John Headen
From the Archives – John F Headen: The history behind the great Laois song...
This piece originally appeared on LaoisToday in March 2020.
One of the most popular Laois songs is The Skies O'er Ballyroan.
Written nearly 150 years ago,...
John F Headen: Timahoe’s Volunteer Band and their trouble with The Black and Tans
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in March of this year.
In this piece John F Headen tells the famous story of how a...
John F Headen: Remembering the long hot summer of 1959
The summer of 1959 was a long hot summer.
Wells springs and roadside pumps started going dry in the month of May and queues of...
John F Headen: Coal carriers, draught horses and bartering for beer money
Up until the late 1950s a common sight in the Castlecomer Coalfield area of Kilkenny, Carlow and Laois were the carmen or coal carriers...
John F Headen: Bullseyes and Buttermilk, Biddy Bolton’s measuring method, day-old chicks, fresh herrings,...
Local historian John F Headen is contributing a series of articles to LaoisToday - and in this week's piece he remembers his time as...
John F Headen: Timahoe’s Volunteer Band and their trouble with The Black and Tans
Local historian John F Headen is contributing a series of articles to LaoisToday - and in this week's piece he tells the famous story...
John F Headen: Hobnail boots, dubbin and Gannon’s Chemist shop
John F Headen from Timahoe is well-versed in local history and times gone by. In the first of his columns for LaoisToday, he writes...