Mary Sinclaire beached on Clonea Strand, 1895. The Mary Sinclaire beached during a storm in 1895. She was followed towards the beach by The Moresby, but The Moresby instead of beaching turned and took shelter inside the Black Rock. She later dragged anchor, capsized and 20 of the 25 on board drowned.

A view of the remains of McGrath’s Castle, Abbeyside.

View over Clonea Strand towards Ballyvoyle Head, Clonea Castle can be seen in the background.

Abbeyside Hurling Team at an unidentified location who played in the Dr. Kinane Cup. Front row, l - r: M. Fives. J. Flynn. S. O’Brien. Patsheen Whelan. John O’Connor. M. McGovern. (Fear) Organ, Noel McGovern, Tom Ryan and John Hayes. Young fellow standing behind M. Fives is Flynn, Murphy Place. Back row, l - r: (Possibly) Nin organ, ?, Paddy Langan. (Duck) Whelan. S. Callahan, Paddy O’Connor, T. Waters(Hat), Francie McGovern, ?, Danny O’Connor, J. Mcgregor, ?, M. O’Connor, M. Foley, ?, Mickey Landers, ?, S. Queally, ?, ?, ?, ?. Children: Sean Whelan, ? fives and (Tuckie) Organ.

Teaching Staff at Scoil Mhuire, Abbeyside. Back, l - r: Pat McNamara, John Prendergast, John Elsted, Pat Veale (principal), Don Shiel, Mrs Hallahan (Irish dancing teacher). Front, l - r: Nuala de Paor (vice-principal), Susan Clancy, Mrs Waters, Mary Murphy, Joan Mansfield and Bríd Killigrew.

Primary School Sports, Saint Augustine’s College, Duckspool, Abbeyside with Cllr. Tony Wright Urban District Council Chairman presenting the medals for the under 8 sprint. L - r: Cllr. Tony Wright; John Paul Tutty, Congress Villas (2nd); John O’Keefe, Silversprings (1st) and Paul O’Donnell, Kyne Park (3rd).

Roman Catholic Church, Abbeyside.

McGraths Castle right foreground and Abbeyside Roman Catholic Church in the background and to the left.

L - r, foreground: Tom Brett, Noel McGovern and Danny O’Connor sitting on ’The Poor Man’s Seat’, The Causeway, Abbeyside. The men to the left of the image are unidentified.

Sailing boat moored beside ’The Causeway’ with Strandside South, McGraths Castle and Abbeyside Catholic Church in the background.

A group of boys from Abbeyside National School Choir who possibly took part in Feile Na Scoil posing for a photograph. The names of the boy are, from the front row left to right: Felix Shields, Donal Power, Seán Spillane, Jimmy Byrne, Paddy Hourigan, Ciaran Lynch. Middle (L to R) James Foley, Tony Burke, Tony Mulcahy, Joseph Dowling, Ian Walsh, Seamus Casey, Larry Cliffe, Johnny Young, Dermot Kelly, back row (L to R) Paddy Cashin, Martin Nicholson, Eugene Dwane, Michael Fives, Brendan Hally, Pat Gordon, Brendan Kennedy and Greg Fives.

Dungarvan Volunteers B Company at Clonea Strand.

Sheehan-Ryan and family relaxing in his garden at Strandside North, Abbeyside.

Presentation to the winner of the ’Deise Cup’. The ’Deise Cup’ was the premier hare coursing event, and was held at Clonea each year. Man with pipe to the left of the winner is Bill Donohue, Knockmaun.

Roofless interior of Abbeyside Parish Church during its renovation in 1972.