Deserted Village
My friend Matthew McGrath of Rostrevor has recorded a CD which includes a lovely song, his own composition, Spirit of the Village. This tells how he was personally affected on seeing the Deserted Village on the slopes of Slieve More in Achill Island.
Brigit’s cloak
The tradition of the St Brigit’s Cross also reaches back to Pre-Christian times (when it was made of straw). In Irish folklore rushes were associated with childbirth and were laid down when a woman was giving birth…
Bridgit: Bishop?
It is said that St Bridgit went to confession to St Mel, who pronounced the formula for the consecration of a bishop in place of absolution. From this derives the tradition that Bridgit was herself a bishop.
St Bridgit (1)
Wednesday of this week is St Bridgit’s day. In The Meadow we lived in St Bridgit’s ward and worshipped in St Bridgit’s Church.
Boyfriend Application
Dear Technical Support,
Last year I upgraded from Boyfriend to Husband and almost immediately noticed a distinct slowdown in overall system performance, particularly in the Flower and Jewellery applications which formerly operated flawlessly under Boyfriend.
Frank Hall’s mother etc
John Bowman (RTE Reporter for decades) has favourable mention of Newryman, the late great Frank Hall, an early stalwart of the emerging RTE TV channel, in his recent blockbuster history of that channel entitled ‘Mirrors and Windows’.
Kemo Sabbe
In the end, everyone’s luck runs out.
The Lone Ranger was finally ambushed and captured by an enemy Indian War Party. The Indian Chief Tomahoko observed his enemy.
The Circus
We relished any opportunity for entertainment in those Golden Days of long ago. Most popular of all was the travelling circus.
Bank Re-Arrangements
Mr E Scrooge
Usury Bank
Hill Street
NEWRY
7.1.2012
Dear Sir,
I am writing to thank you for causing my cheque …
Glassdrumman Fishermen 1843
There were harsh times in Ireland in the middle of the nineteenth century – and harsher still to come, when in 1843 a great fishing disaster befell the communities along the Mourne shore. This popular ballad tells the tale.
The Sistine Chapel
We have a number of enthusiastic art critics on Newry Journal.
What better than a tour of Michaelangelo’s works in the Vatican’s Sistine Chapel?
Euro Pint !
Spare a thought for poor Michael O’Leary, Chief Executive of Ryanair…….
Arriving in a hotel in Dublin , he went to the bar and asked for a pint of draught Guinness.