A collection of personal musings and photos!
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 […]
It certainly seemed that way yesterday! The small island in Uibh Laoire parish, and just west of Ballingeary, enjoys a long tradition of pilgrimage. The annual Mass which in recent years is held on the Sunday after St Finbarr’s feast […]
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 […]
Had a lunch meeting yesterday in the hotel in Shandon, Cork, which once was the North Infirmary Hospital. (The food is vastly improved!). While I was waiting I took a stroll out the back of the hotel. It’s in the […]
Like so many Corkonians, I have often taken for granted the story, the people and the trials and joys associated with the red and grey building which stands at the junction at the top of Shandon Street. At first glance, […]
(This is the text of my homily preached at the 70th Corpus Christi Procession in Cork in 1996.) Good afternoon. My name is Fr. Tom Hayes and I welcome you all to our annual Procession with the Blessed Sacrament. This […]