Our Daily Bread
The word ‘heritage’ has a warm glow around it. It speaks of placing an important value on some elements of our past. Of course, we are all products of our past and of our shared history with others. Each of […]
All Saints Church: reflections on the heart of the place
Walking through the parish church amid scaffold and plastic sheeting is a strange experience. I rambled through Drimoleague’s parish church of All Saints recently when I called to see how the refurbishment work was progressing. The church that I prayed […]
Mysteries uncovered with a camera’s click
A piece of my past popped up in my mind recently when I passed a shop window full of old bits and bobs – from genuine antiques to curious junk. There in the middle of it all was a forlorn […]
We walk in graveyards with prayerful hope
These are days for meandering with hope. Individuals, families and communities make time in these November days to visit the resting places of the earthly remains of deceased family members, neighbours and friends. The scriptures tell us that “it is […]
Kealkill School marks 100th birthday with new book
I admitted to a printer today that I think it’s easier to do penance in this life than in the next! I used to be a regular caller at the printers when I edited the Fold magazine but they don’t […]
Visit to Illnacullin (Garnish Island)
Garnish Island is a ‘tropical’ oasis in Bantry Bay, a short ten-minute ferry hop from Glengarriff. I had not been there for a few decades! I failed in an attempt to get there in July with members of PhotographyIreland.net (I […]
Sean is 8!
My nephew Sean is 8 this month. Congrats Sean! Noirin and Mike had a wonderful party to mark the weekend. Some of the phots are here.
New Year’s Day in Breenybeg
I spent most of the first day of 2009 in Kealkill with Margaret (sister) and John, and Eoin and Muireann.