Peter Dowdall: Rhododendrons are at their best right now
Whether you re a gardening beginner or expert, Irish Examiner columnist Peter Dowdall has the answer to your questions
The Broad Walk, Kilmacurragh.
Peter Dowdall Often maligned because of one unruly family member, namely the species ponticum, rhododendron is a truly magnificent genus at their best during this time of the year. One of the best gardens in Ireland in which to enjoy them is Kilmacurragh in Wicklow and if this, one of our National Botanic Gardens is in your county, then count your blessings and get down there to enjoy it.
On Grand National Day at Aintree this Saturday, the Rose Paterson Trust will be launched. This time last year, Rose was the chairman of Aintree, and had to cancel the meeting because of Covid. In June, she took her own life. The purpose of the trust is to help prevent such events. Owen, her widower, is very frank. He believes that: ‘If Rose had been aware of the utter catastrophe she has wrought the first victim being herself she would not have done it.’ The worst is that it cannot be undone. It is a wound that time can do frighteningly little to heal. He says it is wrong to think of suicide only as something committed by obviously lonely and depressed people. The urge can come upon people like Rose beautiful, loved, admired, fulfilled in work, friendship and family, yet prey to terrible anxiety. This can act like ‘a heart attack to the brain’, and suicide, especially when encouraged by sinister how-to websites, can present itself as the answer. He and his family ask th
The Northern Virginia Campaign
Military operations in Virginia in the spring and summer of 1862, which included the Second Battle of Bull Run (Second Manassas), were a showcase of Confederate generalship. From Maj. Gen. Stonewall Jackson’s masterful performance in the Shenandoah Valley Campaign to Gen. Robert E. Lee’s triumph in the Seven Days’ Battles, Confederate forces consistently engaged much larger Union armies and emerged victorious. With the failure of Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan’s Peninsular Campaign, commanding Union Gen. Henry Halleck ordered McClellan’s Army of the Potomac to assist Maj. Gen. John Pope’s newly created Army of Virginia in central Virginia. Until the two Union armies could be combined for a renewed assault upon the Confederate capital of Richmond, it fell upon Pope to defend Washington, D.C., and to engage Confederate forces in the area.
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Obituary: Dorothy Alice Hooker Feb. 11, 1935 – Feb, 27, 2021
DOROTHY ALICE HOOKER Feb. 11, 1935 – Feb, 27, 2021
Dorothy Alice Hooker, age 86. Loving, supportive mother and wife. Born on February 11, 1935, passed February 27, 2021.
She was known for her upbeat energy, kind soul, generosity, and abundance of unconditional love to all those around her. She enjoyed playing tennis, going to karaoke with her husband and all their friends.
Robert and Dot were married 66 years and shared a life of undying love together.
Dot is survived by her husband, Robert Hooker; son, Joseph Hooker; brother-in-law, Richard Hooker; nieces, Pamela Armstrong and Athena Theodosis, and other cherished friends.
She touched the many lives she came in contact with and may her spirit soar like wings on eagles. Dot will forever be our guardian angel, ever loved never forgotten, always in our hearts.