In Quiet Contemplation
Posted By: May 29, 2011
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Queen’s Visit
Posted By: May 26, 2011
Letters to the EditorIrish NewsBelfastThursday, May 26, 2011 Jim Gibney’s column pretty much reflected my own attitude, “ Queens Visit Showed Mc Aleese at Her Best” ( May 26).I fully understand the valid reasons why some protested the Queen’s visit – and those reasons should not be dismissed or disrespected.My own attitude was that I […]
RESPONSE TO RICHARD ENGLISH’S REVIEW OF MY AMERICAN STRUGGLE FOR JUSTICE IN NORTHERN IRELAND
Posted By: May 22, 2011
The EditorThe Irish TimesDublinSaturday, May21, 2011Dear Madam,If Oscar Wilde’s maxim is right – “The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about ”–then , I guess, from the point of view of my book, I should not be too concerned about Richard English’s review of my Memoirs, My American Struggle for […]
Righteously right in Irish America
Posted By: May 22, 2011
Fr Seán McManus with Bill Clinton on his campaign trail in 1992 Righteously right in Irish AmericaRichard English NORTHERN IRELAND : My American Struggle for Justice in Northern Ireland By Seán McManus The Collins Press, 280pp. €14.99 A 27-YEAR-OLD Irish republican, deeply opposed to British rule in the North, takes part in a violent campaign […]
ENNISKILLEN LAUNCH
Posted By: May 13, 2011
With brother Frank and sister Mary Kate Hundreds attend book launch Fermanagh Herald. Wednesday, April 27, 2011 HE walked into the hall where hundreds were seated like a champion boxer to thering, preceded by a lone piper, Gerry McManus, a member of the Mountain Road PipeBand. As one, they stood and saluted one of their […]
