Two years ago in the Little Theatre in Athlone I had the privilege of watching a debut performance of a play written by Neil Richardson and directed by Caroline Barry called From The Shannon To The Somme. A true story about an Athlone man, Sgt Michael Curley, a soldier before and during World War 1. Michael had done his seven… (more…)
It has taken me a couple of weeks to get over Dave McGarry’s death and judging by the amount of e-mails and comments received, I would guess his death has disturbed a great number of people and him a Catholic priest whose stock as a group of people has been lowered considerably over the last few years. It just shows… (more…)
I apologise for my poor production over the last few days and it was not because the Church was pulling itself apart and generally making itself into the anathema it is desperately becoming, but because late last week I was co-opted on to the editorial panel for the 2010 edition of The New Ranger an annual magazine brought out by… (more…)