I am not the landlord of the historic Lamb and Flag pub on St Giles’ in the heart of Oxford. Owned by St John’s College and on its current site since 1613, the pub featured in episodes of Morse, was a favoured watering hole for Graham Greene in his student days, and might be theContinue reading “Charles Plater SJ and the Lamb and Flag”
Author Archives: Colin Brady
Soul Therapy
Notes on the development of a form of pscyhotherapy practised by priests at the Kneipp clinic at Worishofen in the late 19th Century and early years of the 20th Century I’ve shared a few pieces from a dissertation I wrote some thirty years ago, but only recently I realised that I haven’t provided any ofContinue reading “Soul Therapy”
The Ports and Harbours Tribunal in Killybegs, 1926
Transcript of Newspaper Report on The Ports and Harbours Tribunal in Killybegs, provided here for local history researchers Published on the 21st October 1926 Why Killybegs Port Failed, Traders’ Case Before Tribunal, Railway Promises Concessions From our Special Correspondent The Ports and Harbours Tribunal sat in the Marine Industrial School here to-day, and took evidenceContinue reading “The Ports and Harbours Tribunal in Killybegs, 1926”
The Mulreanys of Killybegs
Notes towards a family history of the Mulreany family of Killybegs, with reference to their links to the Wards of Faifannon and the Golds/Goulds of Ballyweell. I offer these notes in this rough format for the time being on the off-chance that they might be of interest to others researching the history of the MulreanysContinue reading “The Mulreanys of Killybegs”
1920 Teaching Notebook of Mary Mulreany
It’s taken me longer than I had hoped to get this second volume posted but here it is; the notebook used in 1920 by my great-grandmother, Mary Mulreany, for lessons at Niall Mór National School in Killybegs, Co. Donegal.
Sweet Memories
It’s summer and the icecream parlour beckons. If it’s available my choice will always be rum and raisin, and the first taste will bring me back to Killybegs and a taste memory from my childhood. My grandparents kept a tin of sweets on a shelf above the cooker and the only sweets that were everContinue reading “Sweet Memories”
Teaching notebooks of Mary Mulreany, Killybegs
Mary Mulreany (1878 – 1954) was a schoolteacher in Killybegs, Co Donegal. Two of the notebooks that she used for preparing lessons survive, although in somewhat battered state. Mary was the daughter of John C Ward, another national school teacher in the area who was involved in the revival of the Irish language, and MaryContinue reading “Teaching notebooks of Mary Mulreany, Killybegs”
A hermit, a lighthouse, a hidden garden
Saint Rotain. Apparently I spent a good chunk of my youth looking out at their hermitage. That is, if the saint ever existed for there simply is no real historical evidence. But if they did then the rock on which the saint lived was part of the view from my grandfather’s house for it wasContinue reading “A hermit, a lighthouse, a hidden garden”
Industrial Mission – thoughts on the 80th anniversary
2024 marks the eightieth anniversary of the founding of Sheffield Industrial Mission. There are many accounts of industrial mission’s history, and also some very good work appraising its impact, not least an article by David Price, chair of Industrial Mission in South Yorkshire, published in Crucible in 2004. At its pinnacle Industrial Mission was ecumenical,Continue reading “Industrial Mission – thoughts on the 80th anniversary”
Virginia Crawford on Catholic Social Teaching and Action
An online search for material related to Catholic social action in the early twentieth-century produces an article by Virginia M Crawford. Published in the September 1922 edition of Studies, the Irish quarterly review published by the Irish Jesuits since 1912 with a focus on Irish social, political, cultural and economic issues. Crawford’s article is aContinue reading “Virginia Crawford on Catholic Social Teaching and Action”
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