Editor’s Corner: Have You Heard of St. Mel?
Mél's feast day, 7 February, has begun to be observed as a holiday for single people. "Saint Mél's Day" is a chance for singles to celebrate the good things about being single. Traditions include
Remembering Where We Came From
They came fleeing not just hunger, but persecution - their faith mocked, their culture crushed, their language outlawed. For generations, they had risked their lives to hear Mass in hidden glens and on cold mountain slopes, priests whispering the words of consecration under threat of imprisonment. Later, when the laws eased, they still rose before dawn and walked miles in every kind of weather to reach the parish church. In villages like my father’s, a four-mile walk each way on a winter Sunday was simply what you did.
Donnybrook
July 4th, Independence Day 2026, we will celebrate the 250th Anniversary of our unique and bold experiment in democracy; pray that this anniversary will rejuvenate the fight in us to resist the dark forces of autocracy and tyranny. Murphy had honed his
Blowin’ In
Above all, we need to allow ourselves the grace to understand that the outcome may not be perfect, that life is not a script, but rather a glorious opportunity for revision.
Get in Lads, We’re Going on an Adventure
As is so often the case in Irish culture, the stories told within these walls bring the history vividly to life.