The Isle of Inisfree has always been one of my favourite songs. I especially love the beginning of the closing verse where the man recalls his home and “the folks I love” gathered around the fireplace where “on bended knee their Rosary is told”. Not prayed, said, recited but “told”.…
Thanks to Fr Seán Coyle who posted a comment on an earlier post and reminded me of this lovely song. Seán thinks The Dutchman may have Alzheimer’s Disease (Liam Clancy thinks it’s more like shell-shocked). Whatever the cause, the old man needs a bit of patience, love and kindness and…
I think Leonard Cohen should have been awarded the Nobel Prize! There, I’ve said it. I have no axe to grind with Bob Dylan of course. Chances are neither is too worried about what I think. “Forget your perfect offering, (Cohen said in Anthem), there is a crack, a crack…
Firstly I want to say thanks to all who visited the blog in the past few days. I just did a count and more than 5600 views of the previous post have taken place. This is undoubtedly the biggest flow of traffic I’ve had and I’m not naive enough to…
I really thought this was Mayo’s year. I am a Sligo man but when Sligo’s out of the equation, I believe our next loyalty lies with the province and when the county representing the province is one in which I’ve spent most of my years as priest, it’s obvious my…
