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A random walk through 2004. Twelve days chosen at random - one per month - from our 2004 front pages. Click on the date to navigate through the past year of 2004 as seen from Castlebar. The Full Archives is also available - all 365 front pages from 2004 are there.
7th January 2004
On this day items on the front page of www.castlebar.ie included a a review of 2003. We had a link to the Mars Rover photos - newly beamed down from the surface of the Red Planet. And, out of this world altogether, the famous kiss at the Westlife Wedding was photographed by Michael Donnelly. |
Castlebar Junior Racquetball Medal Winners at the All Ireland Junior Racquetball Championships. Photographed by Ken Wright. |
Sunshine on the Reek a photo from Mayo Historical and Archaeological Society. Their website is growing steadily with lots of fascinating articles of local interest. |
15 February 2004
In a week of unseasonably fine weather we recovered from our romantic exertions on Valentines Day. Our paper reviews included a political story that ran throughout the year - Beverley insists "I have done nothing improper".
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25th March 2004
While Richard Clarke was dishing the dirt on GW Bush, here in Castlebar Celia Anderson told her tale as a hopeful author. |
Winners of the John Coyne Cup Ladies Darts sponsored by Western Scaffolding are the Shamrock Bar, Breaffy, Castlebar. Pic: Heverin Photography |
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Tiptoeing along Cavendish Lane - new shops.
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1st April 2004
The Playboy was in town and our report on the collapse of the smoking ban which had just recently been introduced was spotted very quickly as an April Fool's joke by some at least of the many bulletin board contributors.
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20th May 2004
The first Irish Woman to stand on the top of Everest as Irish teams reaches the summit. Bungee Jumper DJ Mad Mick also made the front page photographed in mid-air! And what was that headline "Flynn Flung out" about? |
This famous Castlebar Landmark featured on the front page on the 20 May |
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Election Winners! Sean Bourke and Paddy McGuinness at the moment of their election the previous weekend. Michael Donnelly provided a full gallery of 27 photos from the Mayo counts at the TF.
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17th June 2004
The Great Western Lakes were under discussion at a conference to be held on the Castlebar campus of GMIT. The break-up of Aer Rianta was the topic of a poll. |
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7th July 2004
Brian Friel's masterpiece 'Philadelphia Here I Come' played at the TF - 5th to 10th July. There was Sunshine and Salsa on Market Square. We also had action shots from the Mayo Galway Semi-Final. |
The Hawk visited the new-look McHale Road. But there was controversy over its closure. . |
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Young visitors on a cultural exchange to Castlebar from Hochstadt and Hungary photographed last night at Lough Lannagh Village. Photograph by Dalemedia another of our regular contributors during 2004.
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22nd August 2004
The first All-Ireland Semi-Final - against Fermanagh - a near thing indeed but won by Mayo a week later.
Lots of holiday snaps were uploaded or emailed to www.castlebar.ie in late August too. |
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12th September 2004
All-Ireland hurling final day as Mayo's biggest challenge approached.
McHale Road: A nostalgic article from a member of one of the first families to live on McHale Road. |
Dave Smith and friends took to the Bangor Trail in August and took some amazing photos of this most beautiful part of Mayo. |
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Photos of the new Scramoge to Cloonmore road on the N5. A welcome improvement on the western route.
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4th October 2004
Stewart Agnew - the next big thing on the Irish music scene - singer/songwriter performed at the Linenhall on Monday 4th October.
Gaeltacht 1960: Read this wonderfully whimsical account of a youngster's stay in the Connemara Gaeltacht back in April 1960. |
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