Twelfth Night ….
Traditionally this is the “twelfth night” – the last of the Christmas Season and candles are placed in windows to let the passing traveller know there’s a welcome inside. This…
May in December and January …..
Last night for the second time in my life I was at a New Year’s Eve gathering. Most years I went home to be with Bill and Mary for midnight.…
2011 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Syndey Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was…
The Last Post (2011)
Heading to Mass in Urlaur shortly and not sure that I’ll get to write anything before midnight so just to bring the year to a close …. Thanks to all…
Christmas 2011
Firstly, Happy Christmas to you all. Thanks for keeping an eye on this blog and for your comments and feedback during the year. Certainly you’ve encouraged me to keep putting…
Be Thankful
Be Thankful Thanksgiving Poem (I heard this poem this morning – December 21st – read by Maeve McGivern on RTE Radio. Maeve is a young girl from Leitrim who, earlier…
Another email just received ….
I had just posted the previous piece when an email arrived. I opened it and thought that it was worth sharing. It’s said that it’s written by an eighty-three year…
Where did Mary find her “Yes”?
This weekend’s Gospel takes us to the life and choices of a teenage girl. Engaged, and ready for marriage, to the man she wanted to be her husband, all was…
Goodbye Snow!!!
How I’d love to be able to say that. It snowed during the night and the place is covered this morning. Not cold though. Sadly, it’s likely to get colder…
Christmas 1914 (WW1 Truce)
Jerry Lynch (a Clare man) sings a very moving song, telling of a glimpse of peace during WW1. It took place over the Christmas days of 1914 and gave some…