Only Our Rivers Run Free!

.......Philly McMahon, 5 in a row All Ireland winner, his father Phil I went to school with and shared a Cage in the Kesh! Phil lost a brother to drugs and has devoted his life to helping those in Ballymun to escape the scourge of drugs & unemployment!

........Lurgy/Kilmac Celtic, a special football club celebrates 40 yrs providing a sporting outlet to the youth of the area, the players, memories, success & pathos, its all there, and much more!

.......40th anniversary of Lurgy/Kilmac Celtic, a wee club who have become a big part of the local community and a powerhouse in Donegal football! Part 1:

........a look at the poetry and thinking of the great Bard of the Irish Literary revival!

........in 1968 a group of us sat on a wall in our estate and pondered about life, Kevi, Micky & Norman didn’t have much life, within 20 yrs all were dead, killed by the British Army, Loyalists and fellow Republicans respectively, this is their story!

.......in Oct 1976 I had the pleasure to meet Maire Comerford, a great old lady who personified the revolutionary period of 16-23! A runner at the GPO, Secretary in the 1st Dail, Cumann na mBan volunteer during the Tan & Civil Wars, & a defiant Republican to the end!

........an old friend passed recently, Paddy ‘the Cope’ Friel, Private Secretary to Minister for Defence, Founder Member of Termon GAA club, local historian, Mountain Bar regular on his trips home from the Four Courts, a good friend, farewell ‘Cope’!

........Martin O’Neill, a Gaelic footballer from Kilrea becomes the Manager of Glasgow Celtic and achieves legendary status!

.........30 years after the events of October ‘74 I returned to Long Kesh, it brought back many memories of tough times and thoughts of friends who never survived to see the peace!

.......Celtic Play Barca in the Camp Nou in the CL, a wonderful few days in the Catalan capital, the most beautiful city in Europe with a Magic about it, and Celtic got a draw v Messi, Iniesta, Xavi!