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IN THIS ISSUE

Learning Lessons of the Tourism Trade

Derry native Eimear Doherty experienced her first U.S. Thanksgiving this past November, complete with the big parade on TV, board games with friends, and a traditional meal with all the trimmings. “I got…

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Winter 2025 Review of Books

Reviews by Darina Molloy She Died Young: A Life in Fragments  / By Brenda Fricker Brenda Fricker had a tough life, there’s no doubt about it. Maybe that’s why she chose the approach…

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A Link With The Past

How many hours did you spend learning your catechism? Could you still answer your questions…

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Making a Difference

Bill Flynn’s commitment to the community is rooted in his Irish Catholic childhood. ℘℘℘ “No…

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March 31, 1855

Charlotte Brontë, author of “Jane Eyre,” died on this day in 1885. She was born in 1816 to the Reverend Patrick Brontë (formerly Brunty) and Maria Branwell. Maria died of cancer while her six children were still very young. Charlotte’s father sent her away to school, where conditions were so terrible that Charlotte’s two older sisters died of tuberculosis. Her experiences at this school later served as the inspiration for the fictional Lowood School in “Jane Eyre.” Charlotte’s remaining siblings died in quick succession not long after this, her most famous novel, was published. She reluctantly married the Reverend Arthur Bell Nicholls in 1854, and soon became pregnant. She died of pneumonia while pregnant, just thirty-nine years old.

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