Ireland

Our last day was an interesting drive from the Station House hotel where the wedding reception will be and we had enjoyed outstanding food and accomodation, to Dublin airport. At dinner I had filo pastry with 3 Irish cheeses, seabass, citrus sorbet and delicious bread and a terrine of icecream made with brown bread and mint! Breakfast was equally good.On Thursday we drove around Sligo and Rosse Point and up the coast to where Lord Mountbatten was assassinated. The weather broke after 3 lovely days and we drove to the hill of Tara (very wet). The plane was 30 minutes late so as we were late back we didn't go to the St Chad's centenary service.
Saturday to Justice and Peace group at the cathedral (only 4 came) but Brother Volodomir of the Antioch community gave an inspiring talk about active ecumenism and the Sword of the Spirit movement. Then to the ecumenical service in the cathedral to mark the 40th anniversary of the Abortion act. Very well attended and some fine music including an excellent hymn about the unborn and an extract from the Howells Requiem. Liz was cantor at Mass so I was thurifer.
Today we had only 3 in the choir but we managed the psalm and short anthem arranged by Anthony Greening for SS Simon and Jude. Finished reading "The faces of angels" by Lucretia Grindle an absorbing crime novel set in Florence.