Jim Isaac Keery was my grandfather.
He died in Newburgh NY.
His wife Elsie Keery passed 2012
His children are all living.
He was a amazing grandfather.
Many memories boxing with him ❤️
Rod

here is issac,s record

http://www.boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=33001&cat=boxer

boxer: Jim Keery
Global ID 33001
sex male
birth date 1921-02-03
division lightweight
nationality United Kingdom
residence Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
birth place Lisburn, N.Ireland
won 81 (KO 37) + lost 35 (KO 10) + drawn 12 = 129
rounds boxed 817 : KO% 28.68
biography




bouts
Lb St Kg date print

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date Lb opponent Lb W-L-D last 6 location
1953-03-21 141 Tommy Robinson 147 18-9-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 7 8x3
1952-12-10 143 Jimmy Brogden 145½ 13-7-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 5 8x3
1952-11-01 Fred Archer 19-7-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 1 8x3
1952-10-04 Jim Stimpson 4-6-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 4 8x3
1952-05-24 Harry Warner 28-23-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 8 8x3
1952-05-10 Phil Mellish 22-23-5
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1950-10-07 138 Harry Hughes 136 44-17-3
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1950-06-16 Mickey O'Neill 19-9-0
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 12 12x3
~ BBBofC Northern Ireland Area lightweight title ~

1950-05-08 John Parry 0-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 4 10x3
1950-02-22 138 Mickey O'Neill 138 19-7-0
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1949-09-30 135¼ Ivor Kid Germain 134½ 10-2-0
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L KO 1 10x3
Left hook to the solar plexus

1949-09-06 Tommy McGovern 20-8-2
Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
1949-06-02 134 Sandy Saddler 129 93-7-2
White City Stadium, White City, London, United Kingdom L KO 4 10x3
Keery was down once in the 3rd, and twice in the 4th.

1949-05-04 Des Garrod 15-2-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1949-04-21 Peter Fallon 50-12-2
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom W KO 6 8x3
1949-03-01 Billy Thompson 35-5-2
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W DQ 4 8x3
1949-01-25 Gerry Smythe 10-11-1
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 3 8x3
1948-12-25 Mick McAloran 1-3-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
Eliminator BBBofC Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Title

1948-11-20 Billy Barton 40-49-4
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1948-10-23 Tommy Daley 12-9-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1948-09-28 Gerry Smythe 8-8-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 8x3
1948-09-11 Gerry Smythe 7-8-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L KO 3 8x3
1948-08-21 Paddy Dowdall 25-14-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 7 8x3
1948-08-14 Alf Phillips 1-7-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 1 10x3
1948-05-29 Jackie McGouran 16-6-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 8x3
1948-04-24 130½ Jimmy Dunn 129½ 17-10-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 2 8x3
1948-03-20 Bernard Pugh 25-17-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1948-02-21 Jimmy Smyth 0-0-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 8x3
1948-01-31 Dempsey Brady 5-4-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1947-01-25 Jackie King 0-0-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
1946-12-21 Paddy Trainor 0-0-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 3 8x3
1946-11-30 Dempsey Brady 4-1-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1945-08-14 Mick Gibbons 69-32-10
Queensberry Club, Soho, London, United Kingdom NC NC 8 8x3
1942-05-25 Jimmy Smith 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
1942-05-16 Jim Young Josephs 3-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1942-05-02 Mick Magee 2-3-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1941-12-26 Tommy Steele 11-9-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1941-12-06 Tommy Steele 10-9-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L DQ 6 10x3
1941-11-26 Fred Nipper Morris 9-22-3
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
Date uncertain

1941-11-12 Vic Andrews 0-5-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 6 10x3
1941-11-01 Dennis Cahill 6-4-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1941-10-18 Tommy Steele 9-8-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1941-09-27 Tommy Steele 8-8-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
Date uncertain

1941-09-20 Dennis Cahill 6-4-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 10 10x3
1941-01-19 Vic Andrews 0-2-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 2 10x3
1940-12-25 Vic Andrews 0-1-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1940-12-14 Taffy Davies 1-2-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 4 10x3
Date uncertain

1940-12-07 Vic Andrews 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 5 10x3
1940-11-18 Al Lyttle 13-3-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 15 15x3
Northern Ireland Lightweight Title

1940-08-01 Taffy Davies 1-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 9 10x3
Date uncertain

1940-07-01 Taffy Davies 0-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
Date uncertain

1940-04-22 Jim Spider Kelly 13-6-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 12x3
Billed: Northern Ireland Featherweight Title- Keery overweight

1940-04-06 Tom Smith 68-6-3
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1940-03-04 Billy Doherty 7-5-0
Grosvenor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 10 10x3
1940-02-07 Harry Parkes 2-3-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 8 10x3
1939-12-26 Frank Kenny 32-13-7
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1939-11-02 Billy Doherty 6-4-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 1 6x3
1939-08-03 Charlie Fox 130 10-6-0
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
~ referee: Dave Richards ~

1939-07-01 Jake Carr 7-5-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 6 6x3
Date uncertain

1939-06-10 Bob Bates 11-17-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 6 6x3
1939-05-01 Billy Hamilton 4-5-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 6 6x3
1939-04-19 Pat Kelly 5-2-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 2 10x3
1939-04-05 Bert Nichol 3-5-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1939-03-28 Chuck Flanagan 4-4-4
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 10x3
1939-03-21 Harry Godfrey 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 1 10x3
1939-03-06 Dick Levers 2-2-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 10x3
1939-02-18 Mickey Tracey 1-3-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 10x3
1939-02-11 Tommy Ballard 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 4 10x3
1939-02-01 Jack Wally 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 8 10x3
1938-12-26 Al Pedlar 8-1-2
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1938-12-14 Joe Gale 1-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1938-12-01 Billy Armstrong 8-4-1
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom D PTS 8 8x3
1938-11-17 Herbie Clarke 22-10-2
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1938-11-12 Vic Warden 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 8 10x3
1938-11-01 Bob Bates 8-11-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
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page 2 of his record

boxer: Jim Keery
Global ID 33001
sex male
birth date 1921-02-03
division lightweight
nationality United Kingdom
residence Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
birth place Lisburn, N.Ireland
won 81 (KO 37) + lost 35 (KO 10) + drawn 12 = 129
rounds boxed 817 : KO% 28.68
biography




bouts
Lb St Kg date print

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date Lb opponent Lb W-L-D last 6 location
1953-03-21 141 Tommy Robinson 147 18-9-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 7 8x3
1952-12-10 143 Jimmy Brogden 145½ 13-7-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 5 8x3
1952-11-01 Fred Archer 19-7-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 1 8x3
1952-10-04 Jim Stimpson 4-6-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 4 8x3
1952-05-24 Harry Warner 28-23-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 8 8x3
1952-05-10 Phil Mellish 22-23-5
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1950-10-07 138 Harry Hughes 136 44-17-3
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1950-06-16 Mickey O'Neill 19-9-0
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L TKO 12 12x3
~ BBBofC Northern Ireland Area lightweight title ~

1950-05-08 John Parry 0-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 4 10x3
1950-02-22 138 Mickey O'Neill 138 19-7-0
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1949-09-30 135¼ Ivor Kid Germain 134½ 10-2-0
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L KO 1 10x3
Left hook to the solar plexus

1949-09-06 Tommy McGovern 20-8-2
Harringay Arena, Harringay, London, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
1949-06-02 134 Sandy Saddler 129 93-7-2
White City Stadium, White City, London, United Kingdom L KO 4 10x3
Keery was down once in the 3rd, and twice in the 4th.

1949-05-04 Des Garrod 15-2-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1949-04-21 Peter Fallon 50-12-2
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom W KO 6 8x3
1949-03-01 Billy Thompson 35-5-2
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W DQ 4 8x3
1949-01-25 Gerry Smythe 10-11-1
Kings Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 3 8x3
1948-12-25 Mick McAloran 1-3-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
Eliminator BBBofC Northern Ireland Area Lightweight Title

1948-11-20 Billy Barton 40-49-4
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1948-10-23 Tommy Daley 12-9-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1948-09-28 Gerry Smythe 8-8-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 8x3
1948-09-11 Gerry Smythe 7-8-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L KO 3 8x3
1948-08-21 Paddy Dowdall 25-14-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 7 8x3
1948-08-14 Alf Phillips 1-7-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 1 10x3
1948-05-29 Jackie McGouran 16-6-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 8x3
1948-04-24 130½ Jimmy Dunn 129½ 17-10-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 2 8x3
1948-03-20 Bernard Pugh 25-17-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1948-02-21 Jimmy Smyth 0-0-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 8x3
1948-01-31 Dempsey Brady 5-4-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1947-01-25 Jackie King 0-0-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
1946-12-21 Paddy Trainor 0-0-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 3 8x3
1946-11-30 Dempsey Brady 4-1-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 8 8x3
1945-08-14 Mick Gibbons 69-32-10
Queensberry Club, Soho, London, United Kingdom NC NC 8 8x3
1942-05-25 Jimmy Smith 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
1942-05-16 Jim Young Josephs 3-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1942-05-02 Mick Magee 2-3-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1941-12-26 Tommy Steele 11-9-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1941-12-06 Tommy Steele 10-9-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L DQ 6 10x3
1941-11-26 Fred Nipper Morris 9-22-3
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
Date uncertain

1941-11-12 Vic Andrews 0-5-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 6 10x3
1941-11-01 Dennis Cahill 6-4-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1941-10-18 Tommy Steele 9-8-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1941-09-27 Tommy Steele 8-8-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
Date uncertain

1941-09-20 Dennis Cahill 6-4-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 10 10x3
1941-01-19 Vic Andrews 0-2-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 2 10x3
1940-12-25 Vic Andrews 0-1-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1940-12-14 Taffy Davies 1-2-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 4 10x3
Date uncertain

1940-12-07 Vic Andrews 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 5 10x3
1940-11-18 Al Lyttle 13-3-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 15 15x3
Northern Ireland Lightweight Title

1940-08-01 Taffy Davies 1-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 9 10x3
Date uncertain

1940-07-01 Taffy Davies 0-1-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
Date uncertain

1940-04-22 Jim Spider Kelly 13-6-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 12x3
Billed: Northern Ireland Featherweight Title- Keery overweight

1940-04-06 Tom Smith 68-6-3
Sunderland, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1940-03-04 Billy Doherty 7-5-0
Grosvenor Park, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 10 10x3
1940-02-07 Harry Parkes 2-3-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 8 10x3
1939-12-26 Frank Kenny 32-13-7
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1939-11-02 Billy Doherty 6-4-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 1 6x3
1939-08-03 Charlie Fox 130 10-6-0
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom L PTS 8 8x3
~ referee: Dave Richards ~

1939-07-01 Jake Carr 7-5-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 6 6x3
Date uncertain

1939-06-10 Bob Bates 11-17-1
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 6 6x3
1939-05-01 Billy Hamilton 4-5-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom D PTS 6 6x3
1939-04-19 Pat Kelly 5-2-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 2 10x3
1939-04-05 Bert Nichol 3-5-2
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1939-03-28 Chuck Flanagan 4-4-4
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 10x3
1939-03-21 Harry Godfrey 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 1 10x3
1939-03-06 Dick Levers 2-2-0
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 10x3
1939-02-18 Mickey Tracey 1-3-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 4 10x3
1939-02-11 Tommy Ballard 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W KO 4 10x3
1939-02-01 Jack Wally 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 8 10x3
1938-12-26 Al Pedlar 8-1-2
Ulster Hall, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1938-12-14 Joe Gale 1-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
1938-12-01 Billy Armstrong 8-4-1
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom D PTS 8 8x3
1938-11-17 Herbie Clarke 22-10-2
The Stadium, Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom L PTS 10 10x3
1938-11-12 Vic Warden 0-0-0
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W TKO 8 10x3
1938-11-01 Bob Bates 8-11-1
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom W PTS 10 10x3
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Brendan

Thank you for this, I found it very interesting. My dad Billy Thompson was fly weight. He was very well know in boxing circles, but the Billy Thompson mentioned in the records isn't him. This man, when I looked him up, was a Yorkshire man, who strangely enough has just died on 4th January 2009.

Thanks again

Liz

Brendan
That boxing records site has improved enormously over the past few years. I often look up names. Rinty Monaghan, of course, and Bunty Doran, as well as Spider Kelly, John McManus, and all the old names from Ireland.

i looking up a site for keerys photos heres 1 anyway

I have the records of most of the Belfast Boxers and a good collection of photographs which I will be only too glad to share. Here are six of the best from L-R Spider Jim Kelly, Jim Keery, Tommy McMenamy, Bunty Doran, Gerry Smith and Freddy Webb. (Freddy was the older brother of Willie Rea from the Market area)did,nt come up will try and sort it out

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will send you site its BELFAST FORUM GO TO BELFAST HISTORY THEN BELFAST BOXERS IN THE PHOTOGRAPH KEERY IS SECOND FROM RIGHT AND NOT LEFT AS IT SAYS BELOW PIC

http://search.live.com/results.aspx?q=belfast+forum&src=IE-SearchBox


go to belfast history,belfast boxers page 12

HI Carolina Irish
i lived in ridgeway st and i mind the harrisons living there they were related to the smileys walter and nellie and they lived up the steps then

Walter and Nelly were my uncle and aunt. Nelly was my mother's sister. I remember them living in Ridgeway Street.

Brendan Woods,

Is that the Barney Woods I worked with in Sepon Park, years ago, when men were men & work was hard work. ?
Joe Burns.

yes thats me joe with you and frank crossey RIP
i moved from lisburn to newcastle then to kilkeel when my wife died in 2004, you still do any homers
i packed in the dogs years ago, but go now and again to dundalk

Hi Carolina Irish
well pump lane,s dead and gone this ages i see eric smiley now and then, he and the wife go racing most weekends leopardstown nass navan and fairyhouse
probably dundalk as well they have greyhound racing after the horse racing 7 horse races and 10 dog races
on a friday night do you need a few quid to hold out there,a great track though compared to what it used to be

i got married again to an american woman,new jersey ,we go south now and then, but a year back in july last we had a car accident and she wes severly injured shattered hip and pelvis ,she is making a slow recovery from this hopefully this summer we be on the road again,usually hit dublin or doolin/galway

Hi Brendan,
On reading your reply to Joe I realized who you were, as a matter of fact I was up visiting Bobbie in lisburn to day and I was telling him about you putting Jim Kerrys record on the forum, as Brain Madden who is writing a book about Jim came up to our house to interveiw Bobbie a fortnight ago for some insight and the crack was great, However Brendan its with regret that I read of your recent setbacks and I hope your luck changes in the near future,
Regards Ted Rooney

Brendan,
Bobby Sends his regards Ted

is that the ted rooney who used to work for elmores and knew sean kearns ,he was a hodsman like myself in those days we had moterbikes then him and i; jawas they were?

Right first time Brendan, I forgot about the Jawa, regarding Sean Cairns he is living in Kildare now I had a card from him at Christmas and Tom my brother he is down in Co Meath after I realized it was yourself I rang Bobbie and he was telling me yous worked together with the Spences and that wasn't yesterday, it was great to hear from you Ted

i have,nt seen bobbie rooney in years'yes we worked on the houses for unit the knockmore estate,with harold and roy mcbride rip and geordie allen im not sure if geordie is still around' bertie and norman mcallister were in squad also i never be talking to anyone from lisburn at all now but i be there every sunday visiting my sister mary she is in pond park nursing home and my son who wanted to go back to lisburn to live,i see hugh mcgrogan during summer months in newcastle his wife died a few years back also

Brendan if you get a chance e/m me at teddyro57@btinternet.com
Ted

Brendan

(Thank you for this, I found it very interesting. My dad Billy Thompson was fly weight. He was very well know in boxing circles, but the Billy Thompson mentioned in the records isn't him. This man, when I looked him up, was a Yorkshire man, who strangely enough has just died on 4th January 2009.

Thanks again

Liz )


hi Liz
i remember Billy Thompson back then dark curly haired lad in those days i,m sure he was heavier than flyweight though more like 9 or 10 stone if my memory serves right i think he was a fitter or mechanic ,however i will look back the records on BOX REC I might stumble on something about him if he boxed pro which im sure he did,i think that was around time Jackie Willis was in the game,i met Jackie last year in newcastle and he had,nt a clue who i was,was donkeys years from we last met all the best barney woods

Brendan,

Good to hear from one of the old neighbours, workmates again, we left Lisburn in 1974 & are retired in Clare since 1990. All "homers "are done here at the Cottage we bought, which was just 4 walls then on an acre of land. Hope your wife makes a steady recovery & maybe run into you in Doolin or Galway sometime, we visit there too. Like yourself I only go to Big Races now with my son Kieran at holiday times, no dog racing at all only invites sometimes to Charity do's in Limerick. Never made the fortune promised.
Speaking about the Jawas, I remember when working at Ulster Avenue for Liscon, I got a lift with you, on the pillon seat & flying up the Derriaghy strait, my duncher blew off, never to be seen again. Then, at Carryduff one frosty morning I saw you turning into the job, skidding & tumbling over, but you were unfazed, got up & started work. We were made of the "right stuff." You could keep 2 bricklayers going, plus doing the scaffolding & made your own mortar for us. "Abraham Lincoln abolished black slavery but forgot to abolish white slavery"...as George Morrow used to say.

All the best Barney,
Joe.

Brendan, I was just wondering if you would have a photo of Joe Sharpe, brother of Peter (Al) Sharpe. I have just completed Peter's story. He had 121 fights, and is the only Irishman to have won three Northern Ireland titles - light, welter and middle - at different weights. Gerry Smyth died recently and there was a massive turnout. Needless to say his fights with Jim Keery were mentioned in a wonderful eulogy. I enjoyed reading your messages.

Brian Madden

i remember both from ulster hall days i have not noticed photo,s of joe on line they might be one maybe in rushlight or belfast forum i will have a look round the owner of rushlight has a lot of local stuff on his site boxing video,s for sale also
its full of local belfast history

http://www.belfastforum.co.uk/

http://www.rushlightmagazine.com/

I read that when he was sixteen, Jim beat Rinty Monaghan on points.

yes he did beat rinty not sure what age he was though
and im near certain he also beat jackie patterson who went on to win world title, patterson was murdered in south africa

Rinty was world champion. I didn't know about the murder. I'll google it. Thanks.

I remember a Jim Keery that used to live on Warren Park Avenue across the street from my Aunt Minnie (Elliott). I remember us going on holidays with him to Portrush. If this is the same one - Sylvia Walker, now living in Hillsborough might remember some things about him.