Eye on the past

Tom Cox: From A to B

    IT WOULD be fair to say that occasionally I might pluck a topic from thin air. Not so...

Tom Cox: Eye on the past. From Ballyduff to Ballyduff

      BEFORE I embark on a cycle, I will usually consult one or other of the weather forecasting...

Thursday, 09/06/22 - 3:02pm Read More

Tom Cox: A cycle of knowledge

    RECENTLY, as I was cycling in rural Roscommon, I passed another cyclist, bidding him hello as I did...

Saturday, 07/05/22 - 9:00am Read More

Tom Cox’s Eye on the Past will put a ‘Spring’ in your step

        |     Here’s one I made earlier! Tom Cox with his St Brigid’s Cross IT’S...

Saturday, 05/02/22 - 10:30am Read More

Tom Cox writes about: The winds of change

      A LITTLE over a week ago, we were spending some time in my native Roscommon. In a...

Sunday, 07/11/21 - 2:28pm Read More

Tom Cox: The Dunnes of Brittas

              AS any regular reader of this column will know, from time to time...

Monday, 02/08/21 - 12:37pm Read More

Boys from every barony

        LAST month, I left you with a poser on the number of townlands I pass through...

Saturday, 08/05/21 - 12:36pm Read More

Tom Cox: Eye on the past

    Did you know there are 1,111 townlands in Co Laois, according to the townlands.ie website. In his monthly column,...

Monday, 05/04/21 - 1:26pm Read More

Tom Cox is ‘Digging in the garden’

  I LEFT you last month promising to do a bit of digging in the garden. The garden in question...

Saturday, 07/11/20 - 4:00pm Read More

Tom Cox: An Eye on the past

My bicycle pumps Pump opposite St Brigid’s National School building. YOU may wonder how I dream up the subject matter...

Saturday, 01/08/20 - 12:38pm Read More

Time To Think

National holiday puts St Brigid in the spotlight

        I LOVE this time of year; a time to embrace brighter evenings and early mornings. Already...

Fr Paddy Byrne: Daily reflection can enrich our lives

            ST IGNATIUS of Loyola’s (1491-1556) great insight came while he was convalescing after a serious...

Sunday, 22/01/23 - 8:00am Read More

Pope Benedict XVI: a humble servant of the Lord

            IN THE annals of papal history, Joseph Ratzinger, who has died aged 95, will...

Sunday, 08/01/23 - 7:30am Read More

Fr Paddy Byrne: Humanity defines the true spirit of Christianity

              WE ARE about to celebrate Christmas once again. For the vast majority, I’m...

Sunday, 18/12/22 - 7:00am Read More

Fr Paddy Byrne: The gift of generosity this Christmas

          TIME moves by very quickly. Where has 2022 gone? I sincerely pray that the Lord’s...

Sunday, 11/12/22 - 9:00am Read More

Fr Padddy Byrne: Our model of Church is on its last legs

          RECENTLY, Cardinal Mario Grech, speaking in relation to the universal synod, warned against ‘the danger...

Sunday, 06/11/22 - 7:00am Read More

Fr Paddy Byrne: ‘I was hungry and you gave me food…’

          HUNGER is a problem that has plagued humanity for millennia and it continues to haunt...

Sunday, 23/10/22 - 7:30am Read More

Fr Paddy Byrne: You need a busload of faith to get by

YOU don’t just wake up one morning, light streaming in from the window, birds fluttering about and jump from your...

Sunday, 16/10/22 - 7:30am Read More

Fr Paddy Byrne: Seven simple ways to find peace of mind

    PEACE of mind is a feeling of being safe or protected, it is the absence of worry. It’s...

Sunday, 09/10/22 - 7:30am Read More

FR PADDY BYRNE: Guardian angels are always ready to help

              STEVE Montgomery was heading home from a painting job when something crazy happened....

Sunday, 02/10/22 - 7:00am Read More