By Brian Mac Aongusa from his book Broken Rails Around 9.30am on New Year’s Eve 1975 – exactly 50 years ago today – an excavator on the back of a lorry struck Clogh Bridge, some five kilometres south of Gorey in Co. Wexford, dislodged its granite masonry and buckled the railway just minutes before theContinue reading “Clogh bridge rail accident remembered”
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Gorey author joins foster care association
By Dan Walsh Sadie Harpur, the Wexford-based author of the highly-praised book The Hidden World of a Foster-Girl, has been elected to the board of the Irish Foster Care Association. Sadie herself has expressed her pleasure at receiving such an honour as it gives her the opportunity to use her experience as both a foster-child andContinue reading “Gorey author joins foster care association”
Latest book from Brian Ó Cléirigh
By Dan Walsh at Gorey Library Brian Cléirigh’s latest book, Enchanted to a Stone, was launched by Cllr Mary Farrell of Gorey Kilmuckridge Municipal District in a pleasant ceremony at Gorey Library on Tuesday evening. A native of Oulart and a former translator at Oireachtas Éireann, Brian has spent eight years researching his subjects TheContinue reading “Latest book from Brian Ó Cléirigh”
Wexford poets and writers in Opera House
By Dan Walsh Álanna Hammel’s writers’ collective is hosting a special event in the National Opera House, Wexford, on Friday, July 4th, supported by Wexford County Council’s Community Dates Open Call and tickets have gone on sale. The Purple and Gold Writers’ Collective invites you to spend an evening in the company of Wexford poetsContinue reading “Wexford poets and writers in Opera House”
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