Dawn Mass at Urlaur Abbey
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…
Felicity MacDermot, R.I.P.
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.…
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We’re still in the month of March so this is ………….. worth a run!!
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…
Do you dance??
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…
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…