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In East Mayo: A Community Where Past Is Prologue

By Gerry O'Shea, Contributor
October / November 2019

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A year-long celebration is underway to commemorate the 250th anniversary of Swinford, a County Mayo town as proud of its heritage as its time-honored strength of community.  ℘℘℘ The words were painted high on a whitewashed brick wall, just above a red and green Mayo flag flapping in the wind.  MELLETT’S DRINKING EMPORIUM  ESTB 1797 “Is it … [Read more...] about In East Mayo: A Community Where Past Is Prologue

Knock Visionary to Be Reinterred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral

By Adam Farley, Deputy Editor
April / May 2017

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The remains of John Curry, the youngest visionary to have claimed to see the alleged 1879 apparition of the Virgin Mary at Knock, County Mayo, are to be reinterred at the Basilica of St. Patrick’s Old Cathedral in the Little Italy neighborhood of Manhattan* this May. The plan was conceived during Cardinal Timothy Dolan’s 2015 trip to Ireland, in which he met with Father Richard … [Read more...] about Knock Visionary to Be Reinterred at St. Patrick’s Cathedral