.......Martin ‘ONeill, European Cup winner with Forest, World Cup Captain For NI in Spain, Manager at Leicester, Celtic, Villa & Sunderland and then lead the Republic to the Euros, but best of all led Celtic to Seville!

.........Guy Fawkes, Peter Casey, James McClean, Brexit, President Michael D, a busy time for politics!

........100 yrs since the end of WW1, industrial slaughter unimaginable! In 2005 30 of us from Donegal & Derry visited the Somme & Ypres, an eclectic group, many ex combatants from our recent conflict, a fascinating week!

........I celebrated surviving 65 yrs recently, life’s been good but the last few yrs difficult, cancer for Mary and I needed 3 open heart surgeries, infected Aortic valve & brain hemorrhage and then lost my eldest grandson Oisin, tough times!

.......turning 65, a little reminiscing on life, Belfast, Donegal, Galway, it’s been a good life as James Connolly said to the wife before execution!!

........a lifetime love affair with the written word, visiting a Mobile library at 10 to reading manuscripts in University at 60, reading is the most important thing to give to your children!

..........Brexit the most pressing political problem of recent times, so ironic that Partition, the Treaty and the Border became the stumbling block for the UK?

.......Civil Rights marchers walking through their own city attacked by the RUC, it was the start of 30 yrs of conflict, the 6 counties would never be the same again!

.......in October 2018 the Bogey’s & Fogey’s Galway Bay Senior Society made an inaugural trip to Donegal to play Dunfanaghy, Rosapenna & Portsalon, it was a great few days, great golf courses, & craic in the Harbour Bar, they’ll be back!

.........as a city boy I was familiar with the Bog and turf but definitely not a real Bogman but I spent the 80’s cutting turf , it was an experience, back to nature, just me & Glen and the Curlew, tae & eggs & Lough Lily!