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Here is our Christmas Newsletter for your reading enjoyment. Conway Mill Trust Newsletter- December 2014

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Happy Celtic New Year!  Nov 1 is one of the feasts of the Celtic quarter year, the others being Feb 1, May 1 and Aug 1, but Samhain is the most religious and important date on the calendar when it was most important to please the gods and goddesses to ensure good luck for the […]

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The traditional food for Halloween is Barmbrack bread.  Inserted into the bread is a rag, which means if it is in your slice your finances are in trouble; a coin means you will prosper; a ring signifies marriage; and a thimble means you will never marry.

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Flight of the Earls took place on Sept 4, 1607.  They were the last of the Irish aristocracy and their lands were confiscated by the English leading to the ‘plantation of Ulster’ by Scots and English.

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Feast Day of St. Colmcille.  Born in Donegal, he founded the City of Derry and many monasteries.  He is responsible for ‘copywriting’ after he copied writings from St. Finnian.

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The Easter Rising took place on Easter Monday, April 24, 1916 led by Patrick Pearse’s Irish Volunteers, James Connelly’s Irish Citizen Army and the Cumann na MBan, the women’s division of the IRB.  Major buildings were seized in Dublin and an Irish Republic independent of the UK was proclaimed.  1,250 rebels fought 16,000 English soldiers […]

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It is with great sadness that we report that Noelle Ryan, passionate activist for social justice, educator, long-time friend and right-hand assistant to Fr. Des Wilson of Springhill Community House in Belfast, Northern Ireland passed away on Saturday, March 29. Our deepest condolences to Fr. Des, the Springhill Community House family, Noelle’s family in Dublin […]

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Read the latest news from Conway Mill Trust and the community groups we support in Northern Ireland Conway Mill Trust Newsletter March 2014 Edition.

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Achill Island, Co Mayo was the base of the Pirate Queen, Grace O’Malley.

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Neil Jordan filmmaker, novelist and screenwriter was born in Sligo.  He won an Oscar for the best original screenplay, ‘The Crying Game’.

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