Some philanthropists, solicitous about the possibility of my becoming bored with so much… Shortly before I ‘packed up’ – continued Sean Crawford – ‘I happened to… Newry City Library presents ‘At the Crossroads of History’ when Tony Canavan will… I was browsing the other day and came across the retirement reflections of… The Newry Journal started over nine years ago. Here are a few screenshots… Here we see the “Walkers Line” at the Sacred Heart/St Ronan’s Schools lined… Tonight at 8.00 pm sees the first play of the 2012 Lislea Drama Festival. Kilrush of Wexford present this modern classic. Amazingly, it is thirty-six years ago. I have two children older than that! I’d like to learn where they all are now. (No! Not my children. They keep me informed. The Abbey boys, I mean!). Here’s a start! Maurice McCavitt (brother of Seamus and Dr John) has the Bureau de Change on Hill Street. I think Francie McCracken is still out in Clanrye Avenue working in the swimming pool. Kevin Lyons is still about town. In fact he lives up near me in Druncashellone. As a piper, I play at many varied events. Recently I was asked by a funeral director to play at a graveside service for a homeless man. As I bent to the task, he threw in the odd compliment as to how well I was doing, the good shape I made of the work. ‘How are things about town?’ he asked, in a friendly way. One word borrowed another,The Old Academy
‘of Retiring Disposition’: Crawford
At the Crossroads of History
Sean Crawford in Retirement
Journal: A Brief History
Nature confused
McDonagh’s The Lonesome West
Abbey 5H class 1975/6
Homeless man’s funeral service
Harvesting: conclusion
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