In Reply to: mchale road christmas tree posted by oliver killeen on December 14, 2009 at 02:00:27:

As a child of the 70's my 2 special memories were the lanterns on the mall and the crib at the back of the church. Someone once told me that it was the biggest crib in Ireland. With a black and white telly and one station there wasnt too much time spent in front of the telly over Christmas.

As a youth I had a delivery job and McHale Road was my run. It was acklowledged as the best place in town to get tips at Christmas and I can atest to that. I am sure a lot of the people didnt have much, and but what they lacked in material wealth they made up for in wealth of character and common decency.