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BEFORE I embark on a cycle, I will usually consult one or other of the weather forecasting...
RECENTLY, as I was cycling in rural Roscommon, I passed another cyclist, bidding him hello as I did...
| Here’s one I made earlier! Tom Cox with his St Brigid’s Cross IT’S...
A LITTLE over a week ago, we were spending some time in my native Roscommon. In a...
AS any regular reader of this column will know, from time to time...
LAST month, I left you with a poser on the number of townlands I pass through...
Did you know there are 1,111 townlands in Co Laois, according to the townlands.ie website. In his monthly column,...
I LEFT you last month promising to do a bit of digging in the garden. The garden in question...
My bicycle pumps Pump opposite St Brigids National School building. YOU may wonder how I dream up the subject matter...
Time To Think
A SMALL number of public figures are instantly recognisable by their first name. One of them is...
A MINISTER passing through his church in the middle of the day decided to pause by the...
TIME seems to be moving extremely quickly. It’s hard to believe that August has arrived....
THE following contributions awaken a sense of hope and encouragement for us all and are well worth...
THE month of June is a wonderful time of year … long, bright days...
THERE are many variations to this story, but it’s quite instructive. In South America, Africa...
IT’S good to think of prayer, not just as saying prayers or speaking to God but as listening to...
EASTER is a time of hope and new life, an opportunity to begin again in...
THIS is Holy Week, a sacred time when, through ritual and symbolism, we remember and give thanks for...
