May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back. May the sun shine warm upon your face; the rains fall soft upon your fields and until we meet again, may God hold you in the palm of His hand. Read about Owls of…
Easter Monday, April 24, 1916 On Easter Monday, April 24, 1916, a group of Irish nationalists proclaimed the establishment of the Irish Republic and, along with some 1,600 followers, staged a rebellion against the British government in Ireland. They didn’t have much of a chance of pulling it off…
Four years previous to the Easter Rising (I will be writing about this in an upcoming post) many of the people in Ulster signed the Ulster Covenant and the Ulster Declaration. The men signed the Ulster Covenant and the women placed their signatures under a more simply worded Ulster Declaration. Signatures basically…
LEAVING THE HOUSE Parties no longer take place in these rooms; they are empty. Conversations have come to an end. Anyone knocking on the door will no longer ask for me.There are stains on the walls where pictures were hanging. Things were tossed away without regard. There will be no…
