Remembrance Day 2012 At King House In Boyle
With rain threatened we all descended on King House at about noon to prepare for the event. As it happened the day was bright but as the afternoon wore on conditions tended to deteriorate but it...
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The Fightback and its Heroes: Doyle, Sipe and Wall.
I have just taken a peek at Richard Sipe’s blog on the sartorially excellent, once Lord High Bishop of St Louis, Raymond Burke, who has now just been made up to a cardinal. Dick always did look good...
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Peter Dunne – Connaught Ranger
This is a story of soldiering in the 19th century, when England ruled nearly half the world with a standing army of approximately 100,000 men. It was a life; full of action and bravery some of the...
View ArticleAlice McAlpine, A Roguish Man.
My lovely wife of nearly forty years summed it up fairly well yesterday evening when, after listening to the idiot ambulance chasing solicitor, Andrew Reid on News At One on BBC Radio 4, said “I think...
View ArticleAt Last St William’s School Judgement.
There was a very interesting judgement yesterday in the Supreme Court that coaxed the law on Vicarious Liability along its merry way. This law one of the learned judges said “was on the move” and has...
View ArticleFather Ted, Can It Get Any Worse.
Well he is back and do not tell me you don’t know who I am talking about. I will give you a clue. He is a pinchbeck headmaster, one in name only without the qualities of people with that title. He...
View ArticleA Miracle In Dublin
Yesterday was a day to remember, we were off early to Dublin and caught the 6.17am train, fearing with the November budget being announced that afternoon, it was probably our last free travel trip...
View ArticleNews For Parents Of Pupils At St Bede’s College In Manchester.
This particular posting is more a news item than anything, at least news to me and vindication of my blog Les Disparus of 10th October 2011 when I said Mr Mike Barber’s star was still twinkling. For...
View ArticleThe Folio Society
I have just read a book sent to me from that excellent organization The Folio Society. These people realize that well written, informative, quality bound books, full of new artwork, are of great...
View ArticleA Pox On Politicians.
I want to know how it is that all politicians are iffy and I will not be vague. Why is it that all politicians are vainglorious, self-promoters. They are not and never will be as their blurb insists,...
View ArticleA Pox On All Politicians Especially Phil Hogan
Writing about that monster Phil Hogan in my last blog posting got my blood up so badly that it has taken me two days to calm down. What I forgot to mention in that posting was the details of the writ...
View ArticleThe Tip Of The Iceberg
As I write, the St Ambrose College in Altrincham’s abuse allegations are multipling as fast as Jimmy Savile’s did a few weeks ago. The allegations began a couple of weeks ago against a former teacher...
View ArticleWhat Was It That Made Me A Catholic?
Well it was nothing really, just the fact of being born of my mother and encouraged by my father. My mother was Catholicism personified, of North Manchester Irish stock, she came from Corpus Christi...
View ArticleFr Dave McGarry RIP
Fr Dave McGarry is dead. How I hate writing those words but it was coming up and I was steeling myself for the final news. I was on the platform of Connolly Station in Dublin, having caught the...
View ArticleDave’s Funeral Mass
Before I start this posting I would just like to thank all of you for posting your comments and sending me e-mails about Dave McGarry, your recollections and your thoughts. They came from Australia,...
View ArticlePolitical Priapism
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...
View ArticlePeople Watching.
When I am relaxed with nothing pressing, one of my favourite pastimes is people watching. I watch them in bus queues, at railway stations, on trains, in shops, in fact anywhere there are people and...
View ArticleBad Teeth Or Cancer Continued.
On the 29th August 2012 I wrote a blog on the dangers of fluoridation of drinking water in Ireland entitled Bad Teeth or Cancer, Bone Disease and Brain Damage, That Is the Question? Helen my wife met...
View ArticleSt. Bede’s College, Manchester – Down The Creek – Up The Tub.
Since June 2011 I have been saying that because of the uncomfortably undue haste with which the previous headmaster at St Bede’s College in Manchester was relieved of his responsibilities at the school...
View ArticleThe Rights Of Man In Ireland.
Ireland is in the shit and has been for several years now, brought on by a combination of avaricious developers, scheming bankers, indolent public servants and corrupt and not so bright politicians who...
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