Conway Mill Trust http://conwaymilltrust.org Rebuilding Lives in Northern Ireland Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:46:15 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 The Pale http://conwaymilltrust.org/interesting-fact-2/the-pale/ http://conwaymilltrust.org/interesting-fact-2/the-pale/#comments Wed, 01 Feb 2012 16:46:15 +0000 admin http://conwaymilltrust.org/?p=1355 In medieval Ireland the area around Dublin that included what is now Meath, Louth and Kildare were called The Pale. It had actually at one time been marked off with an earthen dyke or pale.

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The Olympic flame will appear in Belfast on June 3, 2012. Torch bearers will carry it over Carrig-a-rede rope bridge and through 60 towns and villages in Northern Ireland.

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Look down on you always from heaven above.
May He send you good fortune, contentment and peace,
And may all of your blessings forever increase.’

]]> http://conwaymilltrust.org/irish-blessings/irish-blessing-for-today/feed/ 0 A Surfer’s Dream http://conwaymilltrust.org/this-and-that/a-surfers-dream/ http://conwaymilltrust.org/this-and-that/a-surfers-dream/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:32:07 +0000 admin http://conwaymilltrust.org/?p=1345 Al Mennie, one of the world’s top surfers, claims to have witnessed two waves off the coast of Donegal and Antrim that reached 120 ft. These could be the highest in the world including Hawaii, depending on the storms coming across the Atlantic and the freezing temperatures.

]]> http://conwaymilltrust.org/this-and-that/a-surfers-dream/feed/ 0 Brendan Behan Quote http://conwaymilltrust.org/quotes-poems-proverbs-and-sayings/brendan-behan-quote/ http://conwaymilltrust.org/quotes-poems-proverbs-and-sayings/brendan-behan-quote/#comments Fri, 20 Jan 2012 16:29:09 +0000 admin http://conwaymilltrust.org/?p=1339 A quote from Brendan Behan on the Irish, “If we didn’t have bad luck, we’d have no luck.”

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]]> http://conwaymilltrust.org/did-you-know/gregory-peck-relative/feed/ 0 Early Irish Immigrants to America http://conwaymilltrust.org/interesting-fact-2/early-irish-immigrants-to-america/ http://conwaymilltrust.org/interesting-fact-2/early-irish-immigrants-to-america/#comments Mon, 16 Jan 2012 16:15:06 +0000 admin http://conwaymilltrust.org/?p=1328 It has been discovered that the early Irish immigrants (1850) in Baltimore, MD learned to read and write at home. This was at a time when it was unheard of and before child labor laws were enacted. These are the people who helped build Maryland’s infrastructure as well as the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capital.

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National Geographic Traveler has voted Ireland one of the world’s top destinations in 2012.

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