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Longford author nearing target in Christmas fundraiser Reporter:  '); This Christmas as we all go about shopping and getting ready for Christmas, local author John Connell is asking people not to buy his book, but to instead make a small donation to his fundraiser to buy a cow for a village in Africa. With the help of more than 70 online donors, John has so far managed to raise almost €1,500 of his €1,900 goal at the time of going to print. “Bothar are a wonderful Irish charity and provide livestock and training for developing communities in Africa,” said John. “If all my readers...

Deaths in Longford - Monday, December 21, 2020 Reporter: '); John Connell, Fardromin, Ballinamuck, Longford The death occurred, at Mullingar General Hospital, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, December 19 of John Connell, Fardromin, Ballinamuck, Longford. He is reunited with his beloved wife Maureen. John will be forever missed by his loving family, sons Eamon, Gerard, Dessie, Seamus, Noel and Nigel, daughters Sheila (Corrigan), Deidre (Harte), Ann (Regan) and Marie, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, his 22 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, sister Bridie Cloonan (England), brother-i...

KING John’s Morris Men based in Southampton have put online what is probably the first virtual performance of a traditional entertainment that goes back hundreds of years. This is a mummers’ play, which can now be viewed on YouTube. It marks the 40th year in which the group have put on a Christmas performance and features standard characters with a traditional script, but laced with topical references. As in previous years, there will be collection for a local charity, this time via a Just Giving page for the Society of St James, based in Southampton, which aids the homeless and vul...

Deaths in Longford - Sunday, December 20, 2020 - evening Reporter: '); John Connell, Fardromin, Ballinamuck, Longford The death occurred, at Mullingar General Hospital, surrounded by his family, on Saturday, December 19 of John Connell, Fardromin, Ballinamuck, Longford. He is reunited with his beloved wife Maureen. John will be forever missed by his loving family, sons Eamon, Gerard, Dessie, Seamus, Noel and Nigel, daughters Sheila (Corrigan), Deidre (Harte), Ann (Regan) and Marie, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, his 22 grandchildren and 2 great-grandchildren, sister Bridie Cloonan (England),...

Travis McAfee Father Joshua Passo, FSSP, elevates the Eucharist during the Dec. 12 Mass dedicating Our Lady of Sorrows as a new parish for the Diocese of Little Rock in Springdale. Travis McAfee Father Joshua Passo, FSSP, elevates the Eucharist during the Dec. 12 Mass dedicating Our Lady of Sorrows as a new parish for the Diocese of Little Rock in Springdale. SPRINGDALE – The Latin Mass community in Northwest Arkansas now has its own home. The newly established parish of Our Lady of Sorrows celebrated its first Mass on the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe Dec. 12 in Springdale.   The apos...