1920: The Year Diphtheria Struck by Mary McGonagle Johnson
In the churchyard the snowdrops Push their way through cold earth, Their soft petals cover
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In the churchyard the snowdrops Push their way through cold earth, Their soft petals cover
The husband and I were excited, if a bit confused ,when my son suggested a
By way of introduction, I was the first surviving of my siblings to be born
Whether one was born into a rural or urban environment, growing up in the 1930s
I once boarded a plane with not the faintest idea of where it was going;
I have become obsessed with a demi-john of bubbling, strawberry coloured liquid in my kitchen,
17th May, 1974 Getting from Celbridge to Dublin City Centre is not easy, very few
When the incoming tide threatened to reach the car, we decided it was high time
We married on the 28th March, in the Registry Office in Kildare Street. His parents
Read Part 1 of this article here. The Bishop of Kerry suggested that the good
There was an air of quiet relaxation in the village as I shopped for a
That Monday morning in April 1967 was typical as I made my way to work
I wrote in my diary that the first case of Covid 19 came to Northern
They appeared in March. The forerunner, Leo, took over the television channels to tell us
Read Part 1 of this article here. And then he goes onto the subject of
The youngest of seven, reared a few streets from the town centre of Dundalk, it
I was in an old church, late last year taking photographs of a pulpit, which
In the last few years of his life, my father, still married and living with
I live beside the Shannon and it’s beautiful. My husband is my full-time Carer because
The news of the impending two week lockdown on March 13th, was sudden and frightening.
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