Riverstown

How the Land Commission of 1933 established the farming community that became Riverstown.

Memories of Cushenstown school, teachers, classmates, and the All-Ireland celebrations of '99.

Athcarne Castle, built in 1590, and the river Hurley — favourite Summer haunts of the community.

Jimmy Woods the taximan, seaside trips to Bettystown, horses in the field, and a world of characters.

Rathfeigh, Duleek, Ardcath, Garristown and the surrounding townlands that shaped the community.

Centres of celebration, lamentation, music and craic — Beck's, the Box, O'Neill's and beyond.

The songs that were sung around fires and in pubs — favourites of Christo Wall and Tommy Cox.

The hunter's horn, the rush of horses — the thrill of the hunt through the fields of Meath.

Golfers, storytellers, gravediggers, thatchers, emigrants and the great characters of the community.

From Howth to Machu Picchu — special places visited by the people of Riverstown.

Stories shared by the community — memories of growing up in Riverstown in the '40s, '50s and beyond.

A tribute to Patrick Wall — loving brother, funny uncle, fantastic cousin, and dear friend. 1944–2011.

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