In Memory of Monsignor Michael Doyle

By Norbert McDermott His reputation went before him. I heard and/or read a lot about him and his accomplishments before I met him. Then it all made sense. Right away one felt a steely calmness, gentleness, with an underlying determination.… Continue Reading →

From Ireland to Oreland…or from Pillar to Post…or Perhaps from Pope to Pope!

The McDermott family gathering in their hometown of Oldcastle, County Meath.

By Norbert McDermott I was prompted to “put pen to paper,” as my dear mother would say, when I bumped into one Jane Duffin a few months ago – whom, despite me being a month-in month-out reader of the Irish… Continue Reading →