I heard a song yesterday that I’d never heard before. That’s not surprising of course but the fact is I have the song on my ipod and there’s no doubt I heard it before but never really “heard” it, if that makes sense! It caught my attention yesterday on…
Marie Sharkey, R.I.P.On Saturday, June 24th, we celebrated the Funeral Mass of Marie Sharkey, R.I.P., in Urlaur Church. Marie, close on 97, was the oldest resident in the Urlaur area and has, for many years, been a central character in its story. In preparing for her Funeral Mass I remembered…
Earlier today I was in Monasteraden, in the midst of old friends and neighbours for a special Fundraiser for St Aidan’s N.S. It was a 5K Run/Walk with a difference. After each Kilometer travelled, the “participants” were coloured. The idea being that at the end of the 5k, they would…
I bought my friend an elephant for his roomHe said “Thanks”and I said:”Don’t mention it” 1
On my way to Urlaur on Wednesday night I was listening to John Creedon (always ALWAYS enjoy his show) and I caught the end of a Johnny Cash song, Jackson, but Johnny was not the singer and the arrangement was very different. I liked it – a lot – and…
I went to Maynooth on June 13th for the annual Maynooth Union Day. It celebrates the anniversaries of priests who have been ordained from the college down through the years. Ordination Classes from five years on are invited. In more recent years, I think from one year to ten and…
Where it all began! Going to Maynooth tomorrow (today) for the Maynooth Union Day. Each year classes gather to celebrate significant anniversaries, most notably Golden and Silver Jubilees. Classes from five years on, all the way to sixty and maybe seventy years meet to remember, renew and be together. I…
