On Friday 22nd May, 2015, Ireland becomes the first country in the world to hold a referendum on same-sex marriage which will be a momentous occasion. This forthcoming ballot has stirred up a lot of emotion and interest for me – and maybe it has for you too. I’ve...
My first attendance at a Quaker service consisted of sixteen of us sitting around in a circle. The sun shone across the room as we closed our eyes and settled our minds. Although I could hear traffic in the background, mingled with the sound of birds in the courtyard,...
Currently 63,000 Muslims live in Ireland which makes Islam the third largest religion in the country after Catholicism and the Church of Ireland. More than half of live in Dublin and nearly 50 percent are Irish citizens. Muslims fall into four main groups – Sunni,...
Cashelard is a small country village five miles from Ballyshannon in County Donegal. It is not dissimilar to hundreds of other Irish county villages. It has a catholic church, a pub, shop and post office. I attended a residential workshop there recently, and spent a...
