"Andrew, i would imagine what you have said here would ring bells for other people who can relate! Sometimes backwards is forwards, another prospective! Your poem expresses that! "
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The Big Chill
Started Dec 22, 2010 0 Replies 0 Likes
Some images from the ongoing Big Chill here in Ireland and some music The big ChillUploaded by…Continue
The annual procession at Artane School 1925
Started this discussion. Last reply by pauline jackson Nov 8, 2011. 16 Replies 1 Like
The annual procession at Artane School. Ireland. June 18 1925Little children walk along followed by priests and altar boys. Littlegirls in white dresses walk along followed by schoolboys. Priests…Continue
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Three long-lost brothers reunited at last after 65 YEARS apart
Started this discussion. Last reply by 072953yt9d1pb Nov 12, 2010. 2 Replies 0 Likes
Three brothers whose family was torn apart when they were children have been reunited after 65 years apart. Patrick, Vincent and John O'Hara had not been in the same room together since the 1940s,…Continue
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"I went back to one of the Institutions I was in - St. Patrick's in Kilkenny - maybe out of curiosity in 1994. I hadn't been near the place since 1962 and on this return I became quite angry. Child care isn't rocket science when…"
Ferryhouse Refectory
"The 'stew" was just watery gravy poured over spuds and carrots!!! Bread pudding was wet rancid bread (bread with green mold|) boiled in water sour milk! The meals were rotten. No wonder we all had runny noses, boils on our necks, ring…"
On Returning
I returned at last, not understanding why,to the place of hard dayslost, altered, angry,splintered times.Memories frozen.This was never homeor a harbour shiningthrough the mist.Now I take comfort inthe twilight of shadows.See More
When my friend died.
When my friend diedeverything alteredMemories faded slowlyleaving this traceof sadnessin the twilightwhere memoriesflicker, waver,and are restlesssilencing thoughts.Words unspoken, then mumbled.And this day toowill die alone,grieving forthe broken promise.See More
kenneth mahony commented on Andrew Brennan's photoFerryhouse
"notes from an evidential hearing reveal this tale : the boy was woken by his friends screaming , he saw his pals extended stomach and knew something was wrong , he forced open the dorm door and ran to find a brother , no sign of anyone , so he…"
"Awesome prose. Many of us left can relate."
Survived
Anger written on a pageEnchantment shattered,sense scatteredInk ravenous with rage hacks and scratchesTill hearts, scythed and asunder,deaden, stiffen, nerves shriven.Imagine that! As a child to feeland breathe such cancerTear your insides inside out,Bone to bat, bat to back and back again.A grotesque dancerOn a stage where you have no partexcept to simply suffer and waitIn hope that all this woe will soon abateAnd curtain falls and violence exasperate.Leaving me alone but lonely- alive but…See More
Paddy Doyle
Paddy Doyle is dead. He authored the book The God Squad and it'll get a mention in the news. TDs and thier ilk will be rolled out to say a few words but at the time of the books publication in the late-80s no legislator read the book. It took until 2009 for survivors stories/testimony to be acknowledged. RIP Paddy.See More
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On Returning
Posted on August 26, 2023 at 11:34 3 Comments 1 Like
I returned at last,
not understanding why,
to the place of hard days
lost, altered, angry,
splintered times.
Memories frozen.
This was never home
or a harbour shining
through the mist.
Now I take comfort in
the twilight of shadows.
When my friend died.
Posted on November 6, 2021 at 11:57 0 Comments 1 Like
When my friend died
everything altered
Memories faded slowly
leaving this trace
of sadness
in the twilight
where memories
flicker,…
ContinueSurvived
Posted on March 27, 2021 at 10:49 2 Comments 3 Likes
Anger written on a page
Enchantment shattered,
sense scattered
Ink ravenous with rage hacks and scratches
Till hearts, scythed and asunder,
deaden, stiffen, nerves shriven.
Imagine that! As a…
ContinuePaddy Doyle
Posted on October 12, 2020 at 12:04 2 Comments 2 Likes
Paddy Doyle is dead. He authored the book The God Squad and it'll get a mention in the news. TDs and thier ilk will be rolled out to say a few words but at the time of the books publication in the late-80s no legislator read the book. It took until 2009 for survivors stories/testimony to be acknowledged. RIP Paddy.
Comment Wall (10 comments)
- At 20:13 on September 22, 2010,
Rob Northall said…
- In Chat! Bar at the bottom of the website!
- At 13:17 on September 23, 2010,
- The is a New Action Group on Finding Relatives of Survivors. Would you be interested in helping? If so Join the Group?
- At 20:02 on October 6, 2010,
Paul Nolan said… - HI. Andrew.
Nice to hear from you.
I Googled, Artane images and these came up with these pictures, i was not sure about this one.
Have a go and see what you can come up with. Hope this helps.
Thanks.
Paul.
- At 21:08 on October 7, 2010,
Andrew Brennan said…
- The image is out there somewhere - in large format. I gogled Letterfrack Industrial School and got it too: The Taliban and the Tabernacle
But I'll keep looking.
- At 18:19 on October 18, 2010,
John J Hogan said…
- Just Love to Photo. Big fan
- At 18:20 on October 18, 2010,
- Keef
- At 1:25pm on October 21, 2011, john o donnell gave Andrew Brennan a gift…
- At 9:16 on September 17, 2012,
jack colleton said…
Happy Birthday Andrew!
- At 19:44 on August 23, 2014, Doctor Rosaleen Rogers said…
Catholic Priests were like Moses
They held high office
They fell on their knees
Charging church fees
And money was what they took off us
- At 1:13 on September 17, 2015,
Happy Birthday Andrew!
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