I happened to be out on the town with my wife on Saturday evening when the conversation turned on philosophy and its influence on Western thought ….
John McCullagh
Michael J Murphy: influences
Although he was born in Liverpool, Michael had already, by the time he was taken home to Dromintee in 1922, been brought up in an atmosphere of storytelling.
‘Those were the days..’
The venue, once again, is beautiful Warrenpoint. We see here the Bandstand, the Swimming Baths, an Edwardian era group of upright citizens and three tickets for different entertainment events.
Fews Glossary: S 6
Dialect ‘S’ 6 of 7
Staff : stick
Stagger : attempt, ‘he staggered it anyhow’
Start : ‘you gave me a start’, scared me; commence, ‘start the game’
Meadow: Spillin’ coal deliberately
The innocent days of youth in the early Meadow were recalled recently by Dennis Ward, retired Abbey Primary School teacher.
The Old Age Pension
The night of Sunday 6 January-Monday 7 January 1839 is remembered now, only in folklore as The Night of the Big Wind that battered all of
Bad Driving
Have I become paranoiac or are they really out to get me?
I’m talking about boy-racers constantly nudging at my rear bumper now impatiently veering to the left, now to the right, in a desperate effort to negotiate this exasperating road obstruction. And I’m already close to the maximum speed limit!
Meadow Memories: Part 1
THE MEADOW : Early Days Reminiscence of the first generation
Work began on the building of The Meadow housing estate in 1947.