A time when flu claimed more casualties than the Great War
Country Living with Francis Farragher
I hope that I’m not tempting fate . . . and I did get the flu jab a couple of months back (a sign of growing caution with the passing...
An ode of sorts to horn honkers and undertakers
Country Living with Francis Farragher
As we move through second week of January and at last there’s an extra chink of light returning to the mornings and the evenings, it’s time to Part 2 of...
Charting the course ahead for the challenges of 2019
Country Living with Francis Farragher
Well, it’s that time of year again, when the fool’s alphabetical guide to help you tiptoe your way through 2019 is presented, and I can guarantee that it’s not ‘cut...
One word that still frays the nerves of most Irish people
Country Living with Francis Farragher
I’m not sure whether it’s in our genes or whether it’s the legacy of Irish history from our primary school days, but I’d say that almost everyone I know seems...
Too young to realise that this was pure happiness
Country Living with Francis Farragher
While on balance, Santa Claus has to be regarded as a good natured ‘ould sod’, talk of his imminent arrival always seemed to ignite a worrying mixture of joy, fear...
A long way removed from days of penitence and black bread
Country Living with Francis Farragher
We’ve been slipping quite seamlessly into the days of darkest mid-Winter with the season of Advent having arrived on December’s first Sunday this year. Advent always begins on the fourth...