Thanks Annie West
Further to our hard-hitting editorial about St Brigid and her irregular-shaped crucifix.
Moira Cardiff (above) writes:
Hi there folks at broadsheet. Just to let you know that the St.Brigid’s Cross is alive and well. There was a workshop held last Sunday in the Seamus Ennis Centre in the Naul, Co Dublin by Ronan Russell of Newgrange Willow Design.
It was attended by young fellas, young ones and oul ones. We each made two crosses which we brought home well in time for 1st Feb.
She is still out there, is St. Brigid…..patroness of poetry also, betcha didn’t know that lads? Happy St Brigid’s day.
Well, that’s us told.
Everyone was there.
‘There’ being Doheny and Nesbitt’s on Merrion Row, Dublin, for the launch of maverick political philosopher Desmond Fennell’s new book of essays ‘Third Stroke Did It’.
And ‘everyone’ included from top: Eamon Dunphy, who launched the book with Sarah Egan (left) and Tara Walsh; Desmond Fennell; Jane Gogan and Cilian Fennell and Emily Hourican and Stuart Carolan.
Beyonce has caused quite a stink,
By confessing that she did lip-synch,
The national song,
Some folk say that’s wrong,
That she’s brought the U.S. to the brink.
John Moynes
(Kevin Mazur)
For the day what’s in it.
Dónal Mulligan writes:
Here you go! The only thing more primary school nostalgic than makinga St. Brigid’s cross is making a St. Brigid’s cross out of marla…
Some more of that lightning over Cork City on Wednesday night.
Blink and you’ll miss it.
Via Alan Healy
Chris P Bacon.
He doesn’t let a little disabilty hNOMNOMNOM
