Naming the Names: Boys National School at the Old Handball Alley photograph by Ronan Killeen

The above photograph are the boys would have went to the Boys National School Athenry beside the
old handball alley at Abbey Row.  The photo is taken opposite the handball alley. Can any of you help name the boys in this photograph and the year please? Photograph is Courtesy of Pearse Coffey.

Contact athenrylohis@gmail.com if you can.

A List of Athenry Drama Group Plays Compiled by Ronan Killeen (Revised 2016)

1.  The West's Awake or The Dawning of Freedom - 26/12/1930
2. The Right O'Way- 06/01/1931
3. The Shaughran- 28/06/1931
4. Lord May- 11/10/1931
5. The Honour of an Irish Soldier- 06/03/1932
6. In the Days of Fans- 16/04/1933
7. Eloquent Dempsey- 30/06/1935
8. Look at the Heffernans - 05/11/1939
9. Autumn Fire- 31/03/1940
10. Plough and the Starts - 11/02/1943
11. Shadow of a Gunman & The Monkey's Paw - 23/05/1944
12. The Rugged Path - 11/11/1943
13. Juno & the Peacock - 06/01/1945
14. She Stoops to Conquer - 17/03/1945
15. Cradle Song - 06/12/1945
16. Shadow and Substance -18/04/1948
17. Mungos Mansion - 18/04/1949
18. The Rightious are Bold - 06/01/1950
19. Mauric Harte - 02/1951, 24/04/1952
20. The Cradle Song - 19/03/1953
21. The Wise Have Not Spoken - 24/03/1954
22. I'll Met by Moonlight - 03/03/1955
23. Arsenic & Lace - 01/12/1955
24. The Playboy of the Western World - 13/03/1956
25. A Murder has been Arranged - 11/12/1956
26. Spreading the News & In the Shadow of the Glen - 01/05/1957
27. They Got what they Wanted -11/12/1957
28. Margaret Gillian - 06/03/1958
29. The Will & The Way - 11/12/1958
30. The Playboy of the Western World - 07/03/1959
31. Sive - 12/11/1959
32. Lovers Meeting - 1961
33. Black Stranger - 1962
34. Juno & The Peacock - 1963
35. Shadow Substance - 1964
36. Plough & The Stars & Home is the Hero - 1965
37. Playboy of the Western World & Sive - 1966
38. Shadow of a Gunman & Workhouse Ward 1967
39. She Stooped to Conquer -1968 & 1969
40. The Far Off Hills & The Country Boy - 1970
41. Importance of Being Ernest - 1971
42. Plough & The Stars -1972
43. The Father - 1973
44. The Year of the Hikes - 1974 (I wonder is the suppossed to be John B. Keanes The Year of The Hiker?)
45. Playboy of the Western World - 1975
46. Small Irish Drama - 1976 & 77
47. The Matchmaker 1978
48. Meadow Sweet - 1980 & 81
49. Sive - 1981
50. Bugle in the Blood - 1982
51. The Mourning Thief - 1983
52. The Paddy Fiddler; Bedtime Story;  Pound on Demand & The Bitter Pill - 1984
53. The Field - 1986
54. Big Maggie - 1987
55. School Drama Festival - 1988
56. Say Cheese B. Farrell 06/05/1989
57. Crabbed Youth and Age - 1990
58. Radio; & Spreading the News - 1991
59. Moll - 1992
60. Green for Danger, & A Bit of Land - 1993
61. Shadow of the Glen & Bedtime Story - 1994
62. Year of the Hiker - 1995
63. The Black Stranger; & Spreading the News  - 1996
64. Drama at Inish & Merry Regiment of Women – 1997
65. (Early in the Year?)The Workhouse Ward, The Proposal & Merry Regiment of Women, The Bespoke Overcoat 65. (Middle of the year?) - The Pot and Broth, The Bespoke Overcoat, Bedtime (Late in the Year?) Lorca/Blood Wedding - 1998
66. The Hostage  - 1999
67. The Communication Cord- 2000
68. Galway Girl; Bar & Ger; & On the Outside. Sive - (Done October 2001 in the Castlegate  but done in the An Taibhearc in January 2002.)
69.  The Watchman; Murder Play; My First Confession (All One Acts February 2002). Olaf and the Ogre, I Can't Remember Anything, A bit of land (All One Acts in August 2002). The Playboy of the Western World (Three Act done in December 2002 and done in The Taibhdhearc in 2003)
70. Brenton vs Brenton; & The Donohue Sisters (All One Acts April 2004) One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest - 2003
71.  The Ruling Class (November 2004)
72. Spreading the News; & On the Oustside (All One Acts done as a Tribute to deceased residents Seamus Fahy and Kitty Lardner inclduing a musical melody by the Athenry Musical Society in May 2005) The Weir  - (October 2005)
73. (Dancing at Lughnasa (Three act), Rum & Vodka; The Good Thief & St. Nicholas (All One Acts for Project ‘06) The Field (Three Act December 2006)
74.     .         15 Minute Hamlet; Galway Girl; & Dinner For Two (All One Acts) - 2007
75.  The Valiant; Two Wives and Dead Guy; Marrying Mary (Apri 2009)  The Workhouse Ward; The Matchmaker; & Dave – (All One Acts November 2009)
76. The Importance of Being Ernest followed by three one acts The Proposal: The Wedding: & The Airport - 2010
77. Moll (April 2011) , I can't remember anything, The Yank Outsider; & The Spotted Man (All One Acts December 2011).
78. The Last of the Last of Mohicans; The Rising of the Moon; & The Daisy Market (All One Acts) - 2012.
79. Conversations on a Homecoming -  (One Act) 2013.
80. A Wake in the West (Three Act 2014).
81. Big Maggie (Three Act 2015)
82. An Eviction Scene reenactment at the Farming and Country Life 1916 (Tegasc, Athenry)
83. Pretend Sick
84. Bookworms
85. The Stations

If anyone of you believe I may have left plays out feel free to e-mail me at Athenry at athenrylohis@gmail.com.