Irish Papist

A few years ago, I spent about two years trying to write fiction. None of it was very good. My first effort, which was truly terrible, was a...

Aodhan O Riordain admits to his own hypocrisy on tape. See second post below . (And I worried if I was perhaps being unfair.) This is als...

Saturday morning. Me and the world were fresh As I made my way, my usual way, to church. The Mass on Saturday morning was the one I liked...

I logged on to the online edition of the Irish Times just now, and this headline really jumped out at me: Restrictive Regime on Abortion w...

Last night, I met up with an old friend, who shares (amongst other things) my interest in horror movies and horror books. As usual, the conv...

A thought struck me today. (This rarely happens, as I keep well out of range of most thoughts, but it's impossible to be entirely protec...

Today is Vocations Sunday. Our priest gave us the depressing news (well, it was news to me) that there will be no priests ordained in the Du...