Driving into South Brittany in early August almost four years ago, my companions and I had a very powerful reminder of the similarities between
Brittany
John McCullagh
Jesus Blood
A short film (switch on audio!) to conclude our season on the Passion and Resurrection.
100 years ago Warrenpoint
“As a seaside resort Warrenpoint year by year is gaining in popularity with English and Scotch, as well as Irish visitors. Its population at the last census was 1817 which represents the standing population, this being hugely increased during the summer season.
Sean Hollywood and me
A couple of years later when I was the ‘neutral’ judge in an Aer Lingus-sponsored school debating competition in County Down between two Catholic schools, I cast my deciding vote for St. Colman’s College of Newry.
Sheep and Lambs
Writing on Good Friday, I consider it appropriate to continue on the religious and sacrificial theme. The following are two of my favourites by Irish writers:
Calvary
Christians everywhere, from midnight if not before, will reflect on the Sacrifice of the Cross. The words of the Irish poet, Cecil Frances Alexander, on
‘which art in heaven’ …
Austin Clarke is a well known and respected Irish writer of the recent past.
Perhaps his lines written on the burial of Dr Douglas Hyde, first Irish President, are appropriate at this time – especially in the light of recent articles posted here on Newry Journal.
Views on Irish History
By the time I was attending secondary school, it became obvious that we were all being taught differently about the history of