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MAP OF BALLYBOGGYMALL.


A HANDY MAP OF THE VILLAGE AS WELL AS A HISTORY OF IMPORTANT EVENTS.

1200  FIRST HOUSE IS BUILT.

1574  FIRST HOUSE WITH WINDOWS RECORDED.

1799.  ATTEMPTED UPRISING AGAINST BRITISH RULE.  MOB SUBDUED BY A BALLOON WITH AN ANGRY FACE OF GEORGE THE 3RD DRAWN ON IT.

1820  THE ICE CUBE IS INVENTED.

1899  MILKY MEARS ATTEMPTS TO TURN BACK THE BOGS TO THE EAST OF THE VILLAGE.  HE IS NEVER SEEN AGAIN.

1914.  TENSE TIMES AS WAR IN EUROPE BREAKS OUT.  FATHER CHRISTMAS IS BEATEN UP.

1934  A BADGER IS DECLARED MAYOR.

1947  WOODY FOYNES, LOCAL STORYTELLER AND CHARACTER, CATCHES SIGHT OF HIS REFLECTION IN A SPOON AND DIES.

1955 A CAR IS SPOTTED DRIVING THROUGH THE VILLAGE.  BEEFY SWEENEY ATTEMPTS TO DEAL WITH THIS INTERLOPER BY HEAD BUTTING IT. 

1970  THE DOORS STOP OFF TO PLAY ON THE ROOF OF THE DEAD DOLPHIN PUB. 

1971.  SEAMUS SULLY ADMITS SELLING AN ELECTRIC BATH TO JIM MORRISON THE YEAR BEFORE.

1976  THE DONALD SUTHERLAND STATUE IS ERECTED. THIS IS DUE TO AN ERROR REGARDING THE PREMIER OF “LOGAN’S RUN” AT THE VILLAGE CINEMA, WHERE MANY THOUGHT SUTHERLAND WAS THE MAIN STAR. MICHAEL YORK DID NOT ATTEND THE PREMIER BECAUSE OF THIS MISTAKE.

1981  MUSELI GOES ON SALE AT MRS BUNGS CORNER SHOP. A RIOT BREAKS OUT.

1990 IN A PRESS CONFERENCE, MORRISSEY ADMITS TO TAKING EVERY SUMMER HOLIDAY IN THE VILLAGE, TO SOAK UP INSPIRATION FOR HIS SONGS.  AFTER BEING RUN OUT THE VILLAGE  THE YEAR BEFORE, THERE IS A MARKED DECLINE IN THE QUALITY OF HIS LYRICS.

2001  THE EASTER BUNNY TAKES A BULLET WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGH THE VILLAGE.

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