Smart Tiles 7

And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord, and the Lord delivered them into the hand of Midian seven years. Judges 6:1. Recently, I saw my wife’s ninety-nine-year-old Grandfather, Ryszard Polanski, presented with the Knight’s Cross of the Order of the Rebirth of Poland by...

Of every thousand people who claim to have read Ulysses, James Joyce’s enormous novel set in the Irish Metropolis, the second city of the United Kingdom on 16 June 1904, I reckon that nine hundred will actually have given up before the hundredth page. Out of the other hundred, ninety...

Long lost Orange Banner found in the Dublin Liberties.On cold morning in October 2019 in a small terrace house in the liberties of Dublin was found a rolled-up orange lodge banner.St Barnabas Church Defenders Temperance Orange Lodge was the oldest warrant in Belfast.  Situated in College Square Orange Hall in...

Fictional Irish Protestants: I. Dracula. Of all the possible, honorary members of the Church of Ireland in fiction, Dracula is one of the best. It may seem a bit of a stretch since the man himself clearly wasn’t a very good member of any Church and he was Hungarian, or...

Priest’s horror at Donegal hospital plans to axe CoI church Rev Adam Pullen in the under-threat Church of Ireland room in St Joseph's Hospital, Stranorlar, Co Donegal. Also pictured is the stained glass window donated by Lady Hayes. Pic: Anne McMenamin, Finn Valley VoiceA Catholic priest in Donegal has expressed...

PETITION TO SAVE THE BOYNE BRIDGE, SANDY ROW IS LAUNCHED Why this is important The petition is to demonstrate to the planning authorities, the strength of public opinion against what we believe is the unnecessary demolishing of the 1936 Boyne Bridge and the two arches of the incorporated Great Bridge,...