“What do you like about being a priest, Father?”
Sometimes — most often at weddings — people ask me what do I like most about being a priest. This puts me in a predicament: because I think they might …
Easter sunrise
Our cross-community gathering marking Easter Sunday morning with a sunrise inter-church prayer service at the bridge at Ballineen, Co Cork, Ireland.
The Fehily Family of Ireland and Boston — and the “Castletown Chapel” chalice in Enniskeane Parish
Local accounts in Castletown Kenneigh — of the villages in the parish of Enniskeane and Desertserges, Co Cork, Ireland — suggest that a Fehily family was involved in the building …
Ours is a land where scholars have tread
There’s a small marble plaque on the wall of the parish church at Enniskeane beside the Shrine to Our Lady. Until recently, the writing on it was very faded. (Thanks …
What’s another photo year!
It was an idea that floated around for several years but now it’s finally a print. I have compiled, designed and had printed a photo calendar for 2014 which I …
Wonders lay at our feet
We are in a time of great unease and, perhaps, even disease – and they are related. Leaders who are called on to lead say it’s difficult because we are …
New blog-site for Enniskeane Parish also takes online parish donations
The thing about blogs is that they are relatively easy to get up and going but not as easy to sustain! But … I have recently spent a bit of …
Lesson from church and diocese history
I came across a Church Directory which was published in 1921 (90 years ago) and it lists all the parishes and clergy of the dioceses of Ireland. Cork and Ross …