Famous mayor

Qualitymark · 12-10-2011 10:04AM #1

What was the name of the famous mayor from Ballybricken - was it 'The Bully Power'?

chelloveks · 12-10-2011 12:54PM

Qualitymark wrote: »

What was the name of the famous mayor from Ballybricken - was it 'The Bully Power'?

James Power was known as The Bully Man. Certainly not PC in this day and age but that was back when nobody gave a flying fck about PC!

Qualitymark · 12-10-2011 03:02PM

That's the man! Thanks! When was he mayor?

chelloveks · 12-10-2011 03:24PM

Qualitymark wrote: »

That's the man! Thanks! When was he mayor?

In 1960 I believe. He was a distant relation to me and I remember sitting on his knee in Nanny Power's house in Ballybricken in 1963. He was a distant cousin to my grandfather, Paul Caulfield, who was mayor in 1942, whose nickname according to my dad was The Old Bstard!!! they were all a bunch of rough and tumble pig buyers in the old days.

There are old pictures of all them oldies on the wall in Alfies in Ballybricken as soon as you walk in on yer right.

Qualitymark · 12-10-2011 03:45PM

Wow, thanks!

By the way, does anyone remember the Thornton legal family there, and are there any still in Waterford?

FlexBrowne · 24-08-2015 11:17AM

chelloveks wrote: »

In 1960 I believe. He was a distant relation to me and I remember sitting on his knee in Nanny Power's house in Ballybricken in 1963. He was a distant cousin to my grandfather, Paul Caulfield, who was mayor in 1942, whose nickname according to my dad was The Old Bstard!!! they were all a bunch of rough and tumble pig buyers in the old days.

There are old pictures of all them oldies on the wall in Alfies in Ballybricken as soon as you walk in on yer right.

Hi. We're distant cousins too so. Must check out those pics in Alfies!

chelloveks · 24-08-2015 01:52PM

I'll be in waterford from Sept 7-11 to have a few good guinness's. usually go to the Clayboy most nights. Just ask for the Caulfield fella

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