John McDonnell, R.I.P.
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…
General Interest
It could happen anywhere. Is there anything we can do?
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…
St Patrick’s Day Parade
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.…
Bill’s First Anniversary
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…
Monday 12th March
“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,…
Sunday 11th March
When doing the newsletter for this weekend, I came across a web image of a mobile phone with a text message that ran “none b4 me srsly”!! It was a…
Saturday 10th March
I intend to come back to this …..
Friday 9th March
Mind the Gap …… For those of you who have travelled on London Underground these are familiar words. They are usually repeated when a train pulls into a station and…
Wednesday 7th March
Today is the birthday of a woman called Felicity MacDermot who lives in Coolavin (Monasteraden) – we used to call her Madam MacDermot. She lives in the home of The…
Tuesday 6th March
The Stations ….. I spent a few weeks in London when I was a deacon. I was in the parish of St Gabriel on the Holloway Road. It was a…