– Brother Sean MacNamara
Our Lady of Knock
On a wet Thursday evening, August 21st, 1879, fifteen people watched - for about two hours - a heavenly vision consisting of Our Lady, St. Joseph, St. John, the Heavenly Lamb and adoring Angels at the Church of St. John the Baptist in Knock, Co. Mayo, Ireland - now the National Irish Shrine of Our Lady, visited by over a million pilgrims annually.
Many readers of this article will know of the famous Rosary priest, Fr. Patrick Peyton, born in Mayo and a regular visitor to Knock.
Were it not that in 1972 I had read in one of Ireland s weekly Catholic papers about the Mary Garden movement established in Philadelphia in 1951 by John S. Stokes, Jr., and the late Edward A. G. McTague, the chances are we would not now have our Irish National Mary Garden at the Shrine.
Sheep trade: Hogget quotes ease again, while spring lamb prices drive forward
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Farm organisations have welcomed movement on the commissioning of a major feasibility study aimed at developing Ireland s struggling wool market.
In Budget 2021 €100,000 was secured for the assessment to establish whether or not a variety of Irish wool products can be progressed for national and international markets.
The move comes at at time of significant challenge for the wool industry, as sheep farmers say current product returns don’t justify the additional work for farmers associated with packing and presenting wool for sale.
ICSA Sheep Committee chairman Sean McNamara said: “We are pleased to see this €100,000 initiative come to life. The downfall in price, particularly in 2020, was not only catastrophic for sheep farmers, but it also resulted in so much of this valuable natural resource going to waste. This is something that must never be repeated.
Rumors abound in Hollywood that Irish hunk – and former James Bond – Pierce Brosnan will be appearing as a villain in the sequel to the critically-acclaimed box office smash Deadpool, starring Ryan Reynolds.
It all started when a photo began circulating on Instagram of Brosnan, Reynolds and Hugh Jackman, of Wolverine fame, palling around.
As The Hollywood Reporter noted: “This led a lot of fans to jump to the conclusion that Brosnan may be playing the time-traveling [villain] Cable in the next Deadpool installment.
“Still, it should be noted that a second picture posted to Reynold’s Facebook page, showed the three men laughing like they just played a gag on someone.”