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Pictured at Campbell's on their last day in business are l to r; Clare, John, Margo, Seán, Mairéad and Michelle. In front: Seán Óg. Picture: Seán Ó Súilleabháin
Seán and Margo Campbell closed the door on their grocery and butcher shop in Aughnacliffe for the last time on December 31, 2021.
It was a nostalgic occasion as the Campbell business has been in operation since the early 1950s.
End of an era in Longford as renowned Aughnacliffe butchers closes for final time
In just over a week's time one of the county's most preeminent and long standing businesses will pull the shutters over its doors for the last time.
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Significant too that the last grocery shop in the village has now closed and there was a time when Aughnacliffe had five grocery shops: Reilly’s, Mulligan’s, Campbell’s, Smith’s and Hourican’s.
A few hundred metres away, Kinlan’s was another grocery and bar. Add to that two sweet shops: Smith’s and Gormley’s. All are now gone.
Pictured at Campbell's on their last day in business are l to r; Clare, John, Margo, Seán, Mairéad and Michelle. In front: Seán Óg.
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