Dear Agnes,
I am a woman of maturing years, certainly, but I have all my faculties. I’m sure you know what I mean, Agnes, for you are likewise.
John McCullagh
Meadow: Pigeons [2]
There was a strict regulation imposed on all new tenants of The Meadow estate in the late 40s-early 50s that no wild or domesticated animals be kept in or about these pristine new homes.
Magennis Coronation Stone
Perhaps it was because the Magennis chiefs of Iveagh were more politic (or more accommodating, subservient, cowardly, treasonable, choose your own descriptive term, according to your personal view of history) that their ancient Coronation Stone up the Bridal Loanan in Warrenpoint was permitted to survive intact!
Tracey’s Friends Slideshow
I was fortunate to be invited to the Girls’ 40th Birthday Reunion Party. Here are some slides from that Great Night in the INF.
Eat your heart out, Editor.
My Girls, still together!
I spotted this photo and the story that accompanied it, in the paper this week and my sore old heart gave a little skip for joy!
Annalong explained
Most of our place names derive from the original Gaelic and so it is of Annalong – Ath na Long or the ford of the ships. We must remember that before every river and stream …
Hughie comes home
Before Hughie’s wake could begin, Mum sat in the room fingering her rosary, just waiting. How often had she waited for the men in her life to come home? Consumed in herself as she remembered the past, she remained barely conscious of what was going on around her.