10 things you'll remember if you grew up in Ballymore in the 1970s or 1980s

 

1. Your first experience of night clubbing was in Boher Hall

2. You probably had cousins in “D’Argentine” - but you didn’t know where it was.

3. You puzzled over that weird “four fists” grave in the Protestant graveyard

4. When you said where you were from, everyone you ever met said either: “Ah: Ballymore – two ends and no middle” or “Ah: Ballymore – Rooney’s”.

5. The first tune you ever learned to play - on any instrument – was Fáinne Geal an Lae.

6. You didn’t need lessons to drive a car: you learnt on a tractor.

7.You were a bit wary walking past the ESB substation, cos you heard it was haunted.

8. If you were really really lucky, you might have once been allowed ring the Angelus bell – and got carried upwards as the rope rose on the upswing.

9. You boasted that it had six pubs (just four now).

10. You know who Billy Milton was.

 

Can you add more to the list?