Who will win?
‘Fools rush in’, they say, and here’s this fool rushing in again with his predictions for the Amateur Dr
Originally posted 2006-03-30 13:53:53. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
20 Best Places To Visit in Ireland
Here you will find the best places to visit in Ireland. These are…
Miscellaneous Memories: 1
‘.. there was no central heating in houses. In our house there was a big range .. like a modern Aga .. that heated the kitchen. There was no heat in our bedrooms at all .. so we had to have hot water bottles in bed. You looked after your bottle. There weren’t many then, like there is today.
Originally posted 2006-04-07 00:00:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Son of Ballinliss
I’m thinking it must be word-and-idea association that drives me! Anna Belle spoke of Ballinliss and that brought to mind another past-pupil of that tiny school.
John McNally of Ballinliss, Killeavy spent twenty years gold-mining and prospecting in
Originally posted 2006-05-07 00:50:28. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Chamber Music Christmas
You simply must NOT miss ….
Originally posted 2009-12-10 13:55:30. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Miss Munroe: First School
The only school in the district was a one-room Protestant school two miles away. Our parents were reluctant to send us but keeping up with our ‘larnin” was more important than religious persuasion so off we went, Sally and I!
Originally posted 2006-09-10 14:29:38. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Burglars!
‘On Tuesday morning last when the premises of the Frontier Mineral Water Company in
Originally posted 2007-09-07 09:52:49. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Dundalk, Newry, Greenore Railway
“As motor boat trips along the Ship Canal go, ours was relatively eventful. We met no sea-going cargo ship …
Originally posted 2010-01-13 09:22:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Easy Quiz Answers
Yesterday’s questions were really, really easy, weren’t they?
Well. Let’s see how you scored. Just one right from eleven and you pass!
Originally posted 2009-09-03 09:55:54. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
Tony Rushforth at Drama Festival
We had a lively and entertaining start to the Newry Drama Festival last evening. Your editor ended the evening in the pleasant company of Barry and Donna Crawford [in The Bridge] and reminisced of Mark Burns, Donna’s brother in faraway San Francisco. Greetings Mark!
Originally posted 2011-03-26 11:52:43. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
By the Light of the Moon
That last poem (W Allingham’s The Fairies) brought back another old favourite in…
Sonny McCullagh
This morning I tended the grave of Sonny McCullagh. It is the forty-fifth anniversary of his death. Tonight we will celebrate mass for the repose of his soul.
Originally posted 2007-05-19 12:38:51. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
