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Post by andybrennan on Jun 23, 2014 22:03:09 GMT
I could not help but notice that the event of Corpus Christi came and went almost without notice.
Gone it seems are the days of turning out en mass for such Feast Days.
How times have changed.
Andy
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Post by carmelkearney on Jun 26, 2014 16:39:56 GMT
Andy they were big events on the Curragh when we were kids, havent seen a Corpus Christi parade or procession in years and years, every house had lovely alters in the window as we passed, Alas Andy i think our religion is nearly gone.
Carmel Kearney
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Post by andybrennan on Jun 27, 2014 4:47:47 GMT
Carmel well I remember all the parades etc that went with the feast of saints etc but this is a little more special then A feast of a saint. In Cork and across parts of the west they celebrate the Feast of John the Baptist with bon fires on 23 June and I reckon a lot of them don't even know why the bon fire.
Our Religion not really gone but changing.
Andy
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Post by rose5mcdonaghtce on Jul 19, 2014 22:13:02 GMT
Was in Killarney two years ago for Corpus Christi, brought back memories of childhood,and yes Andy it passed by without been even noticed this year. I have Lupins growing in my back garden, they remind me of the procession, Mam always had them on the altar, Mr. Dowling who I think was a brother to Kathleen Hughes, Pearse used to bring them in to her, the sheets suspended from the ceiling behind the altar and candles lighting underneath, and no house ever went on fire. Happy days.
Rose.
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Post by andybrennan on Jul 21, 2014 13:28:46 GMT
How easy it is to lose things Rose, it seems next the cross a sign of a Christian is to be banned from council chambers schools etc unless what I read in papers are ball hops. The Bible perhaps that will also be put on a shelf, no more holding up the hand with the other on the book claiming to tell the truth etc, where o where will it end.
Andy
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Post by willie078 on Jul 24, 2014 11:55:46 GMT
I remember when I was stationed in Athlone with the band we covered all the processions on the various feast days. Town used be packed with a massive turnout.
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Post by johnny1951 on Jul 24, 2014 18:56:45 GMT
A chara Andy yes it is true No crosses/religious objects allowed to be displayed in class rooms etc, in our schools unless there are Muslim Tibetian etc religious pictures or other are displayed for the multi-linguial/religions that are attending the school, this new law applies to Catholic schools. makes one wonder where we are at this moment. was in Sorrento in Italy for a holliday recently and they held a parade for Corpus Christi, A splended affair it was.
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Post by barbaramullins on Jul 24, 2014 22:18:55 GMT
Great memories of the Corpus Christi procession as well, Rose. All the houses on the middle road in McDonagh and Pearse would decorate an altar. The best tablecloths, sheets, holy pictures, statues, candlesticks would be on the altars with all sorts of flowers. Do you remember, Rose, we would inspect all the altars and pick out the best one! Sad to see the procession gone, it was such a big event, Mass on McDonagh Square,all the children in their Holy Communion clothes,the army band, the soldiers marching.... Have a lovely photo of Geraldine Duhig in front of the garrison shop in McDonagh after the Procession. Mike Dunne always decorated the garrison window as well. Will send it to Matt, don't know how to put it up here myself!
Barbara
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Post by andybrennan on Jul 25, 2014 6:17:10 GMT
Barbara,
Hi yes e mail the snap to Matt to have it posted.
No mean effort was put into the displays of alters it was a nice time and the bands and marching soldiers did add to the whole thing.
Andy
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Post by andybrennan on Jul 25, 2014 6:21:19 GMT
Hi Willie078,
True the bands, brass or pipe added to all occasions we skipped along to the music, a big crowd puller
Andy
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Post by livenowpraylater on Jul 25, 2014 7:54:17 GMT
I have written a post.
Subject: " yes it is true No crosses/religious objects allowed to be displayed in class rooms etc, in our schools unless there are Muslim Tibetian etc religious pictures or other are displayed for the multi-linguial/religions that are attending the school, this new law applies to Catholic schools."
at the risk to Matt and this site, even though it,s true, I have decided to refrain.
so instead I am posting this shorter version.
Take a look around at what's happening in the rest of the world, and remember the story you were told as a child.
The one about the bird that lays their eggs in another birds nest.
Ned.
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Post by Sean Tracey on Jul 25, 2014 9:08:07 GMT
I could not agree more i have been saying this for years or words to that effect and people laughed at me as if i was mad or some sort of nut . Our society as a whole have sat back and let it happen ,one of the attitudes being if it doesent effect me who cares well now the chickens or Cuckoo in Neds case are coming home to roost. Wake up world before it is to late. Sean Tracey.
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Post by Matt McNamara on Jul 25, 2014 22:28:09 GMT
Thanks to Barbara Geraghty for sending this photograph. Matt
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Post by maryfarrell6 on Jul 26, 2014 10:20:09 GMT
Hi All, This is a smashing photo. Thanks so much Barbara for sharing it with us. Brings it all back, remember the evening before Corpus Christi the excitement and anticipation of the day ahead. The build up was as important as the day itself. A terrible lot of thought and planning went into that occasion. Every man woman and child was caught up in the preparations for days and weeks before. It truly was a major event in our calendar back then. For us kids it was the chance to show off our communion finery again in all its splendor. Oh the excitement of it all,we used to try to squeeze into the same rig out the year after as well. Many a neck was rubbed raw and dresses bursting at the seams, but we didn't care as long as we could take part in the procession, that's all that mattered to us. When we finished school the day before we'd (the girls that is)head out the back gates and sort of walk the route backwards. Trying to catch a glimpse of some of the altars being got ready in Pearse and McDonagh. Shur we probably would have got into Fort Knox easier? .The mammies'(mine included)nor Mr.Dunne in the Garrison were giving anything away. Top Secret stuff. All the windows remained covered up until the last possible minute. Then the grand unveiling was a ceremony in itself. All the mammies' would be standing there as proud as peathingys with their masterpieces' on show for all to see and admire. And admire we did, we'd be skipping and darting from one to the other trying to decide which one was best. Secretly thinking that your own ma's was definitely miles ahead. Because you knew the effort and thought that had gone into it. We'd helped was and rewash the statues and polished them to within an inch of there lives. As for the curtains and white sheets crisp and starched and as pure as the driven snow.(and all without the aid of a washing machine or new improved powder or liquid tablets!) After opening ceremony came the inspection by the other mammies! Now no inspection on the square in Pearse or McDonagh ever come under as much scrutiny as these altars got. But there would be a great deal of praise and a little bit of tweaking to there own after But when the procession got underway all turned to fervent prayers. As we made our way round the camp banners waving.the band playing and hymns being sung everyone joined in. For us children trying to keep pace and take in all the altars and trying to catch your mammy's eye as you passed by,while supposed to be looking straight ahead was no mean feat I can tell you. A fair few trips along the way. Another thing about the pace was if the day was sunny it was a nice steady pace,however if it started to rain then it would step up a bit until it nearly turned into a sprint. When the mass was over the dresses and veils would be once again carefully wrapped in tissue paper placed in their boxes for another day. Then it would be into our ordinary clothes and off out to play because of course it being a holy day we had no school. Great times sadly another tradition lost to us these days. MaryF
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Post by andybrennan on Jul 27, 2014 9:27:24 GMT
Mary the scribe still in you. well told and easy to visualize
Andy
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