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THE Ennis woman behind a popular Facebook page has said she is over- Wwhelmed by the response it has at- tracted so far.
“You’re a true 30-something from Ennis if you remember…’ invites people to share their memories of growing up in Ennis.
The thread was posted on the social networking site Facebook by local woman Fiona O’Sullivan in early Jan- uary. So far it has attracted over 5,000 comments from the almost 1,000 people who have visited the site.
Fiona said she decided to set up the internet thread after seeing a similar one posted about the Cork town of Carrigaline. “I was using Facebook to keep in touch with friends and family. My husband is from Cork and I saw that there was a Facebook page about growing up in Carrigaline. It had got about 30 hits when I saw it and I thought Ennis could probably do a bit better.”
Fiona said she has been amazed by the popularity of the site.
“T never thought it would be this popular. It’s amazing the amount of people that have been on there. It has
918 friends and over 500 people have posted comments on it. It’s not do- ing so bad. And people are putting up pictures and links to YouTube, which is great. It really adds to it,” she said
‘I’d never heard some of the stories. I’ve laughed an awful lot at some of them. I loved the ones about the old characters from town and the old games like skipping and things like that. I loved the stories about old shops like Bridie Quigley’s chip shop.”
The site has attracted comments from Ennis people now living in various parts of the world. “There
are people living in Dubai and Aus- tralia who have put stories. There are people using it who I wouldn’t have seen in years. It’s great to see people using it to chat and catch up on old mbes lone
One of the Ennis characters re- membered is the late Michael Tier- ney. Fiona has now started a new site calling for a statue to be erected in memory of Mr Tierney in the market area of Ennis.
“It started off as a bit of a laugh but so far about 350 people have logged onto it so it’s getting kind of serious,” she said.