Hollywood legend to visit Ballymoe

Hollywood legend Mickey Rooney is on his way to Galway next week to celebrate the life of a Ballymoe priest he immortalised on the silver screen almost 70 years ago.The veteran actor who starred in Boys Town with Spencer Tracy in 1938 will kick start the celebrations that culminate on December 12 to mark the 90th anniversary of the founding of Boys Town. On that date in 1917, Fr Edward J. Flanagan, the Ballymoe-born pioneering priest, opened his door to five homeless boys and began to build the foundations for what is known today as Girls and Boys Town, Omaha, Nebraska.Fr Steven Boes, current National Executive Director of Boys Town, and successor to Fr Flanagan, has chosen Ballymoe, the birth place of Fr Flanagan, as…..