Very Rev. Patrick Gill (1927-2024) – The Parish Priest of Lecanvey

Very Rev. Patrick Gill (1927-2024) – The Parish Priest of Lecanvey

The Very Rev. Patrick Gill muses upon a horrendous pogrom in 1795 that drove 7,000 Ulster Catholics to Connaught,  the impact of the Great Hunger on County Mayo and his own experiences administering a parish at the foot of Croagh Patrick. Become a member of Turtle’s...
Being Anglo-Irish – A Hyphenated Existence? (2001)

Being Anglo-Irish – A Hyphenated Existence? (2001)

This article appeared in The Dubliner in June 2001. Quarter of a century later, I am not sure if I still go along with the whole ‘being Anglo-Irish’ thing, but I was pitched as just that when I was asked to write the column and so I did as requested. I concede there...