Irish Papist

Just your average JPII Catholic! Blogging since 2011.

Friday, November 7, 2025

A New Birthday

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"[Baptism] is like a birthday because baptism makes us reborn in Christian life. That is why I advise you to teach your children the da...
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Thursday, November 6, 2025

Favourite Poems: "Sad Steps" by Philip Larkin

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On the night of a full moon, a Philip Larkin poem that has grown and grown on me over the years.  I think of this poem every time I see a fu...
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Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Happy Bonfire Night!

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As I've often said, I love traditions. I've even created a whole blog about them, although whether it will ever get off the ground i...
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Friday, October 31, 2025

Happy All Saints Day!

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A list of my favourite saints and possible future saints, that I jotted down recently, to remind myself to pray for their intercession.  Som...
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Thursday, October 30, 2025

Rock Shandy in Blackrock

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Rock shandy is an Irish fizzy drink. It came about when fizzy orange was mixed with fizzy lemon, in a pub in Blackrock in south county Dubli...
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Sunday, October 26, 2025

I Hate Bank Holidays

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Tomorrow is a bank holiday in Ireland. All my life I've hated bank holidays-- well, at least since leaving school. I hate the whole bank...
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Tuesday, October 21, 2025

Favourite Poems: The Owl by Tennyson

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Tennyson's early work "The Owl" is a delightful vignette, the poetic equivalent to a miniature in art. Even though some of the...
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