#ChoralMarch, March 17th #StPatricksDay. “Hail Glorious St Patrick”, The Galway Singers
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#ChoralMarch: March 17th, #StPatricksDay, “The Deer’s Cry” by Arvo Pärt performed by the Sixteen
Happy St Patrick’s Day to all readers. A while back I blogged about the hymn known as St Patrick’s Breastplate or The Deer’s Cry . For the day, here is Arvo…
Stained Glass from St Patrick’s Church, Crossmaglen (Creggan Upper Parish), Co. Armagh
This is the parish church of Upper Creggan parish in Crossmaglen, Co Armagh. St Patrick’s Church has a photo gallery on Flickr and an informative website. In 2015 this fine…
St Patrick’s Breastplate / The Deer’s Cry : music by Shaun Davey / Rita Connolly, Arvo Part, John Fahey, John Kenny, Melville Cook
As a child, I was somewhat mystified why a certain hymn in our religion books was called “St Patrick’s Breastplate” but went: Christ be beside me, Christ be before me,…
The Droste Effect (nearly) in the Domhnach Airgid
The Droste Effect is the name given to an image containing a smaller version of that image which contains therefore a smaller version of that image and so on ,…
Stained glass from St Mary’s Church, Killenaule
St Mary’s Church is one of the most striking Tipperary Churches I have come across. Designed by a student of Pugin (reportedly) it is an impressive structure set onto a…
Stained glass from St Mary’s Church, Grangemockler, Tipperary
Grangemockler Church is most famous for its links to Michael Hogan, victim of the 1920 Bloody Sunday and namesake of the stand in Croke Park . It has a selection of…
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