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Tommy Weldon from Dunderry was as nice a man as I  ever met.  A native of Churchtown ,he came from a family brimmming with decency and hones...

 I am reading up on this period in history when I  have time,which is not often.I have much to do in this respect. Purely by coincidence the...

 Molly is not the name of the dignified person the subject of this post.I am withholding her name to preserve her dignity. She recently turn...

 The reign of the Prince of death continues unabated in Dunderry.Two of the nicest and most sincere people you could ever meet have been cal...

 I n early January I  posted that a good neighbour was under severe pressure,He sure was and has been until early Sunday morning ,when  he w...

 It is over a decade since I met Anto Flynn.He used live in Brigid's Park in Blanch.He was younger than mise and we went to the same sch...

The recent death of Sarah ,a daughter of the late Oliver Travers and Josie came as a hammer blow ,not only to her husband John,her children ...

Because of the times that are in it I listen to Radio  a lot,especially RTE,the station that cannot make a profit,is described by a good per...

 After spending most of the year jeering at the slow pace of progress in other Countries in tackling the corona virus the so called experts ...

 A man ye all know is under health pressure.A caring prayer to the Man above would not go astray.

Undoubtedly the Island of Ireland was the first concentration camp in the world during the period 1847 to 1850 ,the duration of the famine ,...

 Since the Black Plague in the thirteen century ,which killed up to 50 per cent of the population in certain places the medical profession h...

Christmas Eve 4.00 p.m Internet Mass 6.00 Kilbride. 7.30 Dunderry. 9.00 Dunderry. 11.00 Internet Mass Christmas Day. 9.30 a.m Robinstown. 11...

 Around tea time yesterday I  heard the unwelcome news that our neighbour and friend China Clarke had gone to meet his father,also Vincent,i...

I had heard of late that Paddy was not well and hospitalised,with a variety of complaints.I didn't think that death was imminent.But wha...

 Word has just filtered in that the virus has attacked a well liked and embedded older  couple lately. She is at home.He is in Hospital.We a...

 I am so sickened by the partisan abuse of Donald that I am now turning off the prejudiced reportage that does not pass as news disseminated...

 These last few days have seen the deaths of three Dunderry people viz;-Mrs Doherty 97 yeays old,MRS keaveney 92 years old and Francie Tuite...

 Word has just filtered in of the sad death in his 93rd year of Francie Tuite formerly of Tullaghanstown of this Parish. I knew this total g...

I get my news mostly from RTE Radio and Television ,but also look into the BBC and ITV . I admire both Trump and Boris Johnson.They are nor ...