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Murphy joined the Irish Navy in 1969 ,just in time for the Troubles to break out in Ulster,when certain of the Citizens had their bellies fu...

The initial election results fully support my analysis in a  recent article in this blog .I am far more in touch with ordinary ,indeed extra...

We all know the meter readers who visit our houses and read the meters for Electric Ireland formerly the ESB. Betcha ya didn't know tha...

I was humbled that I received almost 400 first preference votes in the last General Election considering that I only put up two posters and ...

Word is just filtering in of the recent death of Vincent Mc Cormack of Tullaghanogue at the tender age of 63 years. I am told that he had a...

The T.V.Repair man was at the back end of beyond as they say around here.He was hopelessly lost and had but the name of the customer who ran...

The trusses and timber work in the Church roof were magnificent ,complex and mind numbing.They were primed,painted and varnished by hand eve...

There are many people of my vintage who have made valuable contributions to Irish Society over the decades and the zenith of our educational...

Eithne died recently in a Dublin Hospital after suffering for some time from severe accidental burns,which compounded the discomfort she has...

Two weeks ago I momentarily forgot just why I had years ago ceased buying and reading the Sunday Independent and made the gross and inexcusa...

Word is filtering through that the following is the set up. Football . Manager Kevin Dowd. Selectors.Phil Fay Junior,Mickey Molloy,Lee M...

Christmas Eve 24th December. Kilbride.6.00 p.m . Carols and Music from 5.30 on under tutelidge of Aoife Stephens on trombone with Deirdre ...

Our land is over 30 miles from the sea,that is the part of it not covered in water from the incessant rain.Today the non submerged part was ...

Word is just filtering in of the unexpected death of the very well respected J,Doonan of the Meadstown Road,Dunderry,husband of the late Bre...

In recent times two Dunderry people ,one man and one woman, have received fairly severe accidental burns.The woman is way worse than the man...

I was blessed to move to Dunderry in 1986 as that was the start of the Golden decade in Gaelic Games in the GAA  Club. Tommy MC Cormack my ...

In 2010 the greed machine that is professional rugby showed its true nature when a match between Munster and Leinster was fixed for Thomond ...

Do you remember those old cowboy movies that glorified the massacre of the native red injuns of the USA by the the Blue Coats when scalps we...

We own a few cattle,calves,cows and one only bull.They have a goodish life.And they have a way of letting you know what's on their mind....

After watching TV this evening a chill ran down my spine. The rhetoric of WAR is all over the place and Truth is the first casualty. First...