A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
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An Eclectic mix of items from a 'senior' blogger in Ireland looking at the past and keeping an eye on the present.
Looking back at historical events and at Irish people who have shaped our country, our lives, our world.
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
1y ago
On March 7, 2020, I said goodbye to my sister in Perth Western Australia at the end of my holiday. I had been staying with her during my almost annual trip down under to visit her and my daughter and ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
2y ago
Thoughts of my sister Eva, gone 64 days today, come flashing through my head from the most unexpected sources, some, like storm clouds, are gloomy and dark, some are as joyful as catching a glimpse of a shooting star. Today ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
2y ago
My sister is dead. The vast emptiness astonishes me. The lonely painful journey she made, angers me. Her life unlived, dismays me. She had dreams and hopes of change, which may have come in the silence of her final hours ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
2y ago
Our sister Eva arrived into our world on November 15 1956, a day I remember so well. We were a family of 4 – boy aged 9, girl (me) aged 8, boy aged almost 4, boy aged 2. So Eva ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
2y ago
Eva, the youngest member of our Gallagher family died on December 31, 2021 in Perth Western Australia. A beloved sister and friend, aunt and grandaunt. Her family, in Ireland and overseas, grieve for her. Her wish is to be laid ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
2y ago
Our family has a very proud family history of service on the Irish national railway systems. Starting with our great grandfather John Clinton, who married into another railway family headed by our great grandfather, John Judge. John Clinton’s brother, our ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
3y ago
After months of so called ‘cocooning’ as we sheltered from Covid-19, it was with some trepidation that we headed north west to my home county of Donegal for a holiday. Our chosen location had been determined by a road marathon ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
3y ago
Originally posted on A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND:
On September 11, 2001, United Airlines Flight 93 departed Newark, New Jersey, one of the main New York airports, for San Francisco, California. It was 8:42 am. 37 passengers and 7 crew settled down ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
3y ago
At the turn of the 20th Century our great grandparents, Daniel and Isabella lived and raised their family of 10 on a small holding on the side of a hill overlooking the Gweebarra River, near Glenties, County Donegal. There were ..read more
A SILVER VOICE FROM IRELAND
4y ago
As the COVID-19 statstics in Ireland continue to decline, rules for ‘cocooners’ are being eased on a phased basis and the horrid term ‘cocooning’ is falling out of use. After 100 days we take tiny little steps back to a ..read more