Monthly Archives: August 2014

Is this the least known historic village in Ireland?

Posted on Sunday, 31 August, 2014 by

I come from Kells – not Kells in County Meath, nor Kells in County Kerry, but the twin villages of Kells and Connor in County Antrim. The fact that my father was Czech, that I grew up mainly in London … Continue reading →

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What happened to the North’s Progressive Presbyterians?

Posted on Friday, 1 August, 2014 by

My summer reading in recent weeks has been a fascinating book called Dissenting Voices: Recovering the Irish Progressive Presbyterian Tradition1, by the former head of the Simon Community in Northern Ireland, Roger Courtney. It features short biographies of 300 ‘progressive … Continue reading →

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