I am just home from the Funeral Mass for Felicity MacDermot. It was celebrated in St Aidan’s Church, Monasteraden and a large congregation was present, Concelebrants included Bishop Thomas Flynn, (Bishop Emeritus of Achonry), Monsignor John Doherty (formerly served in Monasteraden and in the Cathedral as Curate and Administrator), Fr Dan O’Mahony,…
How local are you? Would you consider joining us for a Dawn Mass on Easter Sunday Morning at Urlaur Abbey? It’s an amazing setting, on the shores of Urlaur Lake and the grounds of a centuries old Dominican Abbey. What a way to start the day! Think about it. If…
A few weeks ago I wrote a piece about Felicity MacDermott (Madam MacDermot) to mark her birthday and acknowledge her illness, following a stroke suffered a number of weeks ago. Her earthly journey drew to a close this morning. May she rest in peace. Her funeral will take place in St…
We’re still in the month of March so this is ………….. worth a run!!
I heard earlier today that John McDonnell died. He was my father’s first cousin and a native of Fauleens, Monasteraden. Daddy and John were in Coolavin school together. John, his wife Teresa and some of his family attended my ordination. A few years later I went to visit John and…
I was sent this last night and thought it might be worth an inclusion! Hard to believe this video clip was uploaded a week ago and has been viewed over a million times since then! I’m afraid I don’t have traffic like that!! Do I dance? Alas, I have it…
A man was found dead. I’m not sure if it was this morning or yesterday. He lived in a town – within the shadows of a Friary. People spoke with genuine sorrow and more than a little regret. He kept to himself. He’d moved from England. He used sit on…
I went into Ballaghaderreen earlier to the annual St Patrick’s Day Parade. There was a great turnout of people and of participants in the parade. Well done to all involved. I brought the camera and took a few photos. Well “few” is a bit of an understatement. When I came…
Today is my father’s first anniversary. We celebrated Mass for him in Cloonloo on Friday evening last but today, March 13th, is the day he died. The First Anniversary is an important day, marking a year since the death of someone important in one’s life. As a son, they don’t…
“But his servants approached him and said, ‘My father, if the prophet had asked you to do something difficult, would you not have done it? All the more reason, then, when he says to you, “Bathe, and you will become clean”.’ So he went down and immersed himself seven times…
