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The Leper Window

Carrickfergus is my hometown. The castle, around which the town took its shape, was built in 1177. In 1182, the Anglo Norman, John de Courcy, who had the castle built, turned his attention to the building of a church, which today along with the castle dominate the town’s landscape. Please give yourself a treat and…

For Auld Lang Syne

This is my last post of 2025 and I wish to express thanks to you for reading the posts and for the comments you leave. I am hoping 2026 will be a year in which we can discover new poems and visit old favorites and be inspired by the vision they embrace. We all claim…

Arrival!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a hopeful New Year. In the gospel of Matthew, chapter 2, we read of the journey of the wisemen from the east. When they actually arrived is not known, but we should not be surprised to learn that it may well have been some days or many weeks…

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