Search Results for 'Land Commission'
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The strange exile of a disillusioned ‘Buck Mulligan’
Following his narrow escape from Republican forces, who were intent on killing him by the banks of the Liffey that cold night in January 1923, Oliver St John Gogarty wisely took himself off to London. He immediately became the toast of polite society there who delighted in his stories and witty conversation.
The late Sheila O’Donnellan believed that our literary heritage should be celebrated
One of the great moments in the 20 year history of the annual Lady Gregory Autumn Gathering, was the arrival Lady Gregory’s two surviving grandchildren, Anne de Winton, and Catherine Kennedy. They drove up the avenue at speed, let their dog out for a run, and came over to the welcoming crowd grinning broadly.
‘Mr Huston would you like a little night-cap?’
It was John Huston’s wife Ricki, who first saw St Clarens, a large Georgian house, and gardens near Craughwell, Co Galway. She had been staying with Derek and Pat Trench at Woodford House for the Galway Races. When she heard the house was coming up for sale by public auction she went to check it out. Once owned by the O’Hara Burkes,* it was then a virtual ruin, and in the hands of the Land Commission.
Glenamaddy lands sell at auction
Gerry Coffey auctioneer, valuer, estate agent sold farmlands by public auction at Divillys Bar, Glenamaddy last weekend.
The arrival of the Land Commission man
Pake Crehan of Rushestown Newbridge has seen a lot in his 88 years. “A little stiff but otherwise in good nick” was how he described his state of health when we spoke about old times in the company of his wife Delia and some of the extended family in their comfortable home recently.
‘Humbling’ honour for Alan Kerins’ African Projects to be chosen as charity of year by Hewlett Packard
The founder of a local charity has said it is a “deeply, humbling honour” to be chosen by key local employer Hewlett Packard as its charity of the year for 2011.
Man waits to see if ex extends his sentence
A man jailed for five months last week (March 4) was told in court this week (March 11) he would not have to face any additional charges of breaching a barring order if his former partner didn't turn up in court a third time to give evidence on March 18.
A risen people achieve their own miracle
An unusual feature of the apparition at Knock on August 21 1879, was that it was silent. On all other occasions when the Virgin Mary has appeared, a verbal message was imparted to the visionaries. It was usually an exhortation to pray. But the Knock vision, consisting of Mary, St Joseph, St John the Evangelist, and other religious images, was motionless. There was no verbal message.
