Bishop O’Higgins – Peter Geoghegan

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An Irishman's Diary

By peterPosted on 7th January 2010Posted in Irish Times, NewsTagged An Irishman's Diary, Bishop O'Higgins, fire, Longford, St Mel's

In response to the awful fire that ripped through St Mel’s cathedral on Christmas morning I wrote this piece for An Irishman’s Diary in The Irish Times. The piece appeared 04/01/2010. ‘THE ONLY thing the town has had to be proud of is gone”. This terse comment, left on the internet forum Boards.ie, said it […]