This week I spoke to Neal Sweeney who owns Mc. Elhinneys of Athboy and we talked about these 3 seperate huge shops. Next week I will post our interview, as we talked about the 3 huge shops also about the closing of the shop in 2010 and the re-opening 4 months later and how it is doing now.  I also have interviews with employees and interviews from other business owners in Athboy about how it effected their business when Mc. Elhinneys closed its door in 2010.

Welcome to my Hometown.

Welcome to Athboy! This is what I see every morning heading into Athboy, and just like this morning it was -2degrees at 8 in the morning, but no matter how cold it is I think the frost always makes a nice picture.

Mc. Elhinneys of Athboy.

This week I will be talking to Mr. Neal Sweeney, The manager of the family run business of Mc. Elhinneys Fashion.
Mc. Elhinneys is one of the biggest ladies clothes shop in Ireland.
I will be talking to people on the street and local shoppers about what its like having Mc. Elhinneys in Athboy and how its changed over the 75 years that it has been open.
Mc. Elhinneys closed in 2010 due to the recession and it re-opened with a bang 3-4 months later. I will talk to Neal about what its like since re-opening and how it has effected the business.

Ally's Athboy

Being a young girl living in a small country town all my life definitely made me the non traditional different kind of person I am today, and I'm only 20 (today).

I've lived in Athboy Co. Meath all my life. Athboy is a small town where everybody knows each other, sometimes that can be a good thing, sometimes bad. Everyone knows your business, but there's always someone looking out for you.
Also I will be talking to people about what its like to live in Athboy, their different stories and to unique people who believe Athboy is a very special place, as do I.

I am in Liberties College in Dublin, Studying Creative Media Production. I live in Athboy with my mother and father, Alice and Austin and two big brothers Edwin and Keith. I've been singing since the age of 4, and when I released my second CD I raised €500 for teenline Ireland and €200 to my local No Name! Club, it was all because of the brilliant support from all the people in Athboy.

In my blog, I will be telling stories from Athboy in the 1950's right up to today. From raising funds for Pieta House in Limerick for Prevention of Suicide, to the biggest ladies clothes shop in Leinster 'Mc Elhinneys' closing down due to the resession, to raising $90,000 american dollars for a very well known loving father and fantastic country singer who was suffering from a brain tumour. I also have many more wonderful stories from all the different personalities from Athboy that will show what kind of brilliant place it really is.