Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland
Posted in Irish Trivia on Mar 28th, 2010
The following is the last stanza of a poem written by Dominic Crilly to commemorate the 50th Anniversary of the Easter Rising of 1916:
There were no deaths in Dublin on that
Easter day some fifty-years ago
Such music makers cannot die
As many mercenary soldiers do
With battles lost or won.
They have but set the music to a song
That [...]
Posted in Irish Trivia on Mar 1st, 2010
The Island of Montserrat in the Caribbean celebrates St. Patrick’s Day as a national holiday (as does Ireland) and has a full week of festivities. A traveler to the island will have his/her passport stamped with a shamrock and will be greeted with a banner that proclaims “Cead Mile Failte.” The flag has a [...]
Posted in Irish Trivia on Feb 10th, 2010
In the 300 A.D. era, the Roman Emperor decreed that no marriages should take place on the grounds that unmarried males made better soldiers. Valentine, a priest, ignored the decree and married young lovers. He was arrested, beaten with clubs and sentenced to death. He refused to denounce his faith and converted his judge to [...]
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