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A little book about a big county

Killala Round Tower, one of five Round Towers in County Mayo that you can read about in The Little Book of Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Killala Round Tower, one of five Round Towers in County Mayo that you can read about in The Little Book of Mayo. Photo: Anthony Hickey

One of my abiding childhood memories of family journeys to Erris was stopping off at the Musical Bridge in Bellacorick to run a stone along the parapet to hear it draw musical notes from the bridge.

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World War 11 refugee seeks her Mayo family

Swinford, Co Mayo, where former World War 11 child refugee, Marianne (Maria) Cremer from Germany was fostered by the Dolan family in 1946. Photo: Anthony Hickey
Swinford, Co Mayo, where former World War 11 child refugee, Marianne (Maria) Cremer from Germany was fostered by the Dolan family in 1946. Photo: Anthony Hickey

A former World War 11 child refugee, Marianne (Maria) Cremer from Germany hopes to reunite with the Mayo family that fostered her more than 60 years ago. Marianne was one of nearly 1,000 children that came to Ireland in 1946 as part of a Red Cross initiative, which later became known as “Operation Shamrock”. Marianne […]