Written By Seamus Mulligan THE ROSE OF TRALEE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL IS HELD ANNUALLY IN COUNTY KERRY AND IS BASED ON THE LOVE SONG, ‘THE ROSE OF TRALEE’ BY WILLIAM MUCHINOCK, A 19TH CENTURY WEALTHY MERCHANT. HIS LOVE FOR THE MAID, MARY O’CONNOR, WAS RESTRICTED BY THE BOUNDARIES OF SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES. AFTER EMIGRATING TO INDIA, […]
Written by Seamus Mulligan KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS THROUGH THE KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS, FATHER MCGIVNEY GAVE CATHOLIC LAYMEN A NEW OPPORTUNITY – THE CHANCE TO GROW IN HOLINESS WHILE CONTRIBUTING TO THEIR PARISHES, COMMUNITIES AND SECURITY OF THEIR FAMILIES. TODAY, MORE AND MORE CHURCH LEADERS ARE RECOGNIZING HIS SPIRITUAL GENIUS IN ANIMATING THE LAITY. THE KNIGHTS […]
The Irish Hit Parade began its historic run on radio station WRYT (950 AM) in September 1967. Actually, that’s not entirely accurate. At its beginning, the Irish hour was called “The Irish Hour” because it was, literally, a one-hour block of Irish music initially hosted by a gentleman named Pat McDonough. The very earliest history […]
