First Week of Lent – Friday
“Though I am not religious ……” it’s amazing how many people feel the need to preface a statement with these words. I always find it a bit sad, especially when…
General Interest
Remember Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=juT7ek94IdM
Three years and counting!
It seems like just last week ….. To the people of the Tubbercurry Cloonacool Parish and the virtual parish that joins us via social media Three years ago I moved…
Bread Crossed
THE CROSS ON THE LOAF A memory; she would work hastily, faithfully and with purpose …. kneaded and needed bread – the constant provider not shop bought, from tradition taught…
Coming Home
This space has been part of my life for many years and, in recent times, I have been neglecting it. Like all untended gardens, the weeds begin to flourish and…
The Box
The Box by Lascelles Abercrombie Once upon a time, in the land of Hush-A-Bye, Around about the wondrous days of yore, They came across a kind of box Bound up…
Gentleness
In Kilmovee, I liked to take pictures of the church from the front of my house. There is a magnificent tree outside he house and some of the photos I…
On your 100th Birthday
Dear Mary, Were you still with us, you would have received a letter (and cheque) from The President today! Alas, no letter or cheque and sadly you are not still…
Remembered
Just short of one month ago, a very good friend of mine died. Her name is Marie Regan and, during my time in Kilmovee Parish, Marie was sacristan in Kilmovee.…
Lazarus around us
How many years can a mountain exist before it is washed to the sea and how many years must a people exist before they’re allowed to be free yes, and…