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Posted on March 17, 2019March 10, 2019

#ChoralMarch, March 17th #StPatricksDay. “Hail Glorious St Patrick”, The Galway Singers

 

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Posted on March 17, 2019March 10, 2019

#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…

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Posted on July 8, 2018July 8, 2018

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…

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Posted on March 13, 2018November 15, 2018

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,…

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Posted on November 6, 2017

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 ,…

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Posted on September 7, 2017July 28, 2018

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…

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Posted on April 25, 2017August 25, 2018

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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Posted on March 17, 2017

St Patrick’s Day from St Patrick’s Well, Marlfield, Clonmel

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