By Dan Walsh
Two units of County Wexford Fire Service from Enniscorthy and Bunclody responded to an outbreak of fire at the Old Post Office in Ballycarney this morning.
The appliances arrived promptly at the scene and succeeded in containing the fire and prevented it from spreading while the interior of the building escaped damage.
In a post on social media, Barry Lacey thanked the efforts of the fire service and added; “We would also like to thank our neighbours and friends and people in the local community. Within 10 minutes of the smoke being first reported people ascended on the scene with ladders, buckets and banded together to help contain the fire from spreading.
“In the following hours more people arrived to help with the clean-up and turned what would have been a day’s work into only few hours,” said Mr Lacey who extended “a huge thank you to everyone who helped today and while this event was unfortunate it certainly showed what a strong community exists here in Ballycarney. The fire slowed us down but didn’t stop us and we’ll see you all for tea and a chat soon!!
Owned by father and son Sean and Barry Lacey, the restored thatched cottage situated on Ballycarney village crossroads served the community as a post office, 1891-1938. Currently, it is used by Ballycarney Development Group for gatherings enjoying songs and stories and available to community groups in a traditional cottage setting beside the River Slaney.
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