Eight decades of service to come to an end with closure of Ballaghaderreen newsagents
This Saturday, February 28th, Imelda Towey will lock the front door for the final time on Towey’s grocery and newsagents in Ballaghaderreen. Pic: Liam Reynolds
It’s a very sad situation any time a business decides to close its doors, but it is even more poignant when it is a shop like Towey’s grocery and newsagents in Ballaghaderreen, which has been an essential part of the fabric of the town for over 80 years.
This Saturday, February 28th, Imelda Towey will lock the front door for the final time as she retires from business, essentially bringing an end to a legacy which her parents and siblings created in the town. They are definitely leaving a hole in the community - a community which they have cherished, served and given back to over and over again over the eight decades.
Siblings Imelda, Patricia, Geraldine, Madeline and Fr Tommy sat down with the Roscommon Herald to explain how the shop started from humble beginnings to being not only a grocery but a café and boarding house as they grew up.
They shared some wonderful memories of life growing up in a town they love.
