25 things you’ll remember if you grew up in Raheny
Dublin People 24 May 2016
DID you grow up in Raheny? Here are 25 things you might remember from your childhood.
1. Folk Mass at 5pm on a Sunday with Father Drumgoole, who used to ask for a ‘silent’ collection.
2. Exploring the wilds of Bamboo Land.
3. Buses from the Cedars to Tamango.
4. Lark in the Park in St Anne’s – The Rhythm Kings, Some Kind of Wonderful & The Blades. Who remembers a CND gig with Scullion?
5. The growth of Raheny Boys’ Football Club. They got a loan from the Credit Union to buy their own prefab!
6. Raheny Shamrocks.
7. The St Paul’s and Manor House ‘Sing Out’.
8. The Dublin City Marathon came through Raheny with local man Dick Hooper at the front.
9. BBQ and disco on Dollymount Beach.
10. The slow set at the Grove – need we say more?
11. Chips in curry sauce in Macari’s on the way home from the Grove.
12. Fizzlesticks in Reynold’s.
13. Con Ward Butchers.
14. The hunky lifeguards on Dollymount Beach.
15. Hanging out at Blaney’s Corner.
16. The roller disco in the Old Shieling.
17. Egg fights with Manor House and St Paul’s on the last day of sixth year.
18. Having a sly smoke down Fox’s Lane.
19. The Community Games.
20. Foxhall Garage.
21. Helping your mum with the weekly shop in H Williams.
22. Watching Allies in The Green Dolphin.
23. Pretending to your parents you were studying for the Leaving in Raheny Library.
24. Children with toy boats in the St Anne’s Park pond.
25. Celebrating every single family event in the Shieling Hotel and feeling proud when it featured in ‘The Snapper’.
Compiled by Orla Carpenter
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