Category: Ethnic traditions

I BURIED FATHER’S HEART TONIGHT

Michael’s fervently Republican parents, Patrick Roe and Kathleen, a former Sister of Mercy at a Liverpool convent and nurse were both involved in the Republican movement. By the age of 40, Patrick had fought in four conflicts. Throughout much of the Republic, British Army posters offered a reward for Patrick Roe McLaughlin dead or alive.

RUSSIA’S HEAD OF STATE ON WOMEN’S DAY

‘You have the power to do the most important thing – the miracle of the birth of a new life. And the sensitivity and generosity of a mother’s heart, the warmth of a mother’s love, transform and decorate the world around us. Being a mother is a great happiness and at the same time difficult, intense work.