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The barracks: John McGahern Garda station to reopen as museum The Cootehall barracks where he slept as a boy is now a vibrant community facility about 5 hours ago The former Cootehall garda station, with Tom Inglis peering through the window. Photograph: Brian Farrell Your Web Browser may be out of date. If you are using Internet Explorer 9, 10 or 11 our Audio player will not work properly.
The former cell at the barracks in Cootehall, Co Roscommon, is now a unisex toilet. The upstairs “married quarters”, where John McGahern; his father, Frank, who was a Garda sergeant; and his six siblings slept is a freshly painted suite of meeting rooms, alongside a remote working hub with three hotdesks. ....
Web launch of John McGahern Barracks Exhibition Reporter: 1 Apr 2021 A new permanent exhibition in the John McGahern barracks, Cootehall celebrates the contribution of McGahern to Irish literature ); ); John McGahern reminded us that everything interesting begins with one person and one place. What makes the barracks unique is that it was a home as well as a police station, in which gardai were family members, and in which a young boy developed a love of reading and went on to become one of Ireland’s finest writers. Through video, storyboards, photos and artefacts, a new permanent exhibition in the John McGahern barracks, Cootehall, Co. Roscommon, celebrates the contribution of McGahern to Irish literature. The exhibition also provides an insight into the nature of policing and an appreciation of village life in Ireland in the middle of the last century. ....
The Kerry Babies case was a clash of traditional and new modern Ireland We relook at the Kerry Babies case, in the wake of yesterday’s news that Joanne Hayes is seeking the High Court to declare that all findings of wrongdoing made against her by a Tribunal were incorrect. By Aoife Barry Thursday 10 Dec 2020, 12:05 PM Jan 20th 2018, 9:01 PM 34,861 Views 78 Comments Updated Dec 10th 2020, 12:05 PM YESTERDAY, JOANNE HAYES, who was wrongly accused of murdering an infant over 35 years ago, and her siblings said they want the High Court to declare that all findings or wrongdoing made against them by the Tribunal into the Kerry Babies case were unfounded and incorrect. ....