It seemed as though Pope Francis’s invitation to Todos! Todos! Todos! had been answered – and they were all in Rome. The crowds filling St Peter’s Square and spilling down Via della Conciliazione on Sunday were more suggestive of the election of a new Pope than Pope Leo’s weekly Angelus and blessing. In such crowds,…
The 250th anniversary of the birth of the Liberator, Daniel O’Connell will be celebrated in his native Kerry on August 6. While O’Connell is arguably the most famous Kerryman of all time, Dublin claims him too, as Lord Mayor and distinguished citizen. Indeed, there are a number of O’Connell monuments in Dublin: the statue in…