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Miss Hogett's pregnancy came to a sad end last week in one of the most sylvan settings in Meath.Church town to be exact. Since being ti...

A decent old lady I knew well described Conor Cruise O Brien as a "hateful man"as they both approached the end of their lives.I co...

Dressed on top with  only a vest,undershirt and hoodie under a beaming sun I nearly perished with the cold in Navan's Pairc Tailteann  t...

It must have passed me by,but I thought that Ireland had a policy of neutrality and I thought that this is what makes us acceptable peacekee...

D.--Dunderry. K---KIlbride.  R---Robinstown. Tues.15/04/2014.   R.9.00 A.M. Mass                                D.7.45 P.M. Stations.   ...

In a windy Trim today this eagerly awaited first round championship match was dramatically played out before an appreciative crowd that stay...

In Pairc Tailteann today Meath beat Wicklow by 6 points in the Minor Hurling Championship and three Dunderry lads played,Conor Dempsey at co...

I loved the Beano comic when I was a kid.I came across it again last Sunday when it fell from The Irish Mail newspaper. In Dennis the Menac...

Various sections of the media and the lowest sections of the political classes have repeatedly launched attacks on the Catholic Church,Catho...

She sings "Rock me Mammy like a wagon wheel ,Rock me mammy any way you feel ,etc...." and she wonders at the baby lambs playing ...

This Davis Cup Adult Hurling match played this evening in Ashbourne was a one sided affair.They had a few good players ,including an excelle...

I have spent 40 years in two counties promoting the ethos of the GAA for free.No it was not for free.It cost me a small fortune in monies sp...

What a week. I was at the joyful wedding of our own Garret Dooley to Elaine Murphy from Blanchardstown .The marriage took place in St.Brigi...

I nearly dropped today when I was informed that Eileen King of Lambay was dead.Surely a mistake  I said.She is far too young.It must be some...

Within a half mile of where I stand in rural Ireland are thirteen houses. Two houses are abandoned and falling down.The local authority is ...

Today I got a lift to Navan to get my hair cut with the best barber I know,Stephen O Rourke.Opposite his shop and beside the old cinema  ( n...

Played in Dunderry on a pitch in good nick on a fresh Sunday morning this match had special significance for me.My daughter Claire is marrie...

The petulant and sickeningly arrogant display of Alan Shatter tonight on the News at Six when he refused point blank to apologise to the Gar...

Retired Supreme Court judge Catherine Mac Guinness and the Judges own advocate body have sent out the warning shots. In essence these are:-...

When my own children were making their Confirmation over the last thirty years the Parish of Dunderry used join up with the Parish of KIldal...