Between 75 million and 200 million people died from the Black Plague that swept through Asia and Europe in the 14th century. It is estimated than anywhere between 30% and 60% of Europe’s total population was wiped out. And…
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‘Influential’ By: Ciaran McDermott
Many are called, but few are chosen Those that have their hearts emboldened Throwing out rhymes by the dozen Hot as steaming lava, molten Savouring the moment frozen When it all flows in Leaving it all out in the open…
‘Fr P.J.McGlinchey’ – By: Maolsheachlann O’Ceallaigh
In 1972, the government of South Korea made a half-hour documentary entitled “The Sheep and Pig Farmer”, which was broadcast nationally twice that year. It highlighted the work of Fr. P.J. McGlinchey, a Columban missionary priest who had been…
‘Reversal of Fortune’
When the telephone beside her bed rang, Miss Flanagan sneaked a guilty look at the clock on her bedside locker – 9.10 am and she was still in bed! This was a scenario previously unheard of, for Benford’s finest…
‘Jack Charlton’ By: Seán Creedon
Jack Charlton is unique in this part of the world, as he was a hero in England and a hero in Ireland. Big Jack helped his native England beat West Germany to win the World Cup at Wembley in…
‘Dennis Taylor’ By: Seán Creedon
Wearing glasses can be a disadvantage in most sports, but not in snooker, where Dennis Taylor made an optician famous by wearing his specially designed glasses. The man who developed Taylor’s distinctive swivel-lens spectacles was London-born Jack Karnehm. Karnehm,…
‘Help Me Make It Through The Night’ By: Liam Nolan
Frank Sinatra was born in Hoboken, New Jersey, and was a dyed-in- the-wool city boy. Kris Kristofferson, one of the greatest songwriters of all time, was born in Brownsville, Texas, and grew up to be what Americans call…
‘Treasures’ By: Patricia L.Cisco
Treasures come in so many ways: the sun that lights the cloudy days, a rainbow from a summer shower, a rose that blooms within an hour. Yes, treasures come in so many ways. A baby’s staring, wandering gaze, a dolphin’s…
‘September’ By: Helen Hunt Jackson
‘September’ The golden-rod is yellow; The corn is turning brown; The trees in apple orchards With fruit are bending down. The gentian’s bluest fringes Are curling in the sun; In dusty pods the milkweed Its hidden silk has spun. The…