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to one who will listen to it

Here, only a few miles away, is the Slemish mountain where St. Patrick, then a captive of the rich cattle-owner Milcho, herded his sheep and swine. Here, when his flocks were sleeping, he poured out his prayers, a Christian voice in Pagan darkness. It was the memory of that darkness, you remember, that brought him […]

if he does not see daily his native earth

The Fate of the Children of Lir is the second of Erin’s Three Sorrows of Story, and the third and greatest is the Fate of the Sons of Usnach, which has to do with a sloping rock on the north side of Fair Head, five miles from us. Here the three sons of Usnach landed […]

often sailed the four white swans

Here are buried those of the clan who perished at the hands of Shane O’Neill–Shane the Proud, who signed himself ‘Myself O’Neill,’ and who has been called ‘the shaker of Ulster’; here, too, are those who fell in the great fight at Slieve-an-Aura up in Glen Shesk, when the Macdonnells finally routed the older lords, […]

Rehab Centers in Pennsylvania Where You can Deliver Your Children

Rehab centers are ideally regarded as the best place to deal with a range of issues that many kids encounter during their growing up years. 1 of the most challenging challenges that a parent faces during his/her life time is coping with a troubled kid. If your child shows any self destructive conduct traits like […]

Blooms on Canvas

Nature, and more specifically its minutiae, comprises probably the oldest topic of recorded artwork – dating from the documentation of prehistoric animal and tree life in the cave scrawls of our ancestors, to Van Gogh’s Irises, arguably the most lucrative bouquet in history. This week I’ll be reviewing some of the most famous flowers of […]