A LONG way from his home of Norway, Jørn Bjerknes was delighted to celebrate Norwegian Day with his Fermanagh friends, as barge owners from across the county joined him in Enniskillen for a special parade along the River Erne to mark the day. Norwegian Day – more formally known as Constitution Day – is the national day of Norway and is an official public holiday observed on May 17 each year, commemorating the signing of the country s constitution on that date in 1814. The constitution declared Norway to be an independent kingdom in an attempt to avoid being ceded to Sweden after Denmark-Norway s defeat in the Napoleonic Wars.
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Sad passing of remarkable Leitrim woman
The late Annette Irwin (nee Redican)
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On Tuesday, February 22, 2021, a remarkable Leitrim woman was laid to rest in Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, England.
Annette Irwin (nee Redican), former Councillor and twice Mayor of Newport Pagnell, passed away on Friday, January 29 in Milton Keynes Hospital.
Sadly after the long wait for the Mass and burial ceremonies, her siblings, Maureen Doherty, Kilcock, Co Kildare, Andrew Redican, Drumkeerin and Sean Redican, San Pedro Sula, Honduras, were unable to travel and be present at the Mass and burial. However, there was some consolation, that with streaming all three and their families were able to be part (however distant) of the Mass Ceremony.
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