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‘Everything obscene comes from France,’ wrote James Dixon, an eye surgeon retired to Dorking, in 1888. He was provoked by learning of an item called a condom, and explained to his correspondent, James Murray, that this was ‘a contrivance used by fornicators, to save themselves from a well-deserved clap’. Surely the word had no place
Kildare Co Council has been urged to fund the necessary works in the old Quaker burial ground in Ballitore.
THE recent news that Walk Mill, near Low Bridge, Keighley, could be demolished and redeveloped heralds yet another phase in this centuries-old…
The Society of Friends, also known as the Quakers, has been in Ireland since the 17th century. William Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, was imprisoned in Cork for his beliefs. Clara Pierre traces their roots.
With only 1,500 or so present-day members in Ireland, it is not surprising that many Irish people have never even heard of the Quakers; however, wh...