A warm invitation has been extended to people throughout the city to celebrate the Advent season at Clonard. As part of the celebrations in the run-up to Christmas the West Belfast church will open its doors to welcome families and visitors to reflect on the Gospels for Advent using prayer, art, song and videos on […]
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Clonard invites Belfast to come along and join in their Advent evenings
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Confused? Welcome to Samuel Beckett
MAYBE it’s an indicator of the under-representation of women in serious art that the entrance of three female actors for Beckett Women: Ceremonies of Departure immediately conjures up The Three Witches of Macbeth, nevertheless, that was my reaction at The Mac on Thursday night. The production, brought to Belfast by the renowned Poets Theatre in […]
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New sports pavilion opens in Poleglass
BOXING hero James Tennyson was on hand to do the honours as the new sporting pavilion at Sally Gardens in West Belfast was unveiled. A four team changing facility was also officially opened as the WBA International super featherweight champion praised the standard of the pavilion. “I’m confident our area will see a lot more […]
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Irish Pages explores the Balfour Declaration in latest edition
Maria McCourt A century ago today the Balfour Declaration, which announced British support for the formation of a Zionist state in Palestine, was published in the press, lighting the torch paper for 100 years of conflict in the region. The centenary of the momentous text and its devastating effects on Palestine and its people are […]
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The long lost townland of Ballycranocke
Last year I started looking into the history of the area I grew up in at the bottom of the Glen Road. My initial interest was naming and tracing the dirty old river that flows under Miller’s Grove (formerly MacErlean’s bakery) at the top of Upton Cottages. Turf Lodge Stream, as I would soon learn […]
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Revealed: how the new St Joseph’s church will look
AN artist’s impression has been unveiled showing the future plans to restore a former church in the heart of Sailortown. St Joseph’s church was closed in 2001 after the Catholic Church decided there was no longer a sustainable local population in the Docks area of North Belfast. The North Belfast News revealed earlier this year […]
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