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There are many places of Ballyjamesduff that are full of history and are distinguishable in their own merit. They include:* The Tannery has been in the town for 309 years. It burnt down in 1983,but was rebuilt in a new location near McDaid's petrol pumps.The ashes of the old tannery were converted into approximately 2 1/2 bricks (One of which was stolen) that formed the foundation of the new building. * Ballyjamesduff is noted for having the largest pub per person ratio in Ireland.There is approximately 1 pub per 34 people.However, out of the 198 pubs, only 12 haven't been fined for under-age drinking offences. * The Town Hall was built in 1959 and was opened officially in 1968 by showband act Big Tom & The Mainliners. There famously was a mini-riot there in 1978 when the Sex Pistols were advertised as playing a concert, but failed to show as they were never aware of the gig in the first place. * The town has a statue of Fintan Cronin, local shopkeeper.Interestingly enough, the town statue is actually supposed to be of Percy French, only no-one knew what he looked like. So instead the statue was modelled on Fintan, who was funding the building of the statue. *Ballyjamesduff's Football grounds, which are shared with local rivals Castlerahan, were the first grounds in Ireland to ever have changing rooms.These rooms are still there and are used frequently. *Ballyjamesduff,surprisingly, has no hotel. It did have one, called "The Percy French". But it was taken over by a local oil magnate to stack his immigrant workforce in and remains otherwise closed to the present time. *Ballyjamesduff had a fountain and a rose garden once in front of the market house but they knocked it all down because the local rowdy youths kept setting the polluted fountain on fire on Halloween,Easter,Hannukah,and Wednesdays. |
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