number of pubs with S ay Festival. There were music respect. I have found it hard even some cheating but there Dundalk produced by the Pub re-opening notices in them, When they review how we and dancing competitions to explain to a younger was a code of honour among Quizzes was the appearance some amusing! One that coped and sporting events person who grew up in the the better and more of many excellent women particularly caught my eye Each day – organised but no time of table quizzes how the experienced players. By and quizzers on teams. Up to the was -- When the retrospective c competition ever achieved older team quizzes worked large, the outcome usually middle of the last century 'Welcome Back. Good-by overage of the the popularity of the Pub but the success of the event depended on the most Dundalk women would to Covid 19 and all that! Coronavirus is written Quizzes of the area and the depended on the integrity of Quiz-masters who put the never make an appearance in I hope that this And how it ravaged the Seatown Pub Quiz, in my the people like Joe. questions and some were a licenced premises but these expectation will not be globe, the opinion, was one of the best of There would be two, two much better than others in competitions often gave d i s ap p oi nte d ! U.S.A., and Britain. them! The Pub Quizzes in mark questions, two four this respect. them an opportunity to show With this in mind I am Dundalk, probably, started mark and two six mark, The quiz competitions that they were they equal in happy to pass on to my They'll document the with one organised by the questions (of increasing eventually devolved into knowledge to men; much to readers a poem written by the world we Maytime Festival away back difficulty) asked of each team 'Table Quizzes' where the the chagrin of many older popular Blackrock poet Noel Came to know about 1966. This event was members. Questions could answers were written down men and often bruising to Sharkey on this very subject. Viruses go; popular enough but the be shared with the other and collected at the end of many a male ego! The result He calls it simply --- And tell how our lives were competiton did not really members of the team for each round. This system was was that the most successful In the End l ive d take hold until one organised half-marks and, in some, much easier to run but led to teams had at least one woman What has been, has been How our time we spent--by the Dundalk F.C. competitions, a missed much more cheating and the on it! What's to be, will be. When it has gone the way Supporters Club in the Oriel question would be passed 'death-knell' was signalled by We have seen what we all Park lounge. over to the opposition. At the the appearance of mobile have seen – Viruses went.

The Seatown Quiz was run end, the combined team phone and, eventually We shall see what we shall