John Arnold: I wept as I recalled 14 men for whom the Clonmult bells tolled
John Arnold recalls the bravery and heroism of those who died at Clonmult, a century ago
Members of the commemoration committee Jim Ronayne, Sean Hennessy, Tom O Neill, PRO: Christy O Sullivan, chairman; Mick Hegarty, Jim O Callaghan, Fr Barry O Flynn, Dungourney; Mary Barron and Tim O Sullivan secretary at ceremony for the 100th anniversary of the Clonmult ambush in East Cork on Saturday February 20.
John Arnold
AT about 8pm last Sunday, the strains of Amhráin na bh Fiann rang out across the valley from the townland of Garrylaurence, near Clonmult in East Cork. Three of us stood in silence with, as the line from The Soldier’s Song says, the starry heavens o’er us.
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Grey s.
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The Washington Post, the actress said that when she looks back on the way the media reported her sudden exit from the show, she feels pissed off .
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Tommy Walsh working at his forge at Bluebell, Bartlemy with his mother lending a hand.
John Arnold
BACK in the 1970s, Dublin-born singer Peggy Dell launched an album called Among My Souvenirs the title being taken from a song of the same name that was a hit for Connie Francis in 1959.
Over the last nine months, I’ve spent an awful lot of time among my own souvenirs. The opening lines of the melancholy song are;
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