That's what my brothers and sisters and I did when we were younger living in Limerick with no access to ice skating rinks which we have plenty of in Massachusetts. Regards Catherine Byrne Fitzgerald ----- Original Message ----- From: "fabiochris" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, July 3, 2009 11:11:26 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: [IRL-TIP] From the Nenagh Guardian. Thanks Mary for these windows into our ancestors lives. The indomitable spirit of the Tipperary folk never cease to amaze me. Given that the police seem to have been kept very busy arresting people for often very llittle. And being caught inebriated was quite costly back then. I wonder if "sliding on the streets" (and probably being real nuisances to boot), means making the most of black ice on the street and having fun sliding on it. Chris in NZ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mary Heaphy" <[email protected]> To: "Tipperary, Irl" <[email protected]>; "Tipperary, Co" <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, July 04, 2009 9:56 AM Subject: [IRL-TIP] From the Nenagh Guardian. >From the Nenagh Guardian. 16th Nov. 1874. At Newport Petty Sessions, Dan Carroll and Pat Train (no relation to the irrepressible George) were fined 2/6 each, for sliding on the streets. An inmate of the Thurles Workhouse named Mary Neill, was charged at Thurles Petty Sessions with drunkenness and insubordination, also with using abusive language. Mr. Walsh (Master) said that he gave her a pass to go out. She did not return until evening, when she had to be carried in by the porter and carpenter, who found her lying on the road, helplessly drunk. She then abused the witness and called him several improper names. John Gorman, the carpenter, corroborated the above evidence. Prisoner admitted using the expressions complained of and said he deserved it. She was sentenced to one month's imprisonment with hard labour. 27th Nov. 1876. One of the offenders at Nenagh Petty Sessions last week, was "Curley" from the Silvermines, celebrated for being 160 times in gaol for inebriation. This time he was fined 2/6 and costs. _______________________________________________________ Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Internal Virus Database is out of date. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 8.0.238 / Virus Database: 270.12.60/2166 - Release Date: 06/09/09 18:08:00 _______________________________________________________ Griffith's Valuation: http://www.failteromhat.com/griffiths.php ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message