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Re: Ballymurphy

Glad you enjoyed the post Tom... but I am afraid you are wrong the 'Haunted House' lay empty for quite a while before it became a wee junior school, then it had a care taken a Mr Haskins, we called him 'Hasky' who wouldn't let a child light anywhere near it, probably for the good

Re: Ballymurphy

No dates in your last post so I was a bit confused. I wasn't saying that the 'Haunted House' was never derelict just, that it was not derelict in 1955-58 when I went to the state (non-denominational) primary school there. On a separate (historical not sectarian) point I remember 11 July bonfires in Ballymurphy - can you believe it?

Re: Ballymurphy

I remember the bon fires too, and like you, without wanting to sound sectarian, there were also ones for the 15th of August (Our Ladies Day). The Murph was very mixed back in those days.