tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post5671224505564429585..comments2024-01-12T00:56:56.199+01:00Comments on The Compleat Anglo in the Pays Basque: 169. TVPI - our local Pays Basque TVPipéradehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10335267015454274676noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-44154598696302700112011-11-23T16:01:22.257+01:002011-11-23T16:01:22.257+01:00Hi Liam,
Post a new comment with your email addres...Hi Liam,<br />Post a new comment with your email address - I won't publish it - and I'll email you.Pipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833448350486048217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-51193973345452722932011-11-23T15:38:04.823+01:002011-11-23T15:38:04.823+01:00Hi Geoff, great blog! Would you be able to contact...Hi Geoff, great blog! Would you be able to contact me with regard to a link on your blog? Can't seem to find an email address to contact you! Look forward to hearing from you! Thanks, LiamAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-22795840941076054332011-11-07T21:03:05.758+01:002011-11-07T21:03:05.758+01:00With the passage of time, more and more of these h...With the passage of time, more and more of these human stories are emerging to flesh out what we know of WWII. I never cease to be amazed and humbled by the deeds of courageous folk like Hugh O'Flaherty.. who risked everything for their belief in the cause of Freedom. If they were arrested, the Geneva Convention offered them no protection and they were exposed to the full grisly repertoire of the Occupier. These are people whose memory we should honour.<br />PPipéradehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05833448350486048217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-792654918474025710.post-39762176000844478642011-11-07T20:34:21.870+01:002011-11-07T20:34:21.870+01:00Geoff
Interesting that it's raining somewhere...Geoff<br /><br />Interesting that it's raining somewhere else than in Ireland ! Unusually, it's been bright and dry here recently. <br /><br />I spent the weekend in Killarney (Co. Kerry) celebrating the memory of a Killarney local who created the Rome Escape Line, Mgr. Hugh O'Flaherty.<br /><br />A courageous and charming man, The Hugh O'Flaherty Memorial Society commemorates his life and achievements during WW2 when he and his friends, including Major Sam Derry, sheltered approx. 6,500 allied servicemen, Jewish families and other refugees.<br /><br />A weekend of memories, poetry and music. <br /><br />As Kerry poet Brendan Kenneally wrote - <br /><br />'There is a tree called freedom and it grows<br />Somewhere in the hearts of men,<br /><br />Rain falls, ice freezes, wind blows,<br />The tree shivers, steadies itself again,<br /><br />Steadies itself like Hugh O’Flaherty’s hand,<br />Guided trapped and hunted people, day and night<br /><br />To what all hearts love and understand,<br />The tree of freedom upright in the light.'<br /><br />Good to remember him...<br /><br />Sounds like you're a busy man at the moment - don't work too hard.<br /><br />Regards, JohnJohnnoreply@blogger.com