How Irish are you anyway?

Another View-The Blog  By Terry Reilly Get your certificate of Irishness! ARE you one of the 70 million people around the world of Irish descent who do not qualify for Irish citizenship but would love some tangible piece of paper to prove your links with the old sod? Well, listen up as they say in […]

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Black evening for Mayo football

Another View The Blog June 26, 2010.  A little after 9 pm on a bright Saturday evening and the dust is swirling over another setback for Mayo football. The team is out the back door, out of the race for Sam. Dumped out by one of the minnows of the game. After defeat at the […]

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How about a few possibility thinkers?

Another View –  Western People Wednesday, December 10, 2003 How about a few possibility thinkers? THANKS to all of you from all around the world who have been sharing with me through the internet their thoughts and ideas on Gaelic football in general and on Mayo football in particular. People living away from home have […]

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Haiti Fund and Ballycroy Park

Walk down a country lane Mayo heroine’s inspirational work in Haiti By Terry Reilly We had the great pleasure last week of attending a very pleasant and fulfilling reception in Castlebar when one of the county’s – and the country’s –  really great heroines, Gena Heraty, received a magnificent cheque for over 230,000 euros for […]

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Fr James Horan of Knock features in new musical for hospice

Fr James Horan of Knock features in new musical for hospice When I was researching On A Wing and a Prayer, my book about Fr James Horan and his truly amazing achievement in building Knock Airport back in the recession-hit, emigration-ridden 1980s, the words of one of his favourite songs, If I Can Help Somebody, […]

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