Mallow Archaeological & Historical Society

We welcome you to another edition of the Mallow Field Club Journal. As in previous editions it contains articles on a variety of subjects. These are the jig-saw pieces that complete the much larger historical picture. They open a window on how life was lived in the Mallow area in times past.

This year we acknowledge the invaluable contributions made by the Sisters of Mercy to the educational and to many other aspects of life in Mallow, since they came to the town more than one hundred and fifty years ago. Edel Daly, in her article, records a chapter in the history of Mallow General Hospital when it played a vital role in ridding the country of the scourge of T.B.

We would like to stress the value of old documents, photographs, newspapers and books in researching history. Before you throw them in the skip why not contact a committee member of the Mallow Field Club.

We continue to be indebted to our contributors for their generosity and hard work.

We hope that you, our readers, at home and abroad, will find something of interest in this year's Journal.

Editorial Committee

Seamus Crowley
Kevin Myers
John Caplice
Charles Mortell
Ita Power

Contents

178 pages, 5" X 8", copyright © 2008 by Mallow Field Club

• The Sisters of Mercy in Mallow by Sr. Margaret O'Brien
• Maurice Hickey, Surgeon 1915-2005 by Edel Daly
• A Reappraisal of the Dating of the Clock House by Liam Mannix
• Mallow Under Siege — 1642 by Kevin Myers
• Colonel James Grove-White — The Australian and Cypriote Connections by Robert S. Merrillees
• Isabella Thackeray — The Doneraile Connection by Ita Power
• History of the Mallow GAA — 1887-2007 by Derry Mannix
• One Hundred Years Ago by John Caplice
• Mallow's Colourful Admiral by Dermot Twomey
• Mallow Salt Works by Seamus Crowley
• Population Change in the Last One Hundred Years by A. J. Coughlan
• A Christmas Misadventure by Herman Weedle
• Happy Memories of Mallow in Days Gone By by Jack Barrett
• Bolshevism in the Boreens by Padraig G. Lane
• Outing to Co, Waterford June 8th, 2008 Notes by Helen O'Connell
• Correspondence by Tim Horgan
• Obituaries of Jo Kelleher and Billy Nagle